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Olive Kitteridge (Olive Kitteridge, #1)
by (shelved 30 times as character-study)
avg rating 3.86 — 283,267 ratings — published 2008
Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine (Paperback)
by (shelved 19 times as character-study)
avg rating 4.22 — 1,503,743 ratings — published 2017
Normal People (Hardcover)
by (shelved 18 times as character-study)
avg rating 3.81 — 2,015,333 ratings — published 2018
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo (Hardcover)
by (shelved 18 times as character-study)
avg rating 4.39 — 4,474,971 ratings — published 2017
The Secret History (Paperback)
by (shelved 18 times as character-study)
avg rating 4.14 — 1,138,838 ratings — published 1992
A Little Life (Hardcover)
by (shelved 16 times as character-study)
avg rating 4.26 — 1,021,073 ratings — published 2015
The Bell Jar (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as character-study)
avg rating 4.04 — 1,327,371 ratings — published 1963
The Remains of the Day (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as character-study)
avg rating 4.14 — 389,670 ratings — published 1989
A Man Called Ove (Hardcover)
by (shelved 15 times as character-study)
avg rating 4.37 — 1,290,369 ratings — published 2012
Everything I Never Told You (Hardcover)
by (shelved 15 times as character-study)
avg rating 3.83 — 629,026 ratings — published 2014
My Dark Vanessa (Hardcover)
by (shelved 14 times as character-study)
avg rating 4.09 — 453,993 ratings — published 2020
My Year of Rest and Relaxation (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as character-study)
avg rating 3.58 — 629,045 ratings — published 2018
The Catcher in the Rye (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as character-study)
avg rating 3.80 — 4,026,685 ratings — published 1951
Demon Copperhead (Hardcover)
by (shelved 13 times as character-study)
avg rating 4.46 — 919,155 ratings — published 2022
Convenience Store Woman (Hardcover)
by (shelved 13 times as character-study)
avg rating 3.66 — 414,394 ratings — published 2016
A Gentleman in Moscow (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as character-study)
avg rating 4.31 — 712,963 ratings — published 2016
The Goldfinch (Hardcover)
by (shelved 13 times as character-study)
avg rating 3.97 — 1,089,732 ratings — published 2013
Daisy Jones & The Six (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as character-study)
avg rating 4.19 — 1,961,329 ratings — published 2019
Where the Crawdads Sing (ebook)
by (shelved 12 times as character-study)
avg rating 4.37 — 3,813,208 ratings — published 2018
Eileen (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as character-study)
avg rating 3.55 — 137,971 ratings — published 2015
Intermezzo (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as character-study)
avg rating 3.78 — 412,608 ratings — published 2024
The Great Gatsby (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as character-study)
avg rating 3.93 — 6,168,165 ratings — published 1925
Frankenstein (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as character-study)
avg rating 3.93 — 2,020,863 ratings — published 1818
Circe (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as character-study)
avg rating 4.22 — 1,495,078 ratings — published 2018
The Vegetarian (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as character-study)
avg rating 3.65 — 467,461 ratings — published 2007
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as character-study)
avg rating 3.89 — 1,638,730 ratings — published 2003
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as character-study)
avg rating 4.10 — 1,481,291 ratings — published 2022
Little Fires Everywhere (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as character-study)
avg rating 4.06 — 1,358,818 ratings — published 2017
The Vanishing Half (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as character-study)
avg rating 4.11 — 887,386 ratings — published 2020
We Have Always Lived in the Castle (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as character-study)
avg rating 3.90 — 325,440 ratings — published 1962
Lolita (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 9 times as character-study)
avg rating 3.87 — 983,528 ratings — published 1955
The Stranger (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as character-study)
avg rating 4.03 — 1,543,887 ratings — published 1942
Mrs. Dalloway (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as character-study)
avg rating 3.77 — 378,267 ratings — published 1925
Gone Girl (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as character-study)
avg rating 4.15 — 3,571,725 ratings — published 2012
My Brilliant Friend (Neapolitan Novels, #1)
by (shelved 8 times as character-study)
avg rating 4.06 — 520,228 ratings — published 2011
We Need to Talk About Kevin (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as character-study)
avg rating 4.08 — 224,401 ratings — published 2003
I Who Have Never Known Men (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as character-study)
avg rating 4.03 — 733,027 ratings — published 1995
The Wedding People (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as character-study)
avg rating 4.06 — 1,482,376 ratings — published 2024
Annie Bot (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as character-study)
avg rating 3.82 — 81,873 ratings — published 2024
Small Things Like These (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as character-study)
avg rating 4.07 — 526,406 ratings — published 2021
The Librarianist (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as character-study)
avg rating 3.40 — 26,071 ratings — published
Notes from Underground (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as character-study)
avg rating 4.16 — 264,230 ratings — published 1864
The Midnight Library (The Midnight World, #1)
by (shelved 7 times as character-study)
avg rating 3.97 — 2,703,708 ratings — published 2020
Writers & Lovers (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as character-study)
avg rating 3.96 — 242,723 ratings — published 2020
Stoner (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as character-study)
avg rating 4.36 — 311,596 ratings — published 1965
The Picture of Dorian Gray (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as character-study)
avg rating 4.13 — 2,020,947 ratings — published 1890
The Book Thief (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 7 times as character-study)
avg rating 4.39 — 2,990,932 ratings — published 2005
Where'd You Go, Bernadette (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as character-study)
avg rating 3.87 — 612,030 ratings — published 2012
The Sense of an Ending (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as character-study)
avg rating 3.75 — 200,030 ratings — published 2011
The Correspondent (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as character-study)
avg rating 4.42 — 965,370 ratings — published 2025
“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
“Why was it that she’d never been able to find kinship with someone her age? Why was it that the few ties she fashioned always ended up coming undone by her own doing?”
― The Paragon
― The Paragon