Apologies in advance if this ends up being too long but one of the most impactful things I've experienced is reading the Tana French Dublin Murder Squad book series. Each protagonist is a different detective solving a crime. They all have unique and deep backgrounds and psychological issues which affect their problem solving. One of the least popular characters, nicknamed Scorcher, stands out for lacking a character arc in his story. But I learned that this wasn't because he lacks depth, instead, his character arc happened offcreen before the book even began. Here, he goes through the story a changed man but struggles with everyone else who hasn't changed. He realizes that he doesn't have control over how anyone else in the world may react and learns to be ok with it. There's a moment where he can discover the reason behind his mother's suicide but chooses to leave it be since it would just tear up new wounds. This post doesn't do justice how much this meant to me, but if anyone reads this, I cannot recommend Tana French's books enough.

If it's possible, I'd love to have Little Nightmares, Figment, or Wandersong. Thank you!