I am doing a challenge this year where I'm trying to fulfill 50 different prompts. One of the prompts is to read a book with at least 4 POVs. I've done some online research but the majority of what I've found is duel POV.
I've read all of Lucy Foley's thrillers, that would have been my go-to otherwise but it doesn't seem she has a new thriller coming out this year.
Any recommendations would be super helpful!
by badpersongoodkarma
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Black Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse
The author David Mitchell is perfect for this. *Ghostwritten*, *Cloud Atlas*, and *The Bone Clocks* all fit this request, and I’m sure there are more as well.
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo might work for this depending on how strict you’re being with POV structure, but if you want something that clearly jumps between a lot of perspectives, The Guest List and Anxious People are both great.
For historical fiction with multiple viewpoints, The Last Stand of a Queen also uses different perspectives to build the emotional and political tension around the story instead of focusing on just one character the whole time.
The Burning Kingdoms Trilogy by Tasha Suri
The Antidote by Karen Russell
The Book Club for Troublesome Women by Marie Bostwick
Bless Your Heart by Leigh Dunlap (this one’s a murder mystery so if your preference is for thrillers it may be more to your liking)
If you like fantasy, The Jasmine Throne has several (over 4) POVs but they’re all interesting and I was never confused.
Penmarric.
The Whispers by Ashley Audrain (domestic thriller)
Not thrillers: *The Help* and *Daisy Jones and the Six* have at least 4 points of view.
The Killer Angels might work. Great novel, you’d have to read the description
The Passage by Justin Cronin
The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
I think Anxious People would work.
Try “One of Us is Dead” by Jeneva Rose. It features POVs of five women, and the event is… well, the title gives a clue.
wild dark shore i think has 4 pov’s
The Sound And The Fury – William Faulkner
Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik has several POV characters. I’m in ave of how she’s managed to give them all distinct voices.
A Song of Ice and Fire series by George RR Martin. The show Game Of Thrones is based off this series. Lots of characters.
Cloud Cuckoo land would work, there are at least 4 POVs plus a story woven throughout (so I’d say that counts as 5).
Mortal Protection Services. It’s available for free on royal road. Comedy sci Fi, pov changes most chapters. A few times there’s a character that gets two in a row, busy mostly every chapter is a different pov from the last one.
All of George [pirate sounds] Martin’s books fit. Each chapter has a different “perspective” character: Tyrion, Sansa, Robb, Arya, etc.
I’m pretty sure The Last House on Needless Street has at least 4 POV. I know for sure there are 3 but I’m pretty sure there’s a 4th
World War Z