Book List for Composition/Research Character Studies

1.
A Separate Peace
A Separate Peace 3.60 avg rating — 229,403 ratings
2.
Resurrecting Cybele
Resurrecting Cybele 3.87 avg rating — 39 ratings
3.
The Chosen (Reuven Malther, #1)
The Chosen (Reuven Malther, #1) 4.07 avg rating — 96,281 ratings
4.
Animal Farm
Animal Farm 4.01 avg rating — 4,357,315 ratings
5.
Moby-Dick or, The Whale
Moby-Dick or, The Whale 3.56 avg rating — 602,853 ratings
6.
Ordinary People
Ordinary People 3.93 avg rating — 22,724 ratings
7.
My Ántonia
My Ántonia 3.84 avg rating — 144,876 ratings
8.
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou's Autobiography, #1)
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou's Autobiography, #1) 4.30 avg rating — 569,008 ratings
9.
The Pigman's Legacy (The Pigman, #2)
The Pigman's Legacy (The Pigman, #2) 3.75 avg rating — 1,773 ratings
10.
The Pigman (The Pigman, #1)
The Pigman (The Pigman, #1) 3.60 avg rating — 28,533 ratings
11.
The Color Purple
The Color Purple 4.27 avg rating — 737,282 ratings
11.
Cody: Clicking Beat on the Brink of Nada
Cody: Clicking Beat on the Brink of Nada 3.94 avg rating — 368 ratings
13.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer 3.92 avg rating — 996,809 ratings
14.
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn 3.83 avg rating — 1,319,029 ratings
14.
Beneath the Wheel
Beneath the Wheel 3.88 avg rating — 21,483 ratings
16.
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry (Logans, #4)
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry (Logans, #4) 3.90 avg rating — 128,899 ratings
16.
Atom Heart John Beloved
Atom Heart John Beloved 3.83 avg rating — 356 ratings
18.
The Pearl
The Pearl 3.56 avg rating — 261,828 ratings
18.
A Room with a View
A Room with a View 3.90 avg rating — 197,400 ratings
20.
The Grapes of Wrath
The Grapes of Wrath 4.02 avg rating — 971,699 ratings
20.
Where Angels Fear to Tread
Where Angels Fear to Tread 3.59 avg rating — 17,393 ratings
22.
The Late Great Me
The Late Great Me 4.06 avg rating — 286 ratings
22.
The Year of Ice
The Year of Ice 3.90 avg rating — 2,268 ratings
24.
The Catcher in the Rye
The Catcher in the Rye 3.80 avg rating — 3,800,973 ratings
24.
Women in Love
Women in Love 3.66 avg rating — 33,148 ratings
26.
The Longest Journey
The Longest Journey 3.46 avg rating — 2,757 ratings
27.
Plain Truth
Plain Truth really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 192,121 ratings
27.
Letters to a Shooting Star
Letters to a Shooting Star 3.92 avg rating — 24 ratings
29.
My Sister’s Keeper
My Sister’s Keeper 4.11 avg rating — 1,263,912 ratings
30.
Doctor Zhivago
Doctor Zhivago 4.01 avg rating — 101,120 ratings
30.
The Counterfeiters
The Counterfeiters 3.83 avg rating — 10,132 ratings
32.
Equus
Equus 3.92 avg rating — 22,448 ratings
33.
Mutiny on the Bounty
Mutiny on the Bounty 4.01 avg rating — 15,326 ratings
33.
Siddhartha
Siddhartha 4.08 avg rating — 847,001 ratings
35.
Beloved (Beloved Trilogy, #1)
Beloved (Beloved Trilogy, #1) 3.97 avg rating — 477,039 ratings
35.
Horseman, Pass By
Horseman, Pass By 3.93 avg rating — 5,242 ratings
37.
First Blood
First Blood 4.05 avg rating — 11,078 ratings
37.
Brokeback Mountain
Brokeback Mountain 4.02 avg rating — 49,935 ratings
39.
Maurice
Maurice 4.08 avg rating — 55,458 ratings
40.
The Member of the Wedding
The Member of the Wedding 3.81 avg rating — 19,908 ratings
40.
The Bitterweed Path
The Bitterweed Path 3.92 avg rating — 88 ratings
42.
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter 3.99 avg rating — 116,851 ratings
42.
A Home at the End of the World
A Home at the End of the World 3.95 avg rating — 21,675 ratings
44.
Flowers for Algernon
Flowers for Algernon 4.23 avg rating — 763,741 ratings
45.
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
by: Ken Kesey
4.20 avg rating — 767,705 ratings
46.
Across Five Aprils
Across Five Aprils 3.60 avg rating — 15,644 ratings
47.
All Things Wise and Wonderful (All Creatures Great and Small, #5-6)
All Things Wise and Wonderful (All Creatures Great and Small, #5-6) 4.45 avg rating — 37,082 ratings
48.
All Things Bright and Beautiful (All Creatures Great and Small, #3-4)
All Things Bright and Beautiful (All Creatures Great and Small, #3-4) 4.35 avg rating — 82,197 ratings
49.
All Creatures Great and Small (All Creatures Great and Small, #1-2)
All Creatures Great and Small (All Creatures Great and Small, #1-2) 4.35 avg rating — 155,374 ratings
50.
For Whom the Bell Tolls
For Whom the Bell Tolls 3.99 avg rating — 311,434 ratings
51.
The Sun Also Rises
The Sun Also Rises 3.79 avg rating — 482,100 ratings
52.
A Farewell to Arms
A Farewell to Arms 3.82 avg rating — 344,526 ratings
53.
Bleachers
Bleachers 3.54 avg rating — 45,679 ratings
54.
High Heat
High Heat 4.20 avg rating — 1,225 ratings
55.
The Terminal Man
The Terminal Man 3.41 avg rating — 29,992 ratings
56.
The Andromeda Strain (Andromeda, #1)
The Andromeda Strain (Andromeda, #1) 3.91 avg rating — 267,326 ratings
57.
The Scarlet Letter
The Scarlet Letter 3.44 avg rating — 901,390 ratings
58.
The Red Badge of Courage
The Red Badge of Courage 3.30 avg rating — 108,699 ratings
59.
Where the Lilies Bloom
Where the Lilies Bloom 3.84 avg rating — 2,804 ratings
60.
The Good Earth (House of Earth, #1)
The Good Earth (House of Earth, #1) 4.01 avg rating — 257,790 ratings
61.
Wuthering Heights
Wuthering Heights 3.90 avg rating — 1,959,508 ratings
62.
Jane Eyre
Jane Eyre 4.16 avg rating — 2,260,118 ratings
63.
When The Legends Die
When The Legends Die 3.71 avg rating — 2,337 ratings
64.
Watership Down (Watership Down, #1)
Watership Down (Watership Down, #1) 4.09 avg rating — 499,216 ratings
65.
The Lilies of the Field
The Lilies of the Field 4.03 avg rating — 2,964 ratings