Character-Driven Fiction

Updated April 27, 2023
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A man called Ove : a novel
Backman, Fredrik
Paper Book
NOW A MAJOR FILM STARRING TOM HANKS The million-copy bestselling phenomenon: a funny, moving, uplifting tale of love and community that will leave you with a spring in your step. 'Warm, funny, and almost unbearably moving' Daily Mail ...
Wonder
Palacio, R. J.
Paper Book
The Elegance of the Hedgehog
Barbery, Muriel
Paper Book
OVER 10 MILLION COPIES SOLD WORLDWIDE SHORTLISTED FOR THE DUBLIN LITERARY AWARD 'Resistance is futile' The Guardian 'Clever, informative and moving' The Observer 'Witty and touching' Gillian Anderson Renée is the concierge of a grand...
To kill a mockingbird
Lee, Harper.
Paper Book
'Shoot all the Bluejays you want, if you can hit 'em, but remember it's a sin to kill a Mockingbird.' Lawyer Atticus Finch gives this advice to his children as he defends the real mockingbird of Harper Lee's classic novel - a black man charged with the rape of a white girl. Through the...
Where'd you go, Bernadette : a novel
Semple, Maria.
Paper Book
A NEW YORK TIMES bestseller Shortlisted for the 2013 Women's Prize for Fiction Now a major motion picture, directed by Richard Linklater and starring Cate Blanchett, Kristen Wiig and Billy Crudup 'Like A VISIT FROM THE GOON SQUAD written by...
Eleanor & Park
Rowell, Rainbow.
Paper Book
'Reminded me not just what it's like to be young and in love, but what it's like to be young and in love with a book' John Green, author of The Fault in our Stars Eleanor is the new girl in town, and she's never felt more alone. All mismatched clothes, mad red hair and chaotic...
Gilead
Robinson, Marilynne.
Paper Book
WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE FOR FICTION and THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD AN OPRAH'S BOOK CLUB PICK In 1956, towards the end of Reverend John Ames's life, he begins a letter to his young son: 'I told you last night that I might be gone...
The Interestings
Wolitzer, Meg.
Paper Book
'Every summer we sit like this. We should call ourselves something.' Ash Wolf said. 'Why?' said Goodman, her older brother. 'So the whole world can know just how unbelievably interesting we are?' On a warm July night in 1974 six teenagers play at being cool...
Everything I never told you
Ng, Celeste.
Paper Book
The adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Twain, Mark
Paper Book
Huckleberry Finn had a tough life with his drunk father until an adventure with Tom Sawyer changed everything. But when Huck's dad returns and kidnaps him, he must escpe down the Mississippi river with runaway slave, Jim. They encounter trouble at every turn, from floods and gunfights to armed...
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
Shaffer, Mary Ann.
Paper Book
The beloved, life-affirming international bestseller which has sold over half a million copies worldwide - soon to be a major film coming in April 2018, starring Lily James, Matthew Goode, Jessica Brown Findlay, Tom Courtenay and Penelope WiltonIt's 1946. The war is over, and Juliet Ashton...
The corrections
Franzen, Jonathan.
Paper Book
The winner of the National Book Award, the New York Times No.1 Bestseller and the worldwide literary sensation, 'The Corrections' has established itself as a truly great American novel. The Lamberts - Enid and Alfred and their three grown-up children - are a troubled family living in a...
The Joy Luck Club
Tan, Amy.
Paper Book
'The Joy Luck Club is an ambitious saga that's impossible to read without wanting to call your Mum' Stylist Discover Amy Tan's moving and poignant tale of immigrant Chinese mothers and their American-born daughters. <...
The color purple
Walker, Alice
Paper Book
'One of the most haunting books you could ever wish to read¿it is stunning - moving, exciting, and wonderful' Lenny Henry Set in the deep American south between the wars, this is the classic tale of Celie, a young poor black girl. Raped repeatedly by her father, she loses two children and...
The Absolutely True Diary Of A Part-Time Indian
Alexie, Sherman
CD
Junior, a budding cartoonist, grows up on the Spokane Indian Reservation. Determined to take his future into his own hands, he leaves his troubled school to attend an all-white high school where the only other Indian is the school mascot. Heartbreaking, funny, and beautifully written, The Absolutely...
Eleanor Oliphant is completely fine
Honeyman, Gail.
Paper Book
The Sunday Times bestseller 'Funny, touching and unpredictable' Jojo Moyes Eleanor Oliphant has learned how to survive - but not how to live Eleanor Oliphant has learned how to survive - but not how to live ...
Major Pettigrew's last stand : a novel
Simonson, Helen.
Ebook
Major Ernest Pettigrew is perfectly content to lead a quiet life in the sleepy village of Edgecombe St Mary, away from the meddling of the locals and his overbearing son. But when his brother dies, the Major finds himself seeking companionship with the village shopkeeper, Mrs Ali. Drawn together by...
Americanah
Adichie, Chimamanda Ngozi
Paper Book
SHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILEY'S WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2014. A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From the award-winning author of Half of a Yellow Sun, a powerful new novel--a story of love and race centred around a young man and woman from Nigeria who...
The storied life of A.J. Fikry : a novel
Zevin, Gabrielle.
Paper Book
A.J. Fikry owns a failing bookshop. His wife has just died, in tragic circumstances. His rare and valuable first edition has been stolen. His life is a wreck. Amelia is a book rep, with a big heart, and a lonely life. Maya is the baby left on A.J.'s bookshop floor with a note. ...
An American marriage : a novel
Jones, Tayari
Paper Book
    'A moving portrayal of the effects of a wrongful conviction on a young African-American couple.' - Barack Obama Newlyweds Celestial and Roy are the embodiment of the American Dream. He is a young executive, and she is an artist on the brink of an exciting...
The nest
Sweeney, Cynthia D'Aprix
Paper Book
THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER 'I couldn't stop reading or caring about the juicy and dysfunctional Plumb family' AMY POEHLER 'A masterfully constructed, darkly comic, and immensely captivating tale...Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney is a real talent' ELIZABETH GILBERT When black sheep...
The secret life of bees
Kidd, Sue Monk.
Paper Book
· A QUEEN'S READING ROOM PICK 2023 · OVER 125 WEEKS ON THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER LIST · MADE INTO AN AWARD-WINNING MOVE STARRING QUEEN LATIFAH, DAKOTA FANNING, ALICIA KEYS, SOPHIE OKONEDO AND JENNIFER HUDSON · AN ACCLAIMED...
The immortalists
Benjamin, Chloe
Paper Book
'Once I started reading The Immortalists, I resented every moment I had to spend away from the book until I'd finished' Stylist 'A compelling and utterly absorbing read with virtuoso storytelling on display' Sunday Express It's 1969,...
A gentleman in Moscow
Towles, Amor
Paper Book
OVER 4 MILLION COPIES SOLD A Showtime/Paramount+ series starring Ewan McGregor as Count Alexander Rostov From the number one New York Times-bestselling author, a beautifully transporting novel about a man who is ordered to spend the rest of his life...

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