Point/s Of View

What kind of genre are you working in? That may help us point you in the right direction. I'm assuming mystery/suspense?

A number of V.C. Andrews books, I think the majority of the Harry Potter books, (there are few scenes in Harry Potter books that are not focused on HP I think). I think Janet Evanovich's Stephanie Plum series is all from one POV. Most of the ones I am thinking of that don't switch POV are in first person. Not sure if you write in that way...

If you're assuming people won't figure out your plot without certain scenes, write the novel without it and see if a beta reader can figure it out. A number of times authors throw in things that weren't needed, 'telling' the reader what they think they didn't get. If you can't tell a bad guy is a bad guy just from what your MC observes or hears from the victims, then you're not showing enough.

Anything written in first person, except James Patterson, I think sticks to one POV. Like... JA Konrath's Whiskey Sour, and -- well, I'm sure there are others but I don't read a lot of first-person stuff. Only because I don't happen across it often.

Camus' The Stranger
Kafka's The Trial
J.D. Salinger's Catcher in the Rye
Mark Twain's "Huckleberry Finn" is all one POV I believe.

also, one response to your question...

giaaddison said:

I'm trying to do my novel in Casey's POV, but I'm feeling like it will miss out a lot of the plot.

What about the victims and the suspects PsOV?

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You may be right that by not having multiple POV you could miss out on some plot, but not necessarily. What is the purpose of your story, what is its core? Is the victim's or suspect's POV really necessary to get there? is there any way that their experiences can be conveyed in some other way (dialogue for example)? You may feel that multiple POV is what you "should" do, but it certainly isn't what you "must" do.

Multiple POV can be useful and fun, but it can also just drag the story down in meandering gibber.

Books I can think of:

Isaac Asimov's Robot books.

Neil Gaiman's American Gods, and Neverwhere

Stephen King's Cell.

I've written novels in both third person/multiple viewpoints and first person/one viewpoint, and it makes a very fundamental difference in how you construct your plot. In third person/multiple viewpoints, you have a broader canvas and it's easier to get your various characters into the situations you need, to discover the right information, etc. However, you have to work harder to create intensity and suspense, I think. In first person/one viewpoint, you have to build a plot that can be unraveled by one person, and arrange for that person to get all the information, be at all the important scenes, etc. This can be very difficult, but you also get the advantages of immediacy.

This is a lot of babbling to say -- either way can work, but you have to be sure your plot unfolds in a way that will serve the voice you've chosen.

books dealing with a single POV? Hmmm. I only know of one Laurell K Hamilton's "Anita Blake" series and to tell you the truth it is erotic paranormal romance with some suspense/mystery mixed in. It is written in the MC's POV.

Hope it helps.

Jim Butcher's Dresden Files. Any of them.

Dick Francis' racehorse related mysteries are almost always in first person. Plus they're a rollicking read