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Olive Kitteridge (Olive Kitteridge, #1)
by (shelved 29 times as character-study)
avg rating 3.86 — 280,500 ratings — published 2008
Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine (Paperback)
by (shelved 19 times as character-study)
avg rating 4.22 — 1,491,147 ratings — published 2017
The Secret History (Paperback)
by (shelved 19 times as character-study)
avg rating 4.14 — 1,119,458 ratings — published 1992
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo (Hardcover)
by (shelved 18 times as character-study)
avg rating 4.39 — 4,418,414 ratings — published 2017
Normal People (Hardcover)
by (shelved 17 times as character-study)
avg rating 3.81 — 1,993,216 ratings — published 2018
A Little Life (Hardcover)
by (shelved 16 times as character-study)
avg rating 4.26 — 1,006,880 ratings — published 2015
The Remains of the Day (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as character-study)
avg rating 4.14 — 384,730 ratings — published 1989
Everything I Never Told You (Hardcover)
by (shelved 15 times as character-study)
avg rating 3.83 — 626,566 ratings — published 2014
The Bell Jar (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as character-study)
avg rating 4.04 — 1,310,297 ratings — published 1963
My Dark Vanessa (Hardcover)
by (shelved 14 times as character-study)
avg rating 4.09 — 450,328 ratings — published 2020
My Year of Rest and Relaxation (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as character-study)
avg rating 3.59 — 618,956 ratings — published 2018
A Man Called Ove (Hardcover)
by (shelved 14 times as character-study)
avg rating 4.38 — 1,277,932 ratings — published 2012
The Catcher in the Rye (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as character-study)
avg rating 3.80 — 4,007,169 ratings — published 1951
Demon Copperhead (Hardcover)
by (shelved 13 times as character-study)
avg rating 4.46 — 899,234 ratings — published 2022
Convenience Store Woman (Hardcover)
by (shelved 13 times as character-study)
avg rating 3.66 — 407,960 ratings — published 2016
A Gentleman in Moscow (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as character-study)
avg rating 4.31 — 705,396 ratings — published 2016
Daisy Jones & The Six (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as character-study)
avg rating 4.19 — 1,946,522 ratings — published 2019
Where the Crawdads Sing (ebook)
by (shelved 12 times as character-study)
avg rating 4.37 — 3,787,245 ratings — published 2018
Eileen (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as character-study)
avg rating 3.55 — 136,712 ratings — published 2015
Intermezzo (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as character-study)
avg rating 3.78 — 404,227 ratings — published 2024
The Goldfinch (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as character-study)
avg rating 3.97 — 1,081,502 ratings — published 2013
The Great Gatsby (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as character-study)
avg rating 3.93 — 6,132,525 ratings — published 1925
Frankenstein: The 1818 Text (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as character-study)
avg rating 3.92 — 1,997,530 ratings — published 1818
Circe (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as character-study)
avg rating 4.22 — 1,464,929 ratings — published 2018
The Vegetarian (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as character-study)
avg rating 3.65 — 453,796 ratings — published 2007
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as character-study)
avg rating 4.10 — 1,462,626 ratings — published 2022
Little Fires Everywhere (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as character-study)
avg rating 4.06 — 1,351,777 ratings — published 2017
The Vanishing Half (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as character-study)
avg rating 4.11 — 882,801 ratings — published 2020
We Have Always Lived in the Castle (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as character-study)
avg rating 3.90 — 317,607 ratings — published 1962
Mrs. Dalloway (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as character-study)
avg rating 3.77 — 374,102 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 — 1,632,081 ratings — published 2003
Lolita (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 8 times as character-study)
avg rating 3.87 — 977,122 ratings — published 1955
The Stranger (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as character-study)
avg rating 4.03 — 1,519,807 ratings — published 1942
Gone Girl (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as character-study)
avg rating 4.15 — 3,552,374 ratings — published 2012
We Need to Talk About Kevin (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as character-study)
avg rating 4.08 — 222,872 ratings — published 2003
Annie Bot (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as character-study)
avg rating 3.82 — 79,721 ratings — published 2024
Small Things Like These (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as character-study)
avg rating 4.07 — 512,190 ratings — published 2021
The Librarianist (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as character-study)
avg rating 3.40 — 25,745 ratings — published 2023
Notes from Underground (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as character-study)
avg rating 4.16 — 258,450 ratings — published 1864
The Midnight Library (The Midnight World, #1)
by (shelved 7 times as character-study)
avg rating 3.97 — 2,665,169 ratings — published 2020
Writers & Lovers (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as character-study)
avg rating 3.96 — 235,227 ratings — published 2020
My Brilliant Friend (Neapolitan Novels, #1)
by (shelved 7 times as character-study)
avg rating 4.06 — 511,939 ratings — published 2011
The Book Thief (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 7 times as character-study)
avg rating 4.39 — 2,974,510 ratings — published 2005
Where'd You Go, Bernadette (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as character-study)
avg rating 3.87 — 610,178 ratings — published 2012
The Sense of an Ending (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as character-study)
avg rating 3.75 — 198,900 ratings — published 2011
The Correspondent (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as character-study)
avg rating 4.43 — 866,050 ratings — published 2025
I Who Have Never Known Men (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as character-study)
avg rating 4.04 — 692,671 ratings — published 1995
The Wedding People (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as character-study)
avg rating 4.06 — 1,424,496 ratings — published 2024
Yellowface (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as character-study)
avg rating 3.72 — 1,161,902 ratings — published 2023
The Guest (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as character-study)
avg rating 3.27 — 123,493 ratings — published 2023
“Few comprehend celibacy.
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― Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master
― Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master
“His shyness was quickly mistaken for arrogant aloofness, and his schoolmates began to shun him which simply added to his shyness.”
― Summertime and Short Stories
― Summertime and Short Stories