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Character Driven Books
Showing 1-50 of 12,978
Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine (Paperback)
by (shelved 41 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.23 — 1,405,173 ratings — published 2017
Little Fires Everywhere (Hardcover)
by (shelved 39 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.07 — 1,301,136 ratings — published 2017
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow (Hardcover)
by (shelved 37 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.12 — 1,317,711 ratings — published 2022
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo (Hardcover)
by (shelved 36 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.40 — 3,989,782 ratings — published 2017
The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet (Wayfarers, #1)
by (shelved 32 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.17 — 181,778 ratings — published 2014
A Gentleman in Moscow (Paperback)
by (shelved 31 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.32 — 655,498 ratings — published 2016
Circe (Hardcover)
by (shelved 30 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.22 — 1,321,919 ratings — published 2018
Normal People (Hardcover)
by (shelved 29 times as character-driven)
avg rating 3.81 — 1,825,536 ratings — published 2018
Where the Crawdads Sing (ebook)
by (shelved 29 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.37 — 3,561,778 ratings — published 2018
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue (Hardcover)
by (shelved 27 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.17 — 1,462,150 ratings — published 2020
Six of Crows (Six of Crows, #1)
by (shelved 26 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.46 — 1,134,312 ratings — published 2015
The Secret History (Paperback)
by (shelved 26 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.15 — 999,623 ratings — published 1992
Daisy Jones & The Six (Hardcover)
by (shelved 25 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.20 — 1,822,196 ratings — published 2019
A Man Called Ove (Hardcover)
by (shelved 25 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.38 — 1,194,093 ratings — published 2012
The Book Thief (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 23 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.39 — 2,846,040 ratings — published 2005
The Catcher in the Rye (Paperback)
by (shelved 23 times as character-driven)
avg rating 3.80 — 3,855,374 ratings — published 1951
Remarkably Bright Creatures (Hardcover)
by (shelved 22 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.36 — 1,169,592 ratings — published 2022
The Dutch House (Hardcover)
by (shelved 22 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.10 — 546,010 ratings — published 2019
The Name of the Wind (The Kingkiller Chronicle, #1)
by (shelved 22 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.52 — 1,069,955 ratings — published 2007
The House in the Cerulean Sea (Cerulean Chronicles, #1)
by (shelved 21 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.37 — 929,989 ratings — published 2020
Anxious People (Hardcover)
by (shelved 21 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.17 — 785,358 ratings — published 2019
Everything I Never Told You (Hardcover)
by (shelved 21 times as character-driven)
avg rating 3.83 — 606,687 ratings — published 2014
The Goldfinch (Hardcover)
by (shelved 21 times as character-driven)
avg rating 3.96 — 1,029,126 ratings — published 2013
Eleanor & Park (Hardcover)
by (shelved 21 times as character-driven)
avg rating 3.93 — 1,251,232 ratings — published 2012
The Perks of Being a Wallflower (Hardcover)
by (shelved 21 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.24 — 1,979,097 ratings — published 1999
A Little Life (Hardcover)
by (shelved 20 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.28 — 902,330 ratings — published 2015
Demon Copperhead (Hardcover)
by (shelved 20 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.47 — 763,187 ratings — published 2022
Hello Beautiful (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 20 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.13 — 525,681 ratings — published 2023
The Fault in Our Stars (Hardcover)
by (shelved 20 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.12 — 5,659,818 ratings — published 2012
The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry (Hardcover)
by (shelved 20 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.04 — 354,164 ratings — published 2014
The Vanishing Half (Hardcover)
by (shelved 19 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.12 — 846,839 ratings — published 2020
Lessons in Chemistry (Paperback)
by (shelved 18 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.28 — 1,741,251 ratings — published 2022
The Great Gatsby (Paperback)
by (shelved 18 times as character-driven)
avg rating 3.93 — 5,835,613 ratings — published 1925
My Year of Rest and Relaxation (Paperback)
by (shelved 17 times as character-driven)
avg rating 3.60 — 549,697 ratings — published 2018
The Song of Achilles (Paperback)
by (shelved 17 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.31 — 1,937,027 ratings — published 2011
Station Eleven (Hardcover)
by (shelved 17 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.07 — 604,509 ratings — published 2014
My Dark Vanessa (Hardcover)
by (shelved 16 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.10 — 416,655 ratings — published 2020
The Blade Itself (The First Law, #1)
by (shelved 16 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.22 — 304,806 ratings — published 2006
To Kill a Mockingbird (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.26 — 6,799,067 ratings — published 1960
Before the Coffee Gets Cold (Before the Coffee Gets Cold, #1)
by (shelved 15 times as character-driven)
avg rating 3.66 — 665,554 ratings — published 2015
Piranesi (Hardcover)
by (shelved 15 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.22 — 444,516 ratings — published 2020
Conversations with Friends (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 15 times as character-driven)
avg rating 3.74 — 592,771 ratings — published 2017
All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries, #1)
by (shelved 15 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.12 — 356,839 ratings — published 2017
Pachinko (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 15 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.34 — 608,962 ratings — published 2017
My Brilliant Friend (Neapolitan Novels, #1)
by (shelved 15 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.05 — 457,366 ratings — published 2011
Crooked Kingdom (Six of Crows, #2)
by (shelved 15 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.57 — 758,242 ratings — published 2016
The Raven Boys (The Raven Cycle, #1)
by (shelved 15 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.05 — 399,990 ratings — published 2012
Pride and Prejudice (Hardcover)
by (shelved 15 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.29 — 4,735,195 ratings — published 1813
Rules of Civility (Hardcover)
by (shelved 15 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.09 — 267,880 ratings — published 2011
Major Pettigrew's Last Stand (Hardcover)
by (shelved 15 times as character-driven)
avg rating 3.90 — 145,031 ratings — published 2010
“Even the darkest gods can’t extinguish the light of a soul that still burns.
— The Soul Thief’s Bargain”
― The Soul Thief’s Bargain
— The Soul Thief’s Bargain”
― The Soul Thief’s Bargain
“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
