Who is your favorite fictional character in books?

[mvd]

Mine is Harry Potter. Close behind are Scrooge (because of his turnaround,) Bob Cratchit, Dorothy from The Wizard Of Oz, and Luna Lovegood.

[lost-in-nj]

1. I like Alex Cross (James Patterson)

and Jim Chee (Tony Hillerman)

I know there are more, just got to think....


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[Reciprocity]

7. I love Chee too.

I mean the guy drinks coffee with his boloney sandwiches, and spends most of his time driving loooong distances in his carryall.

[lost-in-nj]

9. and he has a cat and lives in a trailer!!!

lol


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on edit: the cat has him.....

[Parche]

20. Never Heard Of That Book Saddam

This was the best

:hi:

found

[lost-in-nj]

23. Oh please Stalin

You only posted this so you would
look smart

:eyes: :eyes:

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[Aristus]

2. Marcus Didius Falco, of the Falco mysteries set in Ancient Rome, by Lindsay Davis.

Fun. B-)

[Lisa]

45. I like Helena! (n/t)

[Aristus]

53. So does my wife.

B-)

Actually, she and Helena are a lot alike.

[Lisa]

92. my friends tease me about how I get so into a "scroll" that I'll forget about housework

Even the ones who had never read the series before are claiming that I'm the one who springs to mind, when they see descriptions like that.

[NMDemDist2]

3. almost any female character in a Tom Robbins novel

although Sissy is probably my fav

[Demeter]

4. Severus Snape, of course

You can KEEP Harry Potter.

also the characters in Diana Galbadon's Outlander series are all fascinating.

[XemaSab]

5. Word.

n/t

[Demeter]

6. NO Comprendo!

This means?

[XemaSab]

8. Snape's my MAN.

:D

[KitchenWitch]

10. It means that XemaSab agrees with you.

[mvd]

24. Oh, I'm sure Snape would be in my top 10

He is perhaps the most well developed character in Harry Potter.

[graywarrior]

36. Same here.

Love Severus. Best character ever created.

[skygazer]

11. Shadow from American Gods

As well as most of the supporting cast.

Huckleberry Finn
Sam Gamgee
and perhaps my absolute favorite, Elphaba from Wicked.

[enigmatic]

12. Larry Darrell of Somerset Maughm's "The Razor's Edge"

http://www.geocities.com/upakaascetic/all_larry_darrell.html

[Xipe Totec]

13. Jean Valjean, from Victor Hugo's Les Misérables n/t

[jobycom]

32. Thief. You stole my pick. nt

[Rabrrrrrr]

42. "What are you doing tonight, Stewie?" "Oh, nothing - just watching KIRK CAMERON play Jean Valjean!"

:rofl:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kb6ZhmIipr0

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

14. Oh, I like Kilgore Trout. And "Nobby" Nobs.

I like the Gunslinger and the Big Chief.

Randolph Carter.

[MrCoffee]

15. A list of three:

1. Sal Paradise
2. Lola Hart (Random Acts of Senseless Violence)
3. The Dixie Flatline (Neuromancer)

[philosophie_en_rose]

16. Precious Ramotswe

She reminds me of my mom.

[datasuspect]

17. gaunilon the fool in the proslogion

[Ptah]

18. Gabriel Du Pre

[Kutjara]

19. Ashraf Bey in Jon Courtney Grimwoods "Arabesk" novels.

A very complex character in a beautifully realized alternative history, set in Iskandaya (Alexandria), a city that's as much a character as the people who populate it.

[Reciprocity]

21. Also Sherlock Holmes, Bilbo Baggins, Harry Potter, Raistlin Majere, and Belgarath

[MysticalChicken]

22. Mine is...

Ilse Burnley from the Emily of New Moon trilogy, by L.M. Montgomery.

If I ever have a kid and it's a girl, I'm seriously considering naming her Ilse.

[BreweryYardRat]

25. Sandor Clegane from "A Song of Ice and Fire."

Badass, interesting, and does have some degree of emotional vulnerability hiding deep down. I've always imagined him as looking like a scaled-up version of Alan Rickman with black hair.

[yellowdogintexas]

35. Sandor is impressive, but what about Tyrion? Complex as

hell, and always interesting. Hell the most minor character in any Martin novel is interesting.

[FloridaJudy]

64. Martin kicks butt

Arya Stark and Jon Snow are my favorites, though I'm looking forward to Cersei's karma catching up with her. Her brother Jaime is also turning into a more complex person. Can't wait for the next book!

[yellowdogintexas]

82. without doubt, just can't stand the wait is all. I envy those who are

just now discovering this wonderful series, because if they start NOW, by the time they are done, the next book should be out.

[mikebl]

26. Ray Trevitt

'Temple of Gold' by William Goldman

[Kali]

27. Ayla from the Clan of the Cave Bear series

I mean was she a WOMAN or what? freaking saw and invented everything, including good sex!

[tigereye]

28. I really like Joe Leaphorn and Jim Chee from Tony Hillerman's detective novels

I tend to enjoy detective characters quite a bit. Melrose Plant and Richard Jury are both funny and complex detective characters in Martha Grimes mystery novels.

I also like complex characters in Barbara Kingsolver's novels. Otherwise, characters from DH Lawrence, Phillip Roth, Kerouac, adn Virginia Woolf are always challenging and interesting.

I'll have to think about this a bit more.

[lost-in-nj]

29. They are awesome

I love Tony Hillerman

I answered Jim Chee to.....



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[Reciprocity]

44. Me too!

Chee has trouble with the women in his life an he is known as a slow thinker like me.

[triguy46]

30. Raylen Givens in "Riding the Rap" by Elmore Leonard.

[Thirtieschild]

31. Elizabeth Bennett

[EFerrari]

68. Mr. Bennett. What he did worked for him.

lol

[jobycom]

33. Jean Valjean, (Les Miserables) and Silk, from Gene Wolfe's "Whorl" series. nt

[greatauntoftriplets]

34. Aloysius Pendergast -- Preston and Child.

Serge A. Storms -- Tim Dorsey.

[LostInAnomie]

37. Chris Elliot from The Shroud of the Thwacker.

I'll bet no one else on here has read that book.

[peacefreak]

74. I bet you're wrong.

I've got a signed copy.:evilgrin: Rumor has it he's working on another one.

[cobalt1999]

38. Ignatius J. Reilly - Confederacy of Dunces

[PassingFair]

48. L-O-V-E him too!

When, oh WHEN will we see a movie version?

[cobalt1999]

105. I'm too afraid Hollywood would screw it up. n/t

[yellowdogintexas]

39. Kay Scarpetta, from Patricia Cornwell's novels,

Lincoln Rhyme from Jeffrey Deaver's novels
Lymond Crawford from Dorothy Dunnet's Scottish novels,
The Governor (er former governor) in Carl Hiassen's books
Ding Chavez in Tom Clancy's books
Midnight Louie
Prescious Romawatse
Jane Eyre
Scarlett
Michael Corleone
Sano Ichiro
Blackthorn, from Shogun

I better stop, this is geting complicated!

[Spacemom]

40. Lazarus Long - Robert Heinlein

Remember the 11th commandment. :D

[Mz Pip]

41. I love good trash mysteries

Alex Delaware from Jonathan Kelleramn's novels, Detective Harry Bosch from Connelly's novels and Lucas Davenport from the John Sanford books.

I've just discovered Robert Tanenbaum and his Butch Karp series.

Yeah, I know they aren't great literature but I enjoy them.


Maybe the best character ever, though, is Pierre in War & Peace.

Mz Pip
:dem:

[Rabrrrrrr]

43. Sherlock Holmes; Muad'Dib; Belgarion; James Kirk; Spock; Encyclopedia Brown; The three investigators

[flying rabbit]

56. The three investigators!

Ah, to have an HQ in a junkyard. Good stuff - makes me want to read them again.

[PassingFair]

46. Dorothea Brooke, from Eliot's Middlemarch

...maybe not my FAVORITE, but damned interesting.

I have always loved David Copperfield. Yeah, Scrooge is up there too.

And....Horselover Fat from Mr. PKD....

[Lisa]

47. if I had to pick an absolute favourite -- Sam Vimes, from Terry Pratchett

(the "City Watch" novels, in the Discworld series)

And running a very close second would be Muggles (from Carol Kendall's "The Gammage Cup" and "The Whisper of Glocken").

[MrCoffee]

90. that is a great choice.

[mark414]

49. dean moriarty

even though he's not really all that fictional....

[Art_from_Ark]

50. Sherlock Holmes, by far

also, the Scarlet Pimpernel, and Phineas Fogg

[mvd]

61. Can't go wrong picking Sherlock

:thumbsup:

[Art_from_Ark]

63. Really

How many other times in literature has the "death" of a fictional character created so much uproar, around the world, that the character HAD to be brought back to life?

Sherlock's in a class all to himself :bounce:

[Auggie]

95. Same here

[Blue_Roses]

51. Stephanie Plum --Janet Evanovich's books

:thumbsup:

[Demeter]

77. All of Evanovich's Characters are good, interesting studies

there's something about a character that cannot be faked or skimmed or neglected.

[Glorfindel]

52. Sidney Carton, from "A Tale of Two Cities"

followed closely by Atticus Finch from "To Kill a Mockingbird" and Gandalf the Grey from "The Lord of the Rings"

[flvegan]

54. Frank Castle.

"Books" being subjective.

[nam78_two]

55. Olive Chancellor ( from Henry James' "The Bostonians").nt

[bridgit]

57. Jane Marple, Inspector Michael Jericho...

[RFKHumphreyObama]

58. Atticus Finch

Othello isn't really a character in a book but nevertheless I read the play in the form of a book so I'll include the character of Othello. And also Desdemona, Cassio and Iago

[LeftPeopleFinishFirst]

59. Salamanca Tree Hiddle.

from... Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech.

always and forever my favorite fictional character.

[pokerfan]

60. Encyclopedia Brown

Honorable mentions:
Gandalf the Gray/White
John "Clark" (Kelly)
Odysseus

[Fire Walk With Me]

62. Rorschach.

[FloridaJudy]

65. Carl Hiaasen's "Skink"

Love that image of him lashed to the bridge in Stormy Weather, like Ahab or Ulysses. That Enviro-Warrior warms my soul.

[yellowdogintexas]

83. see my post above, Love the Guv! nt

[NuttyFluffers]

66. Death from Discworld novels n/t

[A-Schwarzenegger]

67. K.

[DarkTirade]

69. If you're talking about the Harry Potter books, my favorate character has always been Neville.

I love those underdogs. :)

[MissHoneychurch]

70. Take a guess

:7

[Jamastiene]

71. Robin Hood.

Of course, I've never been able to figure out if he was real or not.

[6000eliot]

72. Becky Sharp from Vanity Fair.

She's a lot of fun if you've never read it.

[WritingIsMyReligion]

73. Lyra Belacqua, from Philip Pullman's HIS DARK MATERIALS.

Also Asriel Belacqua and Serafina Pekkala from the same trilogy.

I like a lot more, but I just didn't see that series mentioned.

[JVS]

75. I don't really have a favorite

[Burma Jones]

76. Jubal E. Harshaw from Stranger in a Strange Land

"LL.B., M.D., Sc.D., bon vivant, gourmet, sybarite, popular author extraordinary, neopessimist philosopher, devout agnostic, professional clown, amateur subversive, and parasite by choice."

I am assuming that characters from plays are not in the mix........Otherwise, I would have to say Falstaff, Hamlet, Lear and Macbeth.

Also, Ignatius Reilly is one of the greatest characters ever written

[MissMillie]

78. Owen Meany

Atticus Finch

[YankeyMCC]

79. Limmar Ponyets

Hober Mallow
Eowyn
Samwise Gamgee
Faramir
Jim Casey
Tom Joad

[Connonym]

80. an odd pairing but Spenser and Anne Shirley

by Robert Parker and LM Montgomery respectively

[raccoon]

81. Huckleberry Finn, to start. He was so genuine.

Atticus Finch. He was so accepting of other people's eccentricities, and stood for what he believed in even though it was a very unpopular stance.

Marcus Didius Falco and his SO, Helena Justina, from Lindsey Davis' Falco mystery series.

The Time Traveller. He reminded me a lot of myself.

Joe Leaphorn, Jim Chee, and Bernie (can't remember her last name).

[yellowdogintexas]

85. Marcus Didius Falco keeps coming up, guess I have a new

series to track down and read. You might want to check out Laura Joh Rowland's Sano Ichiro ...Shogun meets Sam Spade, so to speak. The first book is "Shinju".

[Magrittes Pipe]

84. Myrna Minkoff

or Bernard the Woodpecker.

[Phillycat]

86. A new fave - Lincoln Rhyme from Jeffery Deaver's books.

A brilliant detective who also happens to be a quadriplegic.

[yellowdogintexas]

93. Lincoln Rhyme is one awesome character. So is Amelia

but I like Lincoln the best. And those plot twists just keep coming in his books too

[Phillycat]

104. I'm on the second one right now - The Coffin Dancer

And I am HOOKED. My husband (who's been a fan for years) says I've been "Deaver'd". LOL!

[Reciprocity]

87. Aragorn, Bunnicula, King Arthur, Dracula

Mat Cauthon (Wheel of Time series)
Hannibal Lecter
Shea Ohmsford (The Sword of Shannara)
Robert Langdon (DaVinci Code)
Hank the Cow Dog

[MissMillie]

107. Bunnicula!

My son read that book!

[AngryAmish]

88. Dudley Smith, hero of Ellroy's LA quartet.

[Beer Snob-50]

89. owen meany

from the john irving novel.

[bikebloke]

91. Dave Robicheaux

From James Lee Burke's books.

[annonymous]

94. Serge A. Storms, Skink, Jim Chee and Dave Robicheaux

I find comedic characters such as Skink and Serge A. Storms to be the most memorable. It helps if you have a wierd sense of humor since Skink and Serge A. Storms are probably an acquired taste. However Jim Chee and Dave Robicheaux are probably the most developed characters in mystery fiction.

[BlueIris]

96. Smilla Jasperson (Smilla's Sense of Snow).

Let's just say...she reminds me of someone.

[SteppingRazor]

97. Serge Storms.

It's not often you find yourself rooting for a total psychopath

[timtom]

98. Penrod Schofield

From the Penrod trilogy by Booth Tarkington.

Midwestern turn-of-the-20th Century 11-year-old antihero.

[Thothmes]

99. Captain Ahab and Nathanial Bumpo

[Vanje]

100. George Wahington Hayduke

[regularguy]

101. Portnoy.

[MotorCityMan]

102. Ce'Nedra from David and Leigh Eddings Belgariad series

Actually, I love all the charactor's from the series, but the little princess is a great charactor.

[KG]

103. Lord Mhoram, Saltheart Foamfollower, Bannor

[malta blue]

106. Holden Caufield. nt

[anarch]

108. Hoke Moseley, from Charles Willeford's Miami crime novels

[sarge43]

109. Horatio Hornblower n/t

[Felix Mala]

110. Poor, old Uncle Clau-, Clau-, Clau-, Claudius...

I, Claudius

and

Claudius, The God