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The Pythagorean (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 80 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.33 — 8,160 ratings — published
Eden 2:b (Star Dreamers #1)
by (shelved 66 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.33 — 6,302 ratings — published
A Stone's Throw: A heartwarming story of a city girl and her rancher grandfather turning adversity into love and community (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 59 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.35 — 7,106 ratings — published
A Memory Called Empire (Teixcalaan, #1)
by (shelved 59 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.10 — 78,461 ratings — published 2019
My Friend Flicka (Flicka, #1)
by (shelved 56 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.17 — 29,770 ratings — published 1941
Lord of Light (Paperback)
by (shelved 54 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.05 — 37,132 ratings — published 1967
Counting by 7s (Hardcover)
by (shelved 54 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.13 — 90,005 ratings — published 2013
The Deep Sky (Hardcover)
by (shelved 53 times as character-driven)
avg rating 3.71 — 14,851 ratings — published 2023
Some Desperate Glory (Hardcover)
by (shelved 50 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.05 — 22,848 ratings — published 2023
Alien Clay (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 48 times as character-driven)
avg rating 3.98 — 21,114 ratings — published 2024
The Lost Library (Hardcover)
by (shelved 47 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.09 — 15,916 ratings — published 2023
The Sparrow (The Sparrow, #1)
by (shelved 46 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.13 — 85,691 ratings — published 1996
The Story of Arthur Truluv (Mason, #1)
by (shelved 45 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.19 — 58,363 ratings — published 2017
Because of Winn-Dixie (Paperback)
by (shelved 45 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.11 — 287,437 ratings — published 2000
Children of Time (Children of Time, #1)
by (shelved 44 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.30 — 200,145 ratings — published 2015
Light Bringer (Red Rising Saga, #6)
by (shelved 44 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.78 — 148,336 ratings — published 2023
The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise (Coyote Sunrise #1)
by (shelved 43 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.43 — 34,423 ratings — published 2019
Shiloh (Shiloh, #1)
by (shelved 43 times as character-driven)
avg rating 3.97 — 91,490 ratings — published 1991
Dicey's Song (Tillerman Cycle, #2)
by (shelved 42 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.00 — 19,182 ratings — published 1982
The Narrow Road Between Desires (The Kingkiller Chronicle, #0.6)
by (shelved 42 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.02 — 38,507 ratings — published 2023
Empire of Silence (The Sun Eater, #1)
by (shelved 42 times as character-driven)
avg rating 3.92 — 69,988 ratings — published 2018
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow (Paperback)
by (shelved 42 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.10 — 1,483,158 ratings — published 2022
Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine (Paperback)
by (shelved 42 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.22 — 1,505,138 ratings — published 2017
Elder Race (Elder Race #1)
by (shelved 41 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.08 — 29,375 ratings — published 2021
Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master (Paperback)
by (shelved 41 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.30 — 34,812 ratings — published 2019
The Wednesday Wars (Hardcover)
by (shelved 39 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.13 — 49,725 ratings — published 2007
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo (Hardcover)
by (shelved 39 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.39 — 4,480,488 ratings — published 2017
Circe (Hardcover)
by (shelved 39 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.22 — 1,497,939 ratings — published 2018
When Zachary Beaver Came to Town (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 38 times as character-driven)
avg rating 3.69 — 6,826 ratings — published 1999
Heidi (Heidi, #1-2)
by (shelved 38 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.05 — 215,927 ratings — published 1880
Poinsettia Girl: The Story of Agata della Pieta (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 38 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.33 — 6,827 ratings — published
Mickey7 (Mickey7, #1)
by (shelved 38 times as character-driven)
avg rating 3.78 — 65,460 ratings — published 2022
Little Fires Everywhere (Hardcover)
by (shelved 38 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.06 — 1,359,457 ratings — published 2017
The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate (Calpurnia Tate, #1)
by (shelved 36 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.00 — 36,631 ratings — published 2009
Off Armageddon Reef (Safehold, #1)
by (shelved 36 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.14 — 13,621 ratings — published 2007
The Polymorph (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 36 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.28 — 21,953 ratings — published 2023
Semiosis (Semiosis, #1)
by (shelved 36 times as character-driven)
avg rating 3.91 — 16,654 ratings — published 2018
The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet (Wayfarers, #1)
by (shelved 36 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.16 — 199,386 ratings — published 2014
A Gentleman in Moscow (Paperback)
by (shelved 35 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.31 — 713,731 ratings — published 2016
So B. It (So B. It, #1)
by (shelved 34 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.12 — 36,859 ratings — published 2004
Piranesi (Hardcover)
by (shelved 33 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.19 — 598,367 ratings — published 2020
The Secret History (Paperback)
by (shelved 33 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.14 — 1,141,116 ratings — published 1992
Six of Crows (Six of Crows, #1)
by (shelved 32 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.45 — 1,222,855 ratings — published 2015
Missing May (Paperback)
by (shelved 30 times as character-driven)
avg rating 3.82 — 13,741 ratings — published 1992
Where the Crawdads Sing (ebook)
by (shelved 30 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.37 — 3,815,490 ratings — published 2018
Remarkably Bright Creatures (Hardcover)
by (shelved 28 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.35 — 1,612,310 ratings — published 2022
Normal People (Hardcover)
by (shelved 28 times as character-driven)
avg rating 3.81 — 2,017,786 ratings — published 2018
A Man Called Ove (Hardcover)
by (shelved 28 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.37 — 1,291,733 ratings — published 2012
Demon Copperhead (Hardcover)
by (shelved 27 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.46 — 921,239 ratings — published 2022
Before the Coffee Gets Cold (Before the Coffee Gets Cold, #1)
by (shelved 27 times as character-driven)
avg rating 3.64 — 784,850 ratings — published 2015
“That was what both of us knew how to do best — keep moving forward, no matter what.”
― Before the Eyes of Eternity
― Before the Eyes of Eternity
“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
