Top Ten Tuesday: Books For Readers Who Like Character Driven Novels

Top Ten Tuesday is an original feature/weekly meme created and hosted by The Broke and the Bookish.

Top Ten Books For Readers Who Like Character Driven Novels


1. A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire #1) by George R. R. Martin
But only if you don't mind your favorite characters dying. I'm only slightly kidding. Martin writes fantasy at its finest, and it's centered on political intrigue and how no one is safe. Each chapter follows a different character's (mostly main) perspective, and there are hundreds of other side characters that play major roles and get more than a little development.



2. The Iron Duke (The Iron Seas #1) by Meljean Brook
In The Iron Seas series, Meljean Brook effortlessly combines romance and steampunk with a little bit of zombies thrown in. As romance is, to me, almost always character-driven, this is even more character-driven than the other fantasy series on this list. Each book is centered around one couple in the world.

Top Ten Tuesday: Books I Almost Put Down But Did Not

Top Ten Tuesday is an original feature/weekly meme created and hosted by The Broke and the Bookish.

Top Ten Books I Almost Put Down But Did Not


1. Scarlet (Scarlet #1) by A.C. Gaughen
I did put this one down when I first started reading it on Kindle. I just couldn't take the dialect. I read so many great reviews about the heroine that I decided to pick it up on Audible. I ended up loving the book, and immediately buying and also loving the sequel, Lady Thief.



2. The Demon King (Seven Realms #1) by Cinda Williams Chima
This one has a really slow and slightly confusing start, and I almost put it down about a quarter of the way in. By the time that I got to a little over half, though, I was loving it. I then read the rest of the series in quick order.