Character Study Books
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Olive Kitteridge (Olive Kitteridge, #1)
by (shelved 28 times as character-study)
avg rating 3.86 — 273,651 ratings — published 2008
The Secret History (Paperback)
by (shelved 19 times as character-study)
avg rating 4.15 — 1,073,792 ratings — published 1992
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo (Hardcover)
by (shelved 18 times as character-study)
avg rating 4.39 — 4,246,258 ratings — published 2017
Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine (Paperback)
by (shelved 18 times as character-study)
avg rating 4.22 — 1,459,556 ratings — published 2017
Normal People (Hardcover)
by (shelved 17 times as character-study)
avg rating 3.81 — 1,928,985 ratings — published 2018
A Little Life (Hardcover)
by (shelved 16 times as character-study)
avg rating 4.27 — 967,203 ratings — published 2015
The Remains of the Day (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as character-study)
avg rating 4.14 — 371,914 ratings — published 1989
Everything I Never Told You (Hardcover)
by (shelved 15 times as character-study)
avg rating 3.83 — 618,998 ratings — published 2014
The Bell Jar (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as character-study)
avg rating 4.04 — 1,265,258 ratings — published 1963
My Dark Vanessa (Hardcover)
by (shelved 14 times as character-study)
avg rating 4.10 — 439,634 ratings — published 2020
A Man Called Ove (Hardcover)
by (shelved 14 times as character-study)
avg rating 4.38 — 1,246,007 ratings — published 2012
My Year of Rest and Relaxation (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as character-study)
avg rating 3.59 — 590,108 ratings — published 2018
Convenience Store Woman (Hardcover)
by (shelved 13 times as character-study)
avg rating 3.67 — 391,293 ratings — published 2016
A Gentleman in Moscow (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as character-study)
avg rating 4.32 — 685,767 ratings — published 2016
The Catcher in the Rye (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as character-study)
avg rating 3.80 — 3,950,296 ratings — published 1951
Daisy Jones & The Six (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as character-study)
avg rating 4.19 — 1,901,288 ratings — published 2019
Where the Crawdads Sing (ebook)
by (shelved 12 times as character-study)
avg rating 4.37 — 3,708,508 ratings — published 2018
Eileen (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as character-study)
avg rating 3.56 — 133,388 ratings — published 2015
Demon Copperhead (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as character-study)
avg rating 4.46 — 847,086 ratings — published 2022
The Goldfinch (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as character-study)
avg rating 3.97 — 1,060,892 ratings — published 2013
The Great Gatsby (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as character-study)
avg rating 3.93 — 6,023,763 ratings — published 1925
Frankenstein: The 1818 Text (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as character-study)
avg rating 3.92 — 1,949,230 ratings — published 1818
Intermezzo (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as character-study)
avg rating 3.79 — 376,714 ratings — published 2024
Circe (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as character-study)
avg rating 4.22 — 1,400,032 ratings — published 2018
The Vegetarian (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as character-study)
avg rating 3.65 — 418,165 ratings — published 2007
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as character-study)
avg rating 4.11 — 1,412,272 ratings — published 2022
Little Fires Everywhere (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as character-study)
avg rating 4.07 — 1,332,071 ratings — published 2017
The Vanishing Half (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as character-study)
avg rating 4.12 — 871,001 ratings — published 2020
Mrs. Dalloway (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as character-study)
avg rating 3.77 — 365,162 ratings — published 1925
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as character-study)
avg rating 3.89 — 1,614,945 ratings — published 2003
Lolita (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 8 times as character-study)
avg rating 3.87 — 962,255 ratings — published 1955
The Stranger (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as character-study)
avg rating 4.03 — 1,457,867 ratings — published 1942
Gone Girl (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as character-study)
avg rating 4.15 — 3,499,407 ratings — published 2012
We Need to Talk About Kevin (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as character-study)
avg rating 4.08 — 218,551 ratings — published 2003
Annie Bot (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as character-study)
avg rating 3.83 — 72,923 ratings — published 2024
Notes from Underground (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as character-study)
avg rating 4.16 — 243,187 ratings — published 1864
The Midnight Library (The Midnight World, #1)
by (shelved 7 times as character-study)
avg rating 3.97 — 2,556,333 ratings — published 2020
Writers & Lovers (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as character-study)
avg rating 3.98 — 205,814 ratings — published 2020
We Have Always Lived in the Castle (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as character-study)
avg rating 3.91 — 306,402 ratings — published 1962
My Brilliant Friend (Neapolitan Novels, #1)
by (shelved 7 times as character-study)
avg rating 4.05 — 488,223 ratings — published 2011
Where'd You Go, Bernadette (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as character-study)
avg rating 3.87 — 604,694 ratings — published 2012
The Wedding People (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as character-study)
avg rating 4.07 — 1,225,542 ratings — published 2024
Small Things Like These (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as character-study)
avg rating 4.08 — 480,447 ratings — published 2021
The Librarianist (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as character-study)
avg rating 3.41 — 24,804 ratings — published 2023
The Guest (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as character-study)
avg rating 3.27 — 118,333 ratings — published 2023
In Cold Blood (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as character-study)
avg rating 4.09 — 742,673 ratings — published 1966
Wolf Hall (Thomas Cromwell, #1)
by (shelved 6 times as character-study)
avg rating 3.91 — 237,069 ratings — published 2009
Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead (Audible Audio)
by (shelved 6 times as character-study)
avg rating 3.93 — 167,848 ratings — published 2009
Stoner (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as character-study)
avg rating 4.35 — 270,969 ratings — published 1965
Jane Eyre (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as character-study)
avg rating 4.16 — 2,367,590 ratings — published 1847
“Though he was still young, the burden of succession weighed heavy on his shoulders—the lonely existence of a brilliant mind among the foolish.
And in that moment, in a carefully calculated show of blatant insubordination, Isla Palik brought hope to the Tactician.”
― The Paragon
And in that moment, in a carefully calculated show of blatant insubordination, Isla Palik brought hope to the Tactician.”
― The Paragon
“But she knew herself. Her body longed to feel pain, to exact it, but her mind feared it too much to allow herself the freedom to. Besides, her knuckles were already blistering from the beating they’d been taking for the better part of an hour. Without the gloves she’d have shattered a hand by now.
Wouldn’t that be just like her. To fear pain so and yet stumble into it at every opportunity.”
― The Paragon
Wouldn’t that be just like her. To fear pain so and yet stumble into it at every opportunity.”
― The Paragon
