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Books Named After the Main Character - Page 3

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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James and the Giant Peach (Roald Dahl)
James and the Giant Peach
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Roald Dahl
Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bronte)
Jane Eyre
82
Charlotte Bronte
John Carter of Mars
John Carter of Mars
83
Jonathan Livingston Seagull (Richard Bach)
Jonathan Livingston Seagull
84
Richard Bach
Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell (Susanna Clarke)
Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell
85
Susanna Clarke
Julie (Jean Craighead George)
Julie
86
Jean Craighead George
Julie of the Wolves (Jean Craighead George)
Julie of the Wolves
87
Jean Craighead George
Julie's Wolf Pack (Jean Craighead George)
Julie's Wolf Pack
88
Jean Craighead George
Junie B. Jones (Barbara Lynne Park)
Junie B. Jones
89
Barbara Lynne Park
Kim (Rudyard Kipling)
Kim
90
Rudyard Kipling
King John (William Shakespeare)
King John
91
William Shakespeare
King Lear (William Shakespeare)
King Lear
92
William Shakespeare
Le Morte D'Arthur (Sir Thomas Malory)
Le Morte D'Arthur
93
Sir Thomas Malory
Life of Pi (Yann Martel)
Life of Pi
94
Yann Martel
Lord Jim (Joseph Conrad)
Lord Jim
95
Joseph Conrad
Lucky Jim (Kingsley Amis)
Lucky Jim
96
Kingsley Amis
MacBeth (William Shakespeare)
MacBeth
97
William Shakespeare
Madame Bovary (Gustave Flaubert)
Madame Bovary
98
Gustave Flaubert
Madeline (Ludwig Bemelmans)
Madeline
99
Ludwig Bemelmans
Martin Chuzzlewit (Charles Dickens)
Martin Chuzzlewit
100
Charles Dickens
Matilda (Roald Dahl)
Matilda
101
Roald Dahl
Medea (Euripides)
Medea
102
Euripides
Moll Flanders (Daniel Defoe)
Moll Flanders
103
Daniel Defoe
Mr. Fox (Helen Oyeyemi)
Mr. Fox
104
Helen Oyeyemi
Mrs. Dalloway (Virginia Woolf)
Mrs. Dalloway
105
Virginia Woolf
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH (Robert C. O'Brien)
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH
106
Robert C. O'Brien
Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle
Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle
107
Nancy Drew Mysteries
Nancy Drew Mysteries
108
Oblomov by Ivan Goncharov
Oblomov by Ivan Goncharov
109
Oedipus at Colonus (Sophocles)
Oedipus at Colonus
110
Sophocles
Oedipus Rex (Sophocles)
Oedipus Rex
111
Sophocles
Oliver Twist (Charles Dickens)
Oliver Twist
112
Charles Dickens
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovtich (Alexander Solzhenitsyn)
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovtich
113
Alexander Solzhenitsyn
Othello (William Shakespeare)
Othello
114
William Shakespeare
Otherwise Known as Sheila the Great
Otherwise Known as Sheila the Great
115
Paddington Bear
Paddington Bear
116
Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha (Roddy Doyle)
Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha
117
Roddy Doyle
Pamela (Samuel Richardson)
Pamela
118
Samuel Richardson
Pericles, Prince of Tyre
Pericles, Prince of Tyre
119
Pinocchio (Carlo Collodi)
Pinocchio
120
Carlo Collodi
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