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Books Named After the Main Character - Page 2

Most of the time, novels named after characters usually do so after the protagonist, but every once in a while you get My Ántonia, The Great Gatsby, or Julius Caesar, where the title character is an obsession or rival of the true main character.
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Doctor Faustus (Thomas Mann)
Doctor Faustus
41
Thomas Mann
Doctor Zhivago (Boris Pasternak)
Doctor Zhivago
42
Boris Pasternak
Don Quixote (Miguel De Cervantes)
Don Quixote
43
Miguel De Cervantes
Dorothy of Oz
Dorothy of Oz
44
Elect Mr. Robinson for a Better World
Elect Mr. Robinson for a Better World
45
Ella Minnow Pea (Mark Dunn)
Ella Minnow Pea
46
Mark Dunn
Eloise (Kay Thompson)
Eloise
47
Kay Thompson
Emily of New Moon (L.M. Montgomery)
Emily of New Moon
48
L.M. Montgomery
Emily the Strange (Cosmic Debris)
Emily the Strange
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Cosmic Debris
Emma (Jane Austen)
Emma
50
Jane Austen
Ender's Game (Orson Scott Card)
Ender's Game
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Orson Scott Card
Eragon (Christopher Paolini)
Eragon
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Christopher Paolini
Ethan Frome (Edith Wharton)
Ethan Frome
53
Edith Wharton
Eugene Onegin (Aleksandr Pushkin)
Eugene Onegin
54
Aleksandr Pushkin
Evelina
Evelina
55
Everyman
Everyman
56
Eva Luna (Isabel Allende)
Eva Luna
57
Isabel Allende
Fantastic Mr. Fox (Roald Dahl)
Fantastic Mr. Fox
58
Roald Dahl
Father Brown: The Essential Tales (G.K. Chesterton)
Father Brown: The Essential Tales
59
G.K. Chesterton
Faust (Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe)
Faust
60
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
Flat Stanley (Jeff Brown)
Flat Stanley
61
Jeff Brown
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein
62
Mary Shelley
The Good Soldier Svejk (Jaroslav Hašek)
The Good Soldier Svejk
63
Jaroslav Hašek
The Great Gilly Hopkins
The Great Gilly Hopkins
64
Grendel
Grendel
65
Hamlet (William Shakespeare)
Hamlet
66
William Shakespeare
Harold and the Purple Crayon (Crockett Johnson)
Harold and the Purple Crayon
67
Crockett Johnson
Harry Potter (Jk Rowling)
Harry Potter
68
Jk Rowling
Heidi (Johanna Spyri)
Heidi
69
Johanna Spyri
Henry IV, Part I (William Shakespeare)
Henry IV, Part I
70
William Shakespeare
Henry IV, Part II (Simon Callow)
Henry IV, Part II
71
Simon Callow
Henry V (William Shakespeare)
Henry V
72
William Shakespeare
Henry VI, Part I
Henry VI, Part I
73
Henry VI, Part II
Henry VI, Part II
74
Henry VI, Part III
Henry VI, Part III
75
Henry VIII (Shakespeare)
Henry VIII
76
Shakespeare
Herzog (Saul Bellow)
Herzog
77
Saul Bellow
Horrid Henry (Francesca Simon)
Horrid Henry
78
Francesca Simon
Ivanhoe (Sir Walter Scott)
Ivanhoe
79
Sir Walter Scott
Jack Maggs (Peter Carey)
Jack Maggs
80
Peter Carey
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