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The Pythagorean (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 80 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.32 — 7,488 ratings — published
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow (Paperback)
by (shelved 42 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.10 — 1,464,613 ratings — published 2022
Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine (Paperback)
by (shelved 42 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.22 — 1,492,373 ratings — published 2017
Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master (Paperback)
by (shelved 41 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.30 — 34,168 ratings — published 2019
Poinsettia Girl: The Story of Agata della Pieta (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 38 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.34 — 5,436 ratings — published
Little Fires Everywhere (Hardcover)
by (shelved 38 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.06 — 1,352,560 ratings — published 2017
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo (Hardcover)
by (shelved 37 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.39 — 4,424,641 ratings — published 2017
The Polymorph (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 36 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.28 — 21,699 ratings — published 2023
The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet (Wayfarers, #1)
by (shelved 35 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.16 — 197,238 ratings — published 2014
Circe (Hardcover)
by (shelved 34 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.22 — 1,468,314 ratings — published 2018
A Gentleman in Moscow (Paperback)
by (shelved 33 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.31 — 706,262 ratings — published 2016
Six of Crows (Six of Crows, #1)
by (shelved 32 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.45 — 1,212,058 ratings — published 2015
Piranesi (Hardcover)
by (shelved 31 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.20 — 574,237 ratings — published 2020
The Secret History (Paperback)
by (shelved 31 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.14 — 1,121,376 ratings — published 1992
Where the Crawdads Sing (ebook)
by (shelved 29 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.37 — 3,790,084 ratings — published 2018
Remarkably Bright Creatures (Hardcover)
by (shelved 28 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.35 — 1,575,416 ratings — published 2022
Normal People (Hardcover)
by (shelved 28 times as character-driven)
avg rating 3.81 — 1,995,650 ratings — published 2018
The Midnight Library (The Midnight World, #1)
by (shelved 27 times as character-driven)
avg rating 3.97 — 2,669,395 ratings — published 2020
Daisy Jones & The Six (Hardcover)
by (shelved 27 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.19 — 1,948,181 ratings — published 2019
A Man Called Ove (Hardcover)
by (shelved 27 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.38 — 1,279,144 ratings — published 2012
The Catcher in the Rye (Paperback)
by (shelved 27 times as character-driven)
avg rating 3.80 — 4,009,280 ratings — published 1951
Before the Coffee Gets Cold (Before the Coffee Gets Cold, #1)
by (shelved 26 times as character-driven)
avg rating 3.64 — 771,998 ratings — published 2015
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue (Hardcover)
by (shelved 26 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.16 — 1,624,595 ratings — published 2020
The Correspondent (Hardcover)
by (shelved 25 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.43 — 877,839 ratings — published 2025
Demon Copperhead (Hardcover)
by (shelved 25 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.46 — 901,232 ratings — published 2022
A Little Life (Hardcover)
by (shelved 24 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.26 — 1,008,360 ratings — published 2015
Anxious People (Hardcover)
by (shelved 24 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.16 — 880,348 ratings — published 2019
The Name of the Wind (The Kingkiller Chronicle, #1)
by (shelved 24 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.52 — 1,118,484 ratings — published 2007
The Blade Itself (The First Law, #1)
by (shelved 24 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.22 — 335,957 ratings — published 2006
The Book Thief (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 24 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.39 — 2,976,216 ratings — published 2005
The Fault in Our Stars (Hardcover)
by (shelved 23 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.12 — 5,879,007 ratings — published 2012
The Perks of Being a Wallflower (Hardcover)
by (shelved 23 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.24 — 2,071,082 ratings — published 1999
Lessons in Chemistry (Paperback)
by (shelved 22 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.28 — 1,899,390 ratings — published 2022
The House in the Cerulean Sea (Cerulean Chronicles, #1)
by (shelved 22 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.35 — 1,100,599 ratings — published 2020
The Goldfinch (Hardcover)
by (shelved 22 times as character-driven)
avg rating 3.97 — 1,082,328 ratings — published 2013
The Space Between Worlds (The Space Between Worlds, #1)
by (shelved 21 times as character-driven)
avg rating 3.92 — 47,150 ratings — published 2020
The Other Valley (Hardcover)
by (shelved 21 times as character-driven)
avg rating 3.86 — 27,906 ratings — published 2024
The Dutch House (Hardcover)
by (shelved 21 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.10 — 600,130 ratings — published 2019
The Song of Achilles (Paperback)
by (shelved 21 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.30 — 2,174,863 ratings — published 2011
Assassin's Apprentice (Farseer Trilogy, #1)
by (shelved 21 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.20 — 444,805 ratings — published 1995
Everything I Never Told You (Hardcover)
by (shelved 21 times as character-driven)
avg rating 3.83 — 626,847 ratings — published 2014
Eleanor & Park (Hardcover)
by (shelved 21 times as character-driven)
avg rating 3.92 — 1,281,473 ratings — published 2012
The Wedding People (Hardcover)
by (shelved 20 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.06 — 1,431,692 ratings — published 2024
The Ministry of Time (Hardcover)
by (shelved 20 times as character-driven)
avg rating 3.55 — 267,156 ratings — published 2024
The Mercies (Hardcover)
by (shelved 20 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.01 — 56,633 ratings — published 2020
A Memory Called Empire (Teixcalaan, #1)
by (shelved 20 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.10 — 77,180 ratings — published 2019
The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry (Hardcover)
by (shelved 20 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.04 — 377,060 ratings — published 2014
The Lies of Locke Lamora (Gentleman Bastard, #1)
by (shelved 20 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.30 — 359,224 ratings — published 2006
The Great Gatsby (Paperback)
by (shelved 20 times as character-driven)
avg rating 3.93 — 6,136,573 ratings — published 1925
The Wolf Den (Wolf Den Trilogy, #1)
by (shelved 19 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.01 — 52,997 ratings — published 2021
“The world was perverse, set up in such a way that bad decisions seemed obvious only in retrospect.”
― The Strange Land
― The Strange Land
“Every revolution begins with a choice — and a line that must be crossed.”
― The Line Between Us
― The Line Between Us
