Please suggest me a book where the narrator is likable, genuine, and compassionate, and you enjoy “being around” them even if the overall story isn’t happy

Some books I liked with narrators who I felt fit this description: Piranesi, The Road, The Poisonwood Bible, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, and The Gurnsey Literary and Potato Peel Society

Some books that weren't quite my taste with narrators who I felt fit this description: Project Hail Mary (I know this one is beloved. I wish I loved it, too), The Secret History, A Man Called Ove, and Never Let Me Go

Thank you!