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Well-written, Character-driven Books
If you like well-written, character-driven books like the works by Jane Austen, Stephen King, and Anna Quindlen, you might like these titles:
- Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
- Mr. X by Peter Straub
- Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine trilogy starting with volume 1 When Christ and His Saints Slept by Sharon Kay Penman
- the works of Anne Tyler, her first is Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant
- the works of Elizabeth Berg, including Never Change