My favourite characters are Jane Eyre, Mr. Darcy, Edmond Dantes, and Jay Gatsby.

I personally don’t, I just read books I’m interested in. I don’t care who the author is and where they’re from, I only care about the story they’ve created. I guess it’s good if you want to be more diverse in your choices, but I feel like at some point people start caring more about the authors than the actual books and it seems like a stressful way to approach reading.

The Other Passenger by Louise Candlish and Fresh Water for Flowers by Valerie Perrin.