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Books Named After the Main Character - Page 4

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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Pnin (Vladimir Nabokov)
Pnin
121
Vladimir Nabokov
Pollyanna (Eleanor H. Porter)
Pollyanna
122
Eleanor H. Porter
Queen Pokou (Veronique Tadjo)
Queen Pokou
123
Veronique Tadjo
Rabbit, Run (John Updike)
Rabbit, Run
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John Updike
Ralph S. Mouse (Beverly Cleary)
Ralph S. Mouse
125
Beverly Cleary
Ramona Quimby, Age 8 (Beverly Cleary)
Ramona Quimby, Age 8
126
Beverly Cleary
Richard II (William Shakespeare)
Richard II
127
William Shakespeare
Richard III (William Shakespeare)
Richard III
128
William Shakespeare
Romeo and Juliet (William Shakespeare)
Romeo and Juliet
129
William Shakespeare
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead (Tom Stoppard)
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
130
Tom Stoppard
Runaway Ralph (Beverly Cleary)
Runaway Ralph
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Beverly Cleary
Sarah, Plain and Tall (Patricia MacLachlan)
Sarah, Plain and Tall
132
Patricia MacLachlan
Sherlock Holmes: The Complete Novels and Stories, Vol. 1 (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Sherlock Holmes: The Complete Novels and Stories, Vol. 1
133
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Silas Marner (George Eliot)
Silas Marner
134
George Eliot
The Sorrows of Young Werther (Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe)
The Sorrows of Young Werther
135
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
Still Alice (Lisa Genova)
Still Alice
136
Lisa Genova
Stoner (Williams)
Stoner
137
Williams
Stuart Little (E.B. White)
Stuart Little
138
E.B. White
The Tale of Genji (Murasaki Shikibu)
The Tale of Genji
139
Murasaki Shikibu
The Talented Mr. Ripley (Patricia Highsmith)
The Talented Mr. Ripley
140
Patricia Highsmith
Tarzan of the Apes (Edgar Rice Burroughs)
Tarzan of the Apes
141
Edgar Rice Burroughs
Tess of the D'urbervilles (Thomas Hardy)
Tess of the D'urbervilles
142
Thomas Hardy
The Thousand Autumns of Jacob De Zoet (David Mitchell)
The Thousand Autumns of Jacob De Zoet
143
David Mitchell
Timon of Athens (Shakespeare)
Timon of Athens
144
Shakespeare
Titus Andronicus (William Shakespeare)
Titus Andronicus
145
William Shakespeare
Troilus and Cressida (William Shakespeare)
Troilus and Cressida
146
William Shakespeare
Uncle Tom's Cabin (Harriet Beecher Stowe)
Uncle Tom's Cabin
147
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Uncle Vanya (Anton Chekhov)
Uncle Vanya
148
Anton Chekhov
Will Grayson, Will Grayson (John Green & David Levithan)
Will Grayson, Will Grayson
149
John Green & David Levithan
Winnie-The-Pooh (A. A. Milne)
Winnie-The-Pooh
150
A. A. Milne
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar
151
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