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The Pythagorean (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 80 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.32 — 7,487 ratings — published
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow (Paperback)
by (shelved 42 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.11 — 1,455,664 ratings — published 2022
Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine (Paperback)
by (shelved 42 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.22 — 1,486,979 ratings — published 2017
Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master (Paperback)
by (shelved 41 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.30 — 34,235 ratings — published 2019
Poinsettia Girl: The Story of Agata della Pieta (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 38 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.35 — 4,871 ratings — published
Little Fires Everywhere (Hardcover)
by (shelved 38 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.06 — 1,349,221 ratings — published 2017
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo (Hardcover)
by (shelved 38 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.39 — 4,396,457 ratings — published 2017
The Polymorph (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 36 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.28 — 21,706 ratings — published 2023
The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet (Wayfarers, #1)
by (shelved 35 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.16 — 196,291 ratings — published 2014
A Gentleman in Moscow (Paperback)
by (shelved 34 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.31 — 702,607 ratings — published 2016
Circe (Hardcover)
by (shelved 33 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.22 — 1,452,750 ratings — published 2018
Piranesi (Hardcover)
by (shelved 31 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.20 — 563,168 ratings — published 2020
Six of Crows (Six of Crows, #1)
by (shelved 31 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.45 — 1,207,311 ratings — published 2015
The Secret History (Paperback)
by (shelved 31 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.15 — 1,113,122 ratings — published 1992
Remarkably Bright Creatures (Hardcover)
by (shelved 29 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.36 — 1,555,395 ratings — published 2022
Where the Crawdads Sing (ebook)
by (shelved 29 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.37 — 3,777,261 ratings — published 2018
Normal People (Hardcover)
by (shelved 28 times as character-driven)
avg rating 3.81 — 1,984,552 ratings — published 2018
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue (Hardcover)
by (shelved 27 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.16 — 1,615,936 ratings — published 2020
The Midnight Library (The Midnight World, #1)
by (shelved 27 times as character-driven)
avg rating 3.97 — 2,650,470 ratings — published 2020
Daisy Jones & The Six (Hardcover)
by (shelved 27 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.19 — 1,940,860 ratings — published 2019
A Man Called Ove (Hardcover)
by (shelved 27 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.38 — 1,273,537 ratings — published 2012
The Catcher in the Rye (Paperback)
by (shelved 27 times as character-driven)
avg rating 3.80 — 3,999,361 ratings — published 1951
Darkness After Night (ebook)
by (shelved 26 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.66 — 122 ratings — published
Before the Coffee Gets Cold (Before the Coffee Gets Cold, #1)
by (shelved 26 times as character-driven)
avg rating 3.64 — 765,677 ratings — published 2015
The Correspondent (Hardcover)
by (shelved 24 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.44 — 826,407 ratings — published 2025
A Little Life (Hardcover)
by (shelved 24 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.27 — 1,001,367 ratings — published 2015
Demon Copperhead (Hardcover)
by (shelved 24 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.46 — 892,365 ratings — published 2022
Anxious People (Hardcover)
by (shelved 24 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.16 — 874,343 ratings — published 2019
The Name of the Wind (The Kingkiller Chronicle, #1)
by (shelved 24 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.52 — 1,115,442 ratings — published 2007
The Blade Itself (The First Law, #1)
by (shelved 24 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.22 — 333,954 ratings — published 2006
The Book Thief (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 24 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.39 — 2,968,586 ratings — published 2005
The Fault in Our Stars (Hardcover)
by (shelved 23 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.12 — 5,866,389 ratings — published 2012
The Perks of Being a Wallflower (Hardcover)
by (shelved 23 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.24 — 2,065,078 ratings — published 1999
Lessons in Chemistry (Paperback)
by (shelved 22 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.28 — 1,889,441 ratings — published 2022
The House in the Cerulean Sea (Cerulean Chronicles, #1)
by (shelved 22 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.35 — 1,091,507 ratings — published 2020
The Space Between Worlds (The Space Between Worlds, #1)
by (shelved 21 times as character-driven)
avg rating 3.92 — 47,013 ratings — published 2020
The Other Valley (Hardcover)
by (shelved 21 times as character-driven)
avg rating 3.87 — 27,476 ratings — published 2024
The Dutch House (Hardcover)
by (shelved 21 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.10 — 596,190 ratings — published 2019
The Song of Achilles (Paperback)
by (shelved 21 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.30 — 2,157,333 ratings — published 2011
Assassin's Apprentice (Farseer Trilogy, #1)
by (shelved 21 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.20 — 439,937 ratings — published 1995
Everything I Never Told You (Hardcover)
by (shelved 21 times as character-driven)
avg rating 3.83 — 625,598 ratings — published 2014
The Goldfinch (Hardcover)
by (shelved 21 times as character-driven)
avg rating 3.97 — 1,078,876 ratings — published 2013
Eleanor & Park (Hardcover)
by (shelved 21 times as character-driven)
avg rating 3.92 — 1,279,648 ratings — published 2012
The Ministry of Time (Hardcover)
by (shelved 20 times as character-driven)
avg rating 3.55 — 264,404 ratings — published 2024
The Mercies (Hardcover)
by (shelved 20 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.01 — 56,331 ratings — published 2020
A Memory Called Empire (Teixcalaan, #1)
by (shelved 20 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.10 — 76,760 ratings — published 2019
The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry (Hardcover)
by (shelved 20 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.04 — 375,197 ratings — published 2014
The Lies of Locke Lamora (Gentleman Bastard, #1)
by (shelved 20 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.30 — 357,839 ratings — published 2006
The Great Gatsby (Paperback)
by (shelved 20 times as character-driven)
avg rating 3.93 — 6,118,897 ratings — published 1925
The Wolf Den (Wolf Den Trilogy, #1)
by (shelved 19 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.02 — 52,495 ratings — published 2021
“Alick can call me whatever makes you feel comfortable.”
― The Gridd: Perils of the Lightholder
― The Gridd: Perils of the Lightholder
“I think the best stories always end up being about the people rather than the event, which is to say character-driven.”
― On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
― On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
