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The Pythagorean (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 80 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.33 — 7,951 ratings — published
Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master (Paperback)
by (shelved 41 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.30 — 34,477 ratings — published 2019
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow (Paperback)
by (shelved 41 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.10 — 1,475,369 ratings — published 2022
Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine (Paperback)
by (shelved 41 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.22 — 1,499,400 ratings — published 2017
Poinsettia Girl: The Story of Agata della Pieta (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 38 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.34 — 5,814 ratings — published
Little Fires Everywhere (Hardcover)
by (shelved 37 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.06 — 1,356,830 ratings — published 2017
The Polymorph (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 36 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.28 — 21,950 ratings — published 2023
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo (Hardcover)
by (shelved 36 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.39 — 4,457,444 ratings — published 2017
Circe (Hardcover)
by (shelved 36 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.22 — 1,485,897 ratings — published 2018
The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet (Wayfarers, #1)
by (shelved 35 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.16 — 198,400 ratings — published 2014
A Gentleman in Moscow (Paperback)
by (shelved 34 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.31 — 710,639 ratings — published 2016
Six of Crows (Six of Crows, #1)
by (shelved 32 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.45 — 1,218,368 ratings — published 2015
The Secret History (Paperback)
by (shelved 32 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.14 — 1,132,047 ratings — published 1992
Piranesi (Hardcover)
by (shelved 31 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.19 — 588,461 ratings — published 2020
Where the Crawdads Sing (ebook)
by (shelved 29 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.37 — 3,805,363 ratings — published 2018
Normal People (Hardcover)
by (shelved 28 times as character-driven)
avg rating 3.80 — 2,008,088 ratings — published 2018
Remarkably Bright Creatures (Hardcover)
by (shelved 27 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.35 — 1,597,912 ratings — published 2022
The Midnight Library (The Midnight World, #1)
by (shelved 27 times as character-driven)
avg rating 3.97 — 2,691,945 ratings — published 2020
The Catcher in the Rye (Paperback)
by (shelved 27 times as character-driven)
avg rating 3.80 — 4,020,797 ratings — published 1951
Demon Copperhead (Hardcover)
by (shelved 26 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.46 — 912,581 ratings — published 2022
Before the Coffee Gets Cold (Before the Coffee Gets Cold, #1)
by (shelved 26 times as character-driven)
avg rating 3.64 — 779,449 ratings — published 2015
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue (Hardcover)
by (shelved 26 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.16 — 1,635,548 ratings — published 2020
Daisy Jones & The Six (Hardcover)
by (shelved 26 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.19 — 1,956,695 ratings — published 2019
A Man Called Ove (Hardcover)
by (shelved 26 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.38 — 1,286,177 ratings — published 2012
The Blade Itself (The First Law, #1)
by (shelved 25 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.22 — 338,637 ratings — published 2006
The Correspondent (Hardcover)
by (shelved 24 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.42 — 937,277 ratings — published 2025
The Name of the Wind (The Kingkiller Chronicle, #1)
by (shelved 24 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.52 — 1,122,223 ratings — published 2007
The Book Thief (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 24 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.39 — 2,985,679 ratings — published 2005
A Little Life (Hardcover)
by (shelved 23 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.26 — 1,016,564 ratings — published 2015
Anxious People (Hardcover)
by (shelved 23 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.16 — 888,034 ratings — published 2019
The House in the Cerulean Sea (Cerulean Chronicles, #1)
by (shelved 22 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.34 — 1,111,352 ratings — published 2020
The Fault in Our Stars (Hardcover)
by (shelved 22 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.12 — 5,893,942 ratings — published 2012
The Great Gatsby (Paperback)
by (shelved 22 times as character-driven)
avg rating 3.93 — 6,156,750 ratings — published 1925
The Perks of Being a Wallflower (Hardcover)
by (shelved 22 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.24 — 2,078,020 ratings — published 1999
The Space Between Worlds (The Space Between Worlds, #1)
by (shelved 21 times as character-driven)
avg rating 3.92 — 47,619 ratings — published 2020
The Other Valley (Hardcover)
by (shelved 21 times as character-driven)
avg rating 3.87 — 28,742 ratings — published 2024
Lessons in Chemistry (Paperback)
by (shelved 21 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.28 — 1,910,997 ratings — published 2022
The Dutch House (Hardcover)
by (shelved 21 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.10 — 605,066 ratings — published 2019
The Song of Achilles (Paperback)
by (shelved 21 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.30 — 2,193,934 ratings — published 2011
Assassin's Apprentice (Farseer Trilogy, #1)
by (shelved 21 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.20 — 451,137 ratings — published 1995
The Goldfinch (Hardcover)
by (shelved 21 times as character-driven)
avg rating 3.97 — 1,087,278 ratings — published 2013
The Lies of Locke Lamora (Gentleman Bastard, #1)
by (shelved 21 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.30 — 361,188 ratings — published 2006
The Wedding People (Hardcover)
by (shelved 20 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.06 — 1,466,360 ratings — published 2024
The Ministry of Time (Hardcover)
by (shelved 20 times as character-driven)
avg rating 3.55 — 270,274 ratings — published 2024
The Vanishing Half (Hardcover)
by (shelved 20 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.11 — 885,888 ratings — published 2020
The Mercies (Hardcover)
by (shelved 20 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.00 — 57,111 ratings — published 2020
A Memory Called Empire (Teixcalaan, #1)
by (shelved 20 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.10 — 77,837 ratings — published 2019
Everything I Never Told You (Hardcover)
by (shelved 20 times as character-driven)
avg rating 3.83 — 628,317 ratings — published 2014
Eleanor & Park (Hardcover)
by (shelved 20 times as character-driven)
avg rating 3.92 — 1,283,754 ratings — published 2012
The Wolf Den (Wolf Den Trilogy, #1)
by (shelved 19 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.01 — 53,545 ratings — published 2021
“Alick can call me whatever makes you feel comfortable.”
― The Gridd: Perils of the Lightholder
― The Gridd: Perils of the Lightholder
“The world was perverse, set up in such a way that bad decisions seemed obvious only in retrospect.”
― The Strange Land
― The Strange Land
