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The 100 Best Characters in Fiction Since 1900 - Page 2

List of books with the 100 best characters in fiction since 1900 according to Book Magazine. A ranking compiled by a panel of 55 authors, literary agents, editors, and actors in 2002.
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Lonesome Dove (Larry McMurtry)
Lonesome Dove
41
Larry McMurtry
The Maltese Falcon (Dashiell Hammett)
The Maltese Falcon
42
Dashiell Hammett
Blood Meridian (Cormac McCarthy)
Blood Meridian
43
Cormac McCarthy
All the King's Men (Robert Penn Warren)
All the King's Men
44
Robert Penn Warren
Master and Commander (Patrick O'Brian)
Master and Commander
45
Patrick O'Brian
The Little Prince (Antoine De Saint-Exupéry)
The Little Prince
46
Antoine De Saint-Exupéry
The Old Man and the Sea (Ernest Hemingway)
The Old Man and the Sea
47
Ernest Hemingway
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (Muriel Spark)
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
48
Muriel Spark
Power and the Glory (Graham Greene)
Power and the Glory
49
Graham Greene
The Swimmer
The Swimmer
50
Sula (Toni Morrison)
Sula
51
Toni Morrison
The Stranger (Albert Camus)
The Stranger
52
Albert Camus
The Sun Also Rises (Ernest Hemingway)
The Sun Also Rises
53
Ernest Hemingway
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
54
J.D. Salinger
Their Eyes Were Watching (Zora Neale Hurston)
Their Eyes Were Watching
55
Zora Neale Hurston
My Antonia (Willa Cather)
My Antonia
56
Willa Cather
Grendel
Grendel
57
The Horse's Mouth
The Horse's Mouth
58
1984 (George Orwell)
1984
59
George Orwell
The Talented Mr. Ripley (Patricia Highsmith)
The Talented Mr. Ripley
60
Patricia Highsmith
Nine Stories (J.D. Salinger)
Nine Stories
61
J.D. Salinger
On the Road (Jack Kerouac)
On the Road
62
Jack Kerouac
Charlotte's Web (E.B. White)
Charlotte's Web
63
E.B. White
The World According to Garp (John Irving)
The World According to Garp
64
John Irving
The Thin Man (Dashiell Hammett)
The Thin Man
65
Dashiell Hammett
Casino Royale (Ian Fleming)
Casino Royale
66
Ian Fleming
Mrs Bridge (Evan S Connell)
Mrs Bridge
67
Evan S Connell
Under the Volcano (Malcolm Lowry)
Under the Volcano
68
Malcolm Lowry
The Sound and the Fury (William Faulkner)
The Sound and the Fury
69
William Faulkner
Pale Fire (Vladimir Nabokov)
Pale Fire
70
Vladimir Nabokov
We Have Always Lived in the Castle (Shirley Jackson)
We Have Always Lived in the Castle
71
Shirley Jackson
Brideshead Revisited (Evelyn Waugh)
Brideshead Revisited
72
Evelyn Waugh
Claudine at School
Claudine at School
73
Love in the Time of Cholera (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
Love in the Time of Cholera
74
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Babbitt (Sinclair Lewis)
Babbitt
75
Sinclair Lewis
Parade's End (Ford Madox Ford)
Parade's End
76
Ford Madox Ford
The Member of the Wedding (Carson McCullers)
The Member of the Wedding
77
Carson McCullers
Blindness (José Saramago)
Blindness
78
José Saramago
Tarzan of the Apes (Edgar Rice Burroughs)
Tarzan of the Apes
79
Edgar Rice Burroughs
My Life as a Man (Nathan Zuckerman)
My Life as a Man
80
Nathan Zuckerman
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