And then there are the readers that enjoy books for both character and story equally. But we’re not going to talk about that contingent today. Today we’re focusing on those readers who look for books that are character-driven. They are the type of people who study and seek out people interacting in their lives, and relish reading about it on the page, seeing what makes people tick, how they will act and react in certain situations, and how when two or more are brought together in a specific situation, what exactly will happen.
Unsurprisingly, there are writers like this too; likely because they are these same types of people. It is people they like to write about, and not so much the story, as they let their characters drive said story, not always certain where they are going to take it, but always excited about the ride. Two particular authors who do this and do this very well, as shown by their international bestsellerdom, are Haruki Murakami and John Irving.
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