Have you read books where you think that there were secondary characters who deserve their own books? Here are a few characters that I wish had their own books! Let’s show them some love!
Favorite Secondary Characters Who Deserve Their Own Books
(In no particular order)
***Titles are links to my reviews which contain Amazon affiliate links.
Rocky
Project Hail Mary (IYKYK!)
I definitely think Rocky deserves his own book! Would you agree?
Meiling
Lady’s Tan’s Circle of Women
I would love a story from Meiling’s point of view.
Sayuri Konachi
A story from the point of view of the eccentric and unique librarian in What You Are Looking For is in the Library would be interesting!
Belle Benchley
A story from the point of view of the zoo director in West With Giraffes might be informative and historically interesting as she was the world’s first woman zoo director.
John Kinsella (“Tulip’s” foster father)
The father in Foster is a character I’d like to hear from. He’s the only one who gives the foster child who lives with them a name (affectionate nickname) and the poignant ending reveals a close relationship. He seems tenderhearted and compassionate and is a character I’d like to know better.
Kate
When Maureen (from The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry) travels north in an effort to deal with her grief over her son’s death, she stays with Kate. I’d love to know more about this compassionate, practical, and understanding person.
Mrs. Florescu
In I Must Betray You, seventeen-year-old Cristian Florescu is blackmailed by the Romanian secret police to become an informer. His mother works for a U.S. ambassador. I wonder about her and her betrayals from her perspective that enabled her to keep her job and care for her family.
Raymond
In Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine, Raymond befriends Eleanor. I’d like a story from his perspective and to learn more about this compassionate friend.
Mrs. Mukesh
In The Reading List we learn about widower Mukesh’s wife through his remembrances; she seems like a woman I’d like to know!
Dorothea
In The Girl From the Channel Islands, we meet Dorothea who is a wonderful friend to Hedy during the occupation of the Channel Islands during WWII. I wish we could have a story from Dorothea’s perspective because a google search reveals that she was awarded the prestigious “Righteous Among Nations” award posthumously.
QOTD:
Who are your favorite secondary characters that deserve their own books?
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Totally agree that it would be great to have Kate’s story!
I suppose Rachel Joyce could keep going with her quirky characters series!
Some great suggestions. I like the idea of Kate’s story and Mrs Mukesh. I loved The Reading List!
Mrs Mukesh was a huge presence in The Reading List….so curious about her!
I’d read a book about Rocky!
Right?! It would be so interesting!
I would love to read a Rocky book!
Here is my Top Ten Tuesday post.
It would be so interesting! Thanks for commenting!
Interesting list. I’m only familiar with a couple of these books but haven’t actually read them yet, though they are on my TBR. Can’t wait to read them and see these characters.
Happy reading! 🙌📚
I haven’t read any of these books yet, so I am not familiar with the characters. I do hope you get more of them in either future books or books of their own.
At least it was fun to think about them!
I haven’t read many of these books, but when I do, I’ll be watching for your favorite characters. As always…great post.
Thanks Gina!
Rocky needs his own book!
Absolutely! 🙌💯
The idea of a book about Rocky makes me smile. 🙂 What a great character!
Unforgettable! 💯
Well the only one I’ve heard of is Rocky so of course my vote has to go for him. Just dont give me any further detail about how he ingests food……
I’m so curious how a movie will portray the character!
That’s always a problem with that kind of character isn’t it? If they get it wrong, it just looks ridiculous
Did you listen to the audio format? It was done so well!
Yep.
I often think secondary characters deserve their own stories. Great idea!
Thanks Jamie!
Great list Carol. I remember some of these characters from my reading of some of these books. I guess that means they were memorable. 😊
They live in our reading experiences!