I find I'm drawn to books that have characters written so well, I'm genuinely interested in their journey or story because of how much I like or am intrigued by them. Think Augustus McCrae from Lonesome Dove or Kvothe from Name of The Wind
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The Book of Form and Emptiness by Ruth Ozeki
Malazan book of the fallen by Steven Erikson
I’ve just started it today but it feels like ‘A gentleman in Moscow ‘ could fit.
East of Eden by far has the best written characters of anything I’ve ever read.
Why do I blank when I get to the response part of the post, lol. I can think of a million and then I start typing and it all goes poof.
*Grapes of Wrath* – Tom Joad is one of the best characters in the history of English-language literature IYAM.
*Cutting for Stone* also has an amazing MC who I at different times loved, hated, and wanted to pummel. He drove the story, though.
Prefacing by saying I didn’t personally enjoy this book much, there’s no denying that the MC in *Stoner* is amazingly drawn and he is what drives the story. I’m an exception as far as not liking this book, most people do.
The Book Thief by Marcus Zuzak
The Wreck of the River of Stars by Michael Flynn
Prince of Tides
I haven’t read the two books you mentioned, but I found the main characters from these books ridiculously likable:
* The Tainted Cup and A Drop of Corruption by Robert Jackson Bennett
* The Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison
* Piranesi by Susanna Clarke
If you enjoy dark, gritty, funny, character-driven fantasy, check out The Blade Itself by Joe Abercrombie, and the rest of the 10 books in The First Law series. Awesome audiobooks too, if you’re into that, narrated by Steven Pacey.
Thousand Autumns by Meng Xi Shi. Main characters presents themself as a discussion between two opposing views on human nature. So they are written in very extreme opposite way.