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Book Magazine's the Best of Bookish Characters - Page 2

Book Magazine, now defunct, compiled a panel of 55 authors, literary agents, editors, and actors in 2002 to “rank the top one hundred characters in literature since 1900.”
The book titles are listed under the character photos with the book characters in parentheses. Some books are listed more than once with different characters.
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Lonesome Dove (Augustus McCrae)
Lonesome Dove
41
Augustus McCrae
The Maltese Falcon (Sam Spade)
The Maltese Falcon
42
Sam Spade
Blood Meridian (Judge Holden)
Blood Meridian
43
Judge Holden
All the King's Men (Willie Stark)
All the King's Men
44
Willie Stark
Master and Commander (Stephen Maturin)
Master and Commander
45
Stephen Maturin
The Little Prince (The Little Prince)
The Little Prince
46
The Little Prince
The Old Man and the Sea (Santiago)
The Old Man and the Sea
47
Santiago
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (Jean Brodie)
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
48
Jean Brodie
The Power and the Glory (The Whiskey Priest)
The Power and the Glory
49
The Whiskey Priest
The Swimmer (Neddy Merrill)
The Swimmer
50
Neddy Merrill
Sula (Toni Morrison)
Sula
51
Toni Morrison
The Stranger (Meursault)
The Stranger
52
Meursault
The Sun Also Rises (Jake Barnes)
The Sun Also Rises
53
Jake Barnes
The Catcher in the Rye (Phoebe Caulfield)
The Catcher in the Rye
54
Phoebe Caulfield
Their Eyes Were Watching God (Janie Crawford)
Their Eyes Were Watching God
55
Janie Crawford
My Antonia (Antonia Shimerda)
My Antonia
56
Antonia Shimerda
Grendel
Grendel
57
The Horse's Mouth (Gulley Jimson)
The Horse's Mouth
58
Gulley Jimson
1984 (Big Brother)
1984
59
Big Brother
The Talented Mr. Ripley (Tom Ripley)
The Talented Mr. Ripley
60
Tom Ripley
Nine Stories (Seymour Glass)
Nine Stories
61
Seymour Glass
On the Road (Dean Moriarty)
On the Road
62
Dean Moriarty
Charlotte's Web (Charlotte)
Charlotte's Web
63
Charlotte
The World According to Garp (T. S. Garp)
The World According to Garp
64
T. S. Garp
The Thin Man (Nick and Nora Charles)
The Thin Man
65
Nick and Nora Charles
Casino Royale (James Bond)
Casino Royale
66
James Bond
Mrs. Bridge (Mr. Bridge)
Mrs. Bridge
67
Mr. Bridge
Under the Volcano (Geoffrey Firmin)
Under the Volcano
68
Geoffrey Firmin
The Sound and the Fury (Benjy)
The Sound and the Fury
69
Benjy
Pale Fire (Charles Kinbote)
Pale Fire
70
Charles Kinbote
We Have Always Lived in the Castle (Mary Katherine Blackwood)
We Have Always Lived in the Castle
71
Mary Katherine Blackwood
Brideshead Revisited (Charles Ryder)
Brideshead Revisited
72
Charles Ryder
Claudine at School (Claudine)
Claudine at School
73
Claudine
Love in the Time of Cholera (Florentino Ariza)
Love in the Time of Cholera
74
Florentino Ariza
Babbitt (George Follansbee Babbitt)
Babbitt
75
George Follansbee Babbitt
Parade's End (Christopher Tietjens)
Parade's End
76
Christopher Tietjens
The Member of the Wedding (Frankie Addams)
The Member of the Wedding
77
Frankie Addams
Blindness (The Dog of Tears)
Blindness
78
The Dog of Tears
Tarzan of the Apes (Tarzan)
Tarzan of the Apes
79
Tarzan
My Life as a Man (Nathan Zuckerman)
My Life as a Man
80
Nathan Zuckerman
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