Top Ten Tuesday used to be a weekly post hosted by The Broke and the Bookish, but was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl. “It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together.” This is definitely something I can understand and want to participate in.
As someone who loves books immensely, I’m always happy to find bookish characters within books! Here are ten of my favorite bookish characters:
- Book Lovers by Emily Henry — Nora, the MC, is a book agent, and her LI, Charlie, is an editor. And they’re surrounded by people who also love books.
- A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness — this entire series is about one single, historical book, and Diana, the MC, is a professor who spends A LOT of time at the Bodleian Library.
- Sorcery of Thorns by Margaret Rogerson — it’s about Elisabeth, a girl who grows up in a library and is striving to become a librarian. Except the books are somewhat alive, and can be dangerous.
- The Library of the Dead by T.L. Huchu — so much of this story takes place in the Library of the Dead, a hidden magical library, and the MC, Ropa, spends her free time listening to audiobooks to expand her knowledge.
- The Lost Legends by Cait Marie — what would you do if you found out your favorite fairy tale was true, and was the key to saving your kingdom? That’s exactly what happens to Adalina, the MC, in this series.
- Funny You Should Ask by Elissa Sussman — Chani, the MC, is a journalist, and I loved following her story as well as reading excerpts of her articles in this book.
- Verity by Colleen Hoover — in this twisty romantic suspense novel, the MC is a writer who is shadow writing for another author.
- The Matzah Ball by Jean Meltzer — the MC, Rachel, is a famous author of Christmas romance, and struggles with how to integrate her love of a holiday she doesn’t celebrate with her own beliefs and customs as a Jew.
- The Reader by Traci Chee — Safira, the MC, lives in a world where everyone is illiterate and books aren’t even a thing, but she manages to find a book and teach herself how to read it.
- Velvet Was the Night by Silvia Moreno-Garcia — Maite, the MC, is hooked on serial chapters that come out weekly in comic books, seeking the romance that she doesn’t have in her boring life.
What are some of your favorite books featuring bookish characters?
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Gulp. I haven’t read any of these books. They sound good, thought. Thanks for giving a short blurb for each. I totally misread the prompt. You did it right, I didn’t but I did make a fun-to-explore list. Check it out at Characters in Real Life
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Thank you! I hope you give at least some a chance – they’re worth it, or at least I thought so! And I actually like when people put a different spin on the prompts.
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Velvet was the Night was such a good choice! And The Library of the Dead is on my TBR – was it as good as the title suggests?
These are my favourite bookish characters.
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Thank you! And yes, it’s really good – I read the second book in the series recently and loved it even more than the first, which I didn’t think possible!
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I haven’t read any of these yet but Book Lovers and The Library of the Dead are on my TBR and I’m super excited about them, I love bookish books! One of my other favourite bookish characters is Tess from The Devil MakesThree!
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Ooooh, I hope you like them! I haven’t heard of The Devil Makes Three, but I’m definitely going to check it out.
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Great list and picks of bookish characters. I want to read most of these books, (except for A Discovery of Witches and Sorcery of Thorns which I already read) and especially Book Lovers and Verity.
Here is my TTT: https://herseriallife.com/top-10-favorite-bookish-characters/
Have a good week 😉
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Thank you! I hope you read them and fall in love!
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The Library of the Dead sure looks good.
My post: https://lydiaschoch.com/top-ten-tuesday-bookish-characters/
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It is such a great, creative series!
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I like the sound of Verity
My TTT
https://seriesbooklover.wordpress.com/2022/05/10/top-ten-tuesday-bookish-characters/
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It’s really good! I wasn’t expecting to love it since it’s super hyped, but it came through for me!
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Ooo! I love the Verity choice on here! I wouldn’t have remembered that one.
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Thank you! I read it not too long ago, so it’s still fairly fresh in my mind.
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I haven’t read any of these yet, but many of them are on my TBR. I’m glad you loved them so much. I hope I do too.
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I hope you do too!
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Sorcery of Thorns was the first book that came to mind when I read the topic!!! Its also the only book on your list that I have read haha.
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I seriously love that book.
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