Fictional Characters from Books
This list is comprised of some of the most recognizable names from fictional books. These include novels, short stories, graphic novels and comic books. If shown, the year indicates when the book was first published.
| Name | Year | Book | Other Names | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paddington | 1958 | A Bear Called Paddington |  | |
| Ebenezer Scrooge | 1843 | A Christmas Carol | | |
| Jacob Marley | 1843 | A Christmas Carol | | |
| Brienne of Tarth | 1998 | A Clash of Kings | | |
| Alex | 1962 | A Clockwork Orange | | |
| Andy Dalziel | 1970 | A Clubbable Woman | (Andrew) | |
| Peter Pascoe | 1970 | A Clubbable Woman | | |
| Ignatius J. Reilly | 1980 | A Confederacy of Dunces | (Jacques) | |
| Arya Stark | 1996 | A Game of Thrones | | |
| Bran Stark | 1996 | A Game of Thrones | | |
| Catelyn Stark | 1996 | A Game of Thrones | | |
| Cersei Lannister | 1996 | A Game of Thrones | | |
| Daenerys Targaryen | 1996 | A Game of Thrones | | |
| Khal Drogo | 1996 | A Game of Thrones | | |
| Jaime Lannister | 1996 | A Game of Thrones | | |
| Joffrey Baratheon | 1996 | A Game of Thrones | | |
| Jon Snow | 1996 | A Game of Thrones | | |
| Ned Stark | 1996 | A Game of Thrones | (Eddard) | |
| Petyr Baelish | 1996 | A Game of Thrones | | |
| Robb Stark | 1996 | A Game of Thrones | | |
| Robert Baratheon | 1996 | A Game of Thrones | | |
| Samwell Tarly | 1996 | A Game of Thrones | (Sam) | |
| Sandor Clegane | 1996 | A Game of Thrones | | |
| Sansa Stark | 1996 | A Game of Thrones | | |
| Theon Greyjoy | 1996 | A Game of Thrones | | |
| Tyrion Lannister | 1996 | A Game of Thrones | | |
| Viserys Targaryen | 1996 | A Game of Thrones | | |
| Barbara Havers | 1988 | A Great Deliverance | | |
| Thomas Lynley | 1988 | A Great Deliverance | (Tommy) | |
| Stephen Dedalus | 1916; 1922 | A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man; Ulysses | | |
| Owen Meany | 1989 | A Prayer for Owen Meany | | |
| Irene Adler | 1891 | A Scandal in Bohemia | | |
| Dr. John Watson | 1887 | A Study in Scarlet | | |
| Sherlock Holmes | 1887 | A Study in Scarlet | | |
| Alexandre Manette | 1854 | A Tale of Two Cities | | |
| Charles Darnay | 1854 | A Tale of Two Cities | | |
| Lucie Manette | 1854 | A Tale of Two Cities | | |
| Sydney Carton | 1854 | A Tale of Two Cities | | |
| Thérèse Defarge | 1854 | A Tale of Two Cities | | |
| Agnes Grey | 1847 | Agnes Grey | | |
| Alanna of Trebond | 1983 | Alanna: The First Adventure | | |
| Alexander | 1972 | Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day | | |
| Alice | 1865 | Alice's Adventures in Wonderland | | |
| Paul Bäumer | 1929 | All Quiet on the Western Front | | |
| Altamiro | 1965 | Altamiro de la Cueva | | |
| Patrick Bateman | 1991 | American Psycho | | |
| Katherine | 2006 | An Abundance of Katherines | | |
| Anastasia Krupnik | 1978 | Anastasia Krupnik | | |
| Angélique Sancé | 1957 | Angélique, Marquise des Anges | | |
| Anna Oliphant | 2010 | Anna and the French Kiss | | |
| Anna Karenina | 1877 | Anna Karenina | | |
| Annabel | 2010 | Annabel | | |
| Anne Shirley | 1908 | Anne of Green Gables | | |
| Diana Barry | 1908 | Anne of Green Gables | | |
| Gilbert Blythe | 1908 | Anne of Green Gables | | |
| Jane Andrews | 1908 | Anne of Green Gables | | |
| Josephine Barry | 1908 | Anne of Green Gables | | |
| Josie Pye | 1908 | Anne of Green Gables | | |
| Marilla Cuthbert | 1908 | Anne of Green Gables | | |
| Matthew Cuthbert | 1908 | Anne of Green Gables | | |
| Muriel Stacy | 1908 | Anne of Green Gables | | |
| Rachel Lynde | 1908 | Anne of Green Gables | | |
| Ruby Gillis | 1908 | Anne of Green Gables | | |
| Annie Kenyon | 1982 | Annie on My Mind | | |
| Anya Borzakovskaya | 2011 | Anya's Ghost | (Annushka) | |
| Archie Andrews | 1942 | Archie Comics | (Archibald) | |
| Betty Cooper | 1942 | Archie Comics | | |
| Forsythe "Jughead" Jones | 1942 | Archie Comics | (Jughead) | |
| Veronica Lodge | 1942 | Archie Comics | | |
| Margaret Simon | 1970 | Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret | | |
| Aristotle Mendoza | 2012 | Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe | | |
| Dante Quintana | 2012 | Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe | | |
| Phileas Fogg | 1872 | Around the World in Eighty Days | | |
| Arsène Lupin | 1907 | Arsène Lupin, Gentleman Burglar | | |
| Asterix | 1961 | Asterix the Gaul | | |
| Obelix | 1961 | Asterix the Gaul | | |
| Pauline Fossil | 1936 | Ballet Shoes | | |
| Petrova Fossil | 1936 | Ballet Shoes | | |
| Posy Fossil | 1936 | Ballet Shoes | | |
| Barb Wire | 1994 | Barb Wire | | |
| Barbara | 1939 | Barbara | | |
| Bruce Wayne | 1939 | Batman | | |
| Dick Grayson | 1940 | Batman | (Robin) | |
| Naomi León | 2004 | Becoming Naomi León | | |
| Judah Ben-Hur | 1880 | Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ | | |
| Tirzah Ben-Hur | 1880 | Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ | | |
| Beowulf | 10xx | Beowulf | | |
| Betsy Ray | 1940 | Betsy-Tacy | (Elizabeth, Warrington) | |
| Julia Ray | 1940 | Betsy-Tacy | | |
| Margaret Ray | 1940 | Betsy-Tacy | | |
| Tacy Kelly | 1940 | Betsy-Tacy | (Anna, Anastacia) | |
| Tib Muller | 1940 | Betsy-Tacy | (Thelma) | |
| Billy Fisher | 1959 | Billy Liar | (William) | |
| Allan Woodcourt | 1852 | Bleak House | | |
| Esther Summerson | 1852 | Bleak House | | |
| Honoria, Lady Dedlock | 1852 | Bleak House | | |
| Bloody Jack | 2002 | Bloody Jack | (Mary) | |
| Boes | 1980 | Boes | | |
| Bernard Marx | 1932 | Brave New World | | |
| Helmholtz Watson | 1932 | Brave New World | | |
| John the Savage | 1932 | Brave New World | | |
| Lenina Crowne | 1932 | Brave New World | | |
| Holly Golightly | 1958 | Breakfast at Tiffany's | | |
| Briar Moss | 1999 | Briar's Book | | |
| Bridget Jones | 1996 | Bridget Jones's Diary | | |
| Elam Harnish | 1910 | Burning Daylight | | |
| Caddie Woodlawn | 1936 | Caddie Woodlawn | (Caroline) | |
| Cal | 1983 | Cal | | |
| Steve Rogers | 1940 | Captain America Comics | | |
| Carmen | 1845 | Carmen | | |
| Carrie White | 1974 | Carrie | (Carietta) | |
| Carrie Willow | 1973 | Carrie's War | | |
| James Bond | 1953 | Casino Royale | | |
| Chuck Cathcart | 1961 | Catch-22 | | |
| John Yossarian | 1961 | Catch-22 | | |
| Catherine | 1994 | Catherine, Called Birdy | | |
| Charlie Bucket | 1964 | Charlie and the Chocolate Factory | | |
| Willy Wonka | 1964 | Charlie and the Chocolate Factory | | |
| Charlotte A. Cavatica | 1952 | Charlotte's Web | (Aranea) | |
| Fern Arable | 1952 | Charlotte's Web | | |
| Wilbur | 1952 | Charlotte's Web | | |
| Francis Reynaud | 2012 | Chocolat | | |
| Christina | 1985 | Christina's Ghost | | |
| Alice Henderson | 1967 | Christy | | |
| Christy Huddleston | 1967 | Christy | (Rudd) | |
| David Grantland | 1967 | Christy | | |
| Fairlight Spencer | 1967 | Christy | | |
| Neil MacNeill | 1967 | Christy | | |
| Ruby Mae Morrison | 1967 | Christy | | |
| Clarissa Harlowe | 1748 | Clarissa | | |
| Clarissa Harlowe | 1748 | Clarissa | | |
| Julie | 2012 | Code Name Verity | (Verity) | |
| Felix Krull | 1954 | Confessions of Felix Krull | | |
| Coraline Jones | 2002 | Coraline | | |
| Phillis Holman | 1864 | Cousin Phillis | | |
| Adam Dalgliesh | 1962 | Cover Her Face | | |
| Rodion Raskolnikov | 1866 | Crime and Punishment | | |
| Cubitus | 1968 | Cubitus | | |
| Sémaphore | 1968 | Cubitus | | |
| Curious George | 1941 | Curious George | | |
| Oscar Goldman | 1972 | Cyborg | | |
| Rudy Wells | 1972 | Cyborg | | |
| Steve Austin | 1972 | Cyborg | | |
| Jerusha Abbott | 1912 | Daddy-Long-Legs | (Judy) | |
| Daisy Miller | 1878 | Daisy Miller | (Annie) | |
| Isabelle de Merteuil | 1782 | Dangerous Liaisons | | |
| Sebastian Valmont | 1782 | Dangerous Liaisons | | |
| Daniel Deronda | 1876 | Daniel Deronda | | |
| Gwendolen Harleth | 1876 | Daniel Deronda | | |
| Mirah Lapidoth | 1876 | Daniel Deronda | | |
| Danny | 1975 | Danny, the Champion of the World | | |
| Dariel | 1897 | Dariel: a romance of Surrey | | |
| Dexter Morgan | 2004 | Darkly Dreaming Dexter | | |
| Harry Morgan | 2004 | Darkly Dreaming Dexter | (Harrison) | |
| Nicholas Rubashov | 1940 | Darkness at Noon | | |
| Data Tutashkhia | 1975 | Data Tutashkhia | | |
| Agnes Wickfield | 1849 | David Copperfield | | |
| Betsey Trotwood | 1849 | David Copperfield | | |
| David Copperfield | 1849 | David Copperfield | (Trotwood) | |
| Ham Peggotty | 1849 | David Copperfield | | |
| Uriah Heep | 1849 | David Copperfield | | |
| John Tyree | 2007 | Dear John | | |
| Demelza | 1946 | Demelza | | |
| Peter | 1845 | Der Struwwelpeter | | |
| Beatrice Prior | 2012 | Divergent | (Tris) | |
| Dolfje Spaan | 1996 | Dolfje Weerwolfje | | |
| Don Juan | 1819 | Don Juan | (Giovanni) | |
| Don Quixote | 1605 | Don Quixote | (Alonso) | |
| Sancho Panza | 1605 | Don Quixote | | |
| Jessica Wakefield | 1983 | Double Love | | |
| Abraham Van Helsing | 1897 | Dracula | | |
| Arthur Holmwood | 1897 | Dracula | | |
| Count Dracula | 1897 | Dracula | | |
| John Seward | 1897 | Dracula | | |
| Jonathan Harker | 1897 | Dracula | | |
| Lucy Westenra | 1897 | Dracula | | |
| Mina Harker | 1897 | Dracula | (Wilhelmina) | |
| Quincey Morris | 1897 | Dracula | | |
| Ruth | 2000 | Drowning Ruth | | |
| Abra Bacon | 1952 | East of Eden | | |
| Adam Trask | 1952 | East of Eden | | |
| Aron Trask | 1952 | East of Eden | (Aaron) | |
| Caleb Trask | 1952 | East of Eden | (Cal) | |
| Cathy Ames | 1952 | East of Eden | (Kate) | |
| Charles Trask | 1952 | East of Eden | | |
| Cyrus Trask | 1952 | East of Eden | | |
| Lily Bart | 1905 | Edith Wharton | | |
| Luke | 1975 | Eight Days of Luke | | |
| Eleanor Douglas | 2012 | Eleanor & Park | | |
| Ella | 1997 | Ella Enchanted | | |
| Emil Tischbein | 1928 | Emil and the Detectives | | |
| Emily Byrd Starr | 1923 | Emily of New Moon | | |
| Emily | 1961 | Emily's Runaway Imagination | | |
| Augusta Elton | 1815 | Emma | | |
| Emma Woodhouse | 1815 | Emma | | |
| Frank Churchill | 1815 | Emma | | |
| George Knightley | 1815 | Emma | | |
| Harriet Smith | 1815 | Emma | | |
| Henry Woodhouse | 1815 | Emma | | |
| Isabella Knightley | 1815 | Emma | | |
| Jane Fairfax | 1815 | Emma | | |
| Philip Elton | 1815 | Emma | | |
| Eric Thursley | 1990 | Eric | | |
| Esperanza Ortega | 2002 | Esperanza Rising | | |
| Ethan Frome | 1911 | Ethan Frome | | |
| Eugene Onegin | 1833 | Eugene Onegin | | |
| Eva | 1988 | Eva | | |
| Eva Luna | 1987 | Eva Luna | | |
| Bertie Wooster | 1915 | Extricating Young Gussie | (Bertram, Wilberforce) | |
| Jeeves | 1915 | Extricating Young Gussie | (Reggie, Reginald) | |
| Kurt Wallander | 1991 | Faceless Killers | | |
| Guy Montag | 1953 | Fahrenheit 451 | | |
| Fanny Hill | 1748 | Fanny Hill | | |
| T'Challa | 1966 | Fantastic Four | | |
| Bathsheba Everdene | 1847 | Far From the Madding Crowd | | |
| Fanny Robin | 1847 | Far From the Madding Crowd | | |
| Francis Troy | 1847 | Far From the Madding Crowd | | |
| Gabriel Oak | 1847 | Far From the Madding Crowd | | |
| Celia | 2000 | Feeling Sorry for Celia | | |
| Tyler Durden | 1996 | Fight Club | | |
| Harry Flashman | 1969 | Flashman | | |
| "Flat" Stanley Lambchop | 1964 | Flat Stanley | | |
| Florete | 12xx | Floriant et Florete | | |
| Floriant | 12xx | Floriant et Florete | | |
| Algernon | 1959 | Flowers for Algernon | | |
| Amber St. Clair | 1944 | Forever Amber | | |
| Leonard Peacock | 2013 | Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock | | |
| Forrest Gump | 1986 | Forrest Gump | | |
| Victor Frankenstein | 1818 | Frankenstein | | |
| Clive Barnard | 1984 | Frost at Christmas | | |
| Jack Frost | 1984 | Frost at Christmas | (William, Edward) | |
| George Gently | 1955 | Gently Does It | | |
| George Kranky | 1981 | George's Marvellous Medicine | | |
| Gideon Seymour | 2006 | Gideon the Cutpurse | | |
| George Gideon | 1955 | Gideon's Day | | |
| Gigi | 1944 | Gigi | (Gilberte) | |
| Gloriant | 13xx | Gloriant | | |
| Kilgore Trout | 1965 | God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater | | |
| Ashley Wilkes | 1936 | Gone With the Wind | (George) | |
| Beauregard Wilkes | 1936 | Gone With the Wind | (Beau) | |
| Bonnie Butler | 1936 | Gone With the Wind | (Eugenie, Blue, Victoria) | |
| Carreen O'Hara | 1936 | Gone With the Wind | (Caroline, Irene) | |
| Charles Hamilton | 1936 | Gone With the Wind | | |
| Ella Lorena Kennedy | 1936 | Gone With the Wind | | |
| Ellen Robillard O'Hara | 1936 | Gone With the Wind | | |
| Frank Kennedy | 1936 | Gone With the Wind | | |
| Gerald O'Hara | 1936 | Gone With the Wind | | |
| Melanie Hamilton Wilkes | 1936 | Gone With the Wind | | |
| Rhett Butler | 1936 | Gone With the Wind | | |
| Scarlett O'Hara | 1936 | Gone With the Wind | (Katie) | |
| Suellen O'Hara | 1936 | Gone With the Wind | (Susan, Elinor) | |
| Wade Hampton Hamilton | 1936 | Gone With the Wind | | |
| Tom Oakley | 1981 | Goodnight Mister Tom | | |
| Blair Waldorf | 2002 | Gossip Girl | (Cornelia) | |
| Chuck Bass | 2002 | Gossip Girl | (Charles, Bartholomew) | |
| Dan Humphrey | 2002 | Gossip Girl | (Daniel, Randolph) | |
| Jenny Humphrey | 2002 | Gossip Girl | (Jennifer, Tallulah) | |
| Nate Archibald | 2002 | Gossip Girl | (Nathaniel, Fitzwilliam) | |
| Serena van der Woodsen | 2002 | Gossip Girl | (Celia) | |
| Vanessa Abrams | 2002 | Gossip Girl | | |
| Abel Magwitch | 1860 | Great Expectations | | |
| Estella Havisham | 1861 | Great Expectations | | |
| Herbert Pocket | 1860 | Great Expectations | | |
| Joe Gargery | 1860 | Great Expectations | (Joseph) | |
| Philip "Pip" Pirrip | 1860 | Great Expectations | (Pip) | |
| Lemuel Gulliver | 1726 | Gulliver's Travels | | |
| Cecelia Jupe | 1854 | Hard Times | (Sissy) | |
| Josiah Bounderby | 1854 | Hard Times | | |
| Louisa Gradgrind | 1854 | Hard Times | (Loo) | |
| Stephen Blackpool | 1854 | Hard Times | | |
| Thomas Gradgrind | 1854 | Hard Times | | |
| Harriet Welsch | 1964 | Harriet the Spy | | |
| Lucius Malfoy | 1998 | Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets | | |
| Bellatrix Lestrange | 2000 | Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire | | |
| Cedric Diggory | 2000 | Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire | | |
| Dolores Umbridge | 2003 | Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix | (Jane) | |
| Luna Lovegood | 2003 | Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix | | |
| Albus Dumbledore | 1997 | Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone | (Percival, Wulfric, Brian) | |
| Draco Malfoy | 1997 | Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone | | |
| Ginny Weasley | 1997 | Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone | (Ginevra, Molly) | |
| Harry Potter | 1997 | Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone | (James) | |
| Hermione Granger | 1997 | Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone | (Jean) | |
| Minerva McGonagall | 1997 | Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone | | |
| Neville Longbottom | 1997 | Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone | | |
| Ron Weasley | 1997 | Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone | (Ronald, Bilius) | |
| Rubeus Hagrid | 1997 | Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone | | |
| Severus Snape | 1997 | Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone | | |
| Lord Voldemort | 1997 | Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone | (Tom, Marvolo) | |
| Sirius Black | 1999 | Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban | (Orion) | |
| Emily Trevelyan | 1869 | He Knew He Was Right | | |
| Louis Trevelyan | 1869 | He Knew He Was Right | | |
| Heather | 1989 | Heather Has Two Mommies | | |
| Heidi | 1880 | Heidi | (Adelheid) | |
| Ramona Quimby | 1950 | Henry Huggins | | |
| Babar | 1931 | Histoire de Babar | | |
| Homer Price | 1943 | Homer Price | | |
| Campion | 2008 | House of Suns | | |
| David | 1963 | I Am David | | |
| Mike Hammer | 1947 | I, the Jury | (Michael) | |
| Ilsa Brandes | 1946 | Ilsa | | |
| Nick Adams | 1924 | In Our Time | (Nicholas) | |
| Albertine Simonet | 1919 | In Search of Lost Time | | |
| Claudia | 1976 | Interview with the Vampire | | |
| Irène Verhœven | 2006 | Irène | | |
| Tony Stark | 1963 | Iron Man | (Anthony) | |
| Jacob Heym | 1969 | Jakob the Liar | (Jakob) | |
| James Henry Trotter | 1961 | James and the Giant Peach | | |
| Catootje Tromp | 1970 | Jan, Jans en de kinderen | | |
| Gerrit Tromp | 1970 | Jan, Jans en de kinderen | | |
| Jan Tromp | 1970 | Jan, Jans en de kinderen | | |
| Jans Tromp | 1970 | Jan, Jans en de kinderen | | |
| Jeroentje | 1970 | Jan, Jans en de kinderen | (Jeroen) | |
| Karlijn Tromp | 1970 | Jan, Jans en de kinderen | | |
| Loedertje | 1970 | Jan, Jans en de kinderen | | |
| Bertha Antoinetta Mason | 1847 | Jane Eyre | | |
| Edward Fairfax Rochester | 1847 | Jane Eyre | | |
| Jane Eyre | 1847 | Jane Eyre | | |
| Jemima Jones | 2001 | Jemima J | | |
| Elizabeth | 1967 | Jennifer, Hecate, Macbeth, William McKinley and Me, Elizabeth | | |
| Jennifer | 1967 | Jennifer, Hecate, Macbeth, William McKinley and Me, Elizabeth | | |
| Jeremy Fink | 2006 | Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life | | |
| Jeremy Thatcher | 1991 | Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher | | |
| Joey Pigza | 1998 | Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key | | |
| John | 2007 | John Dies at the End | | |
| Johnny Tremain | 1943 | Johnny Tremain | | |
| Anatool | 1955 | Jommeke | | |
| Jommeke | 1955 | Jommeke | | |
| Jonathan Livingston Seagull | 1970 | Jonathan Livingston Seagull | | |
| Jonathan Strange | 2004 | Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell | | |
| Jonathas | 13xx | Jonathas ende Rosafiere | | |
| Rosafiere | 13xx | Jonathas ende Rosafiere | | |
| Sun Wukong | c. 1592 | Journey to the West | | |
| Jude Fawley | 1895 | Jude the Obscure | | |
| Julie | 1972 | Julie of the Wolves | | |
| Alan Grant | 1990 | Jurassic Park | | |
| Ellie Sattler | 1990 | Jurassic Park | | |
| Ian Malcolm | 1990 | Jurassic Park | | |
| Ella Brown | 1999 | Just Ella | | |
| William Brown | 1922 | Just William | | |
| Karen Memery | 2015 | Karen Memory | | |
| David Balfour | 1886 | Kidnapped | (Davie) | |
| Kim O'Hara | 1901 | Kim | (Kimball) | |
| Matt | 1923 | King Matt the First | (Maciuś) | |
| Kit Watson | 1999 | Kit's Wilderness | (Christopher) | |
| Lady Susan Vernon | 1871 | Lady Susan | | |
| Lassie | 1940 | Lassie Come-Home | | |
| Endeavour Morse | 1975 | Last Bus to Woodstock | | |
| Robbie Lewis | 1975 | Last Bus to Woodstock | (Robert) | |
| Azelma Thénardier | 1862 | Les Misérables | | |
| Cosette Fauchelevant | 1862 | Les Misérables | (Euphrasie) | |
| Éponine Thénardier | 1862 | Les Misérables | | |
| Fantine | 1862 | Les Misérables | | |
| Inspector Javert | 1862 | Les Misérables | | |
| Jean Valjean | 1862 | Les Misérables | (Ultime) | |
| Marius Pontmercy | 1862 | Les Misérables | | |
| Piscine Molitor Patel | 2002 | Life of Pi | (Pi) | |
| Lily | 1997 | Lily's Crossing | | |
| Lisa Palfy | 1949 | Lisa and Lottie | | |
| Lottie Horn | 1949 | Lisa and Lottie | | |
| Amy Dorrit | 1857 | Little Dorrit | | |
| Amy March | 1868 | Little Women | (Curtis) | |
| Beth March | 1868 | Little Women | (Elizabeth) | |
| Friedrich Bhaer | 1869 | Little Women | (Fritz) | |
| Jo March | 1868 | Little Women | (Josephine) | |
| John Brooke | 1868 | Little Women | | |
| Meg March | 1868 | Little Women | (Margaret) | |
| Theodore Laurence | 1868 | Little Women | (Laurie, Teddy) | |
| Humbert Humbert | 1955 | Lolita | | |
| Lolita | 1955 | Lolita | (Dolores) | |
| Rachel Wallace | 1980 | Looking For Rachel Wallace | | |
| Jim | 1900 | Lord Jim | | |
| Lorna Doone | 1869 | Lorna Doone | | |
| Jim Dixon | 1953 | Lucky Jim | | |
| Lucy | 1990 | Lucy | | |
| Lucy Sullivan | 1996 | Lucy Sullivan Is Getting Married | | |
| Emma Bovary | 1856 | Madame Bovary | | |
| Madeline | 1939 | Madeline | | |
| Maisie Dobbs | 2003 | Maisie Dobbs | | |
| Edmund Bertram | 1814 | Mansfield Park | | |
| Fanny Price | 1814 | Mansfield Park | (Frances) | |
| Henry Crawford | 1814 | Mansfield Park | | |
| Julia Bertram | 1814 | Mansfield Park | | |
| Maria Bertram | 1814 | Mansfield Park | | |
| Mary Crawford | 1814 | Mansfield Park | | |
| Tom Bertram | 1814 | Mansfield Park | (Thomas) | |
| William Price | 1814 | Mansfield Park | | |
| Marcella | 1894 | Marcella | | |
| Mary Poppins | 1934 | Marry Poppins | | |
| Martin Chuzzlewit | 1844 | Martin Chuzzlewit | | |
| Peter Quill | 1976 | Marvel Preview | (Jason) | |
| Mary Barton | 1848 | Mary Barton | | |
| Jack Aubrey | 1969 | Master and Commander | (John) | |
| Stephen Maturin | 1969 | Master and Commander | | |
| Matilda Wormwood | 1988 | Matilda | | |
| Earl Jackson | 2012 | Me and Earl and the Dying Girl | | |
| Michel Strogoff | 1876 | Michel Strogoff | (Michael) | |
| Charlie Bone | 2002 | Midnight for Charlie Bone | | |
| Mildred Pierce | 1941 | Mildred Pierce | | |
| Milly-Molly-Mandy | 1928 | Milly-Molly-Mandy Stories | | |
| Frankie | 2010 | Minding Frankie | | |
| May | 1992 | Missing May | | |
| Anna | 1974 | Mister God, This Is Anna | | |
| Captain Ahab | 1851 | Moby-Dick | | |
| Molly Moon | 2002 | Molly Moon's Incredible Book of Hypnotism | | |
| Clarissa Dalloway | 1925 | Mrs Dalloway | | |
| Carol Danvers | 1977 | Ms. Marvel | | |
| Sam Meeker | 1974 | My Brother Sam Is Dead | (Samuel) | |
| Rachel Sangalletti | 1951 | My Cousin Rachel | | |
| Goldmund | 1930 | Narziß und Goldmund | | |
| Narziß | 1930 | Narziß und Goldmund | (Narcissus) | |
| Velvet Brown | 1935 | National Velvet | | |
| Bigger Thomas | 1940 | Native Son | | |
| Arthur Gride | 1839 | Nicholas Nickleby | | |
| Fanny Squeers | 1839 | Nicholas Nickleby | | |
| Lord Frederick Verisopht | 1839 | Nicholas Nickleby | | |
| Henrietta Petowker | 1839 | Nicholas Nickleby | | |
| John Browdie | 1839 | Nicholas Nickleby | | |
| Kate Nickleby | 1839 | Nicholas Nickleby | (Catherine) | |
| Madeline Bray | 1839 | Nicholas Nickleby | | |
| Matilda Price | 1839 | Nicholas Nickleby | (Tilda) | |
| Sir Mulberry Hawk | 1839 | Nicholas Nickleby | | |
| Newman Noggs | 1839 | Nicholas Nickleby | | |
| Nicholas Nickleby | 1839 | Nicholas Nickleby | | |
| Peg Sliderskew | 1839 | Nicholas Nickleby | | |
| Ralph Nickleby | 1839 | Nicholas Nickleby | | |
| Wackford Squeers | 1839 | Nicholas Nickleby | | |
| Nick O'Leary | 2005 | Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist | | |
| Norah Silverberg | 2005 | Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist | | |
| Winston Smith | 1949 | Nineteen Eighty-Four | | |
| Anton Chigurh | 2005 | No Country For Old Men | | |
| George Hazard | 1982 | North and South | | |
| Orry Main | 1982 | North and South | | |
| Catherine Morland | 1817 | Northanger Abbey | | |
| Eleanor Tilney | 1817 | Northanger Abbey | | |
| Frederick Tilney | 1817 | Northanger Abbey | | |
| Henry Tilney | 1817 | Northanger Abbey | | |
| Isabella Thorpe | 1817 | Northanger Abbey | | |
| James Morland | 1817 | Northanger Abbey | | |
| John Thorpe | 1817 | Northanger Abbey | | |
| Lyra Belacqua | 1995 | Northern Lights | | |
| George Milton | 1937 | Of Mice and Men | | |
| Lennie Small | 1937 | Of Mice and Men | | |
| Peter Rabbit | 1910 | Old Mother West Wind | | |
| Olive Kitteridge | 2007 | Olive Kitteridge | | |
| Olive | 2003 | Olive's Ocean | | |
| Bill Sikes | 1838 | Oliver Twist | (William) | |
| Fagin | 1838 | Oliver Twist | | |
| Jack Dawkins | 1838 | Oliver Twist | | |
| Nancy | 1838 | Oliver Twist | | |
| Noah Claypole | 1838 | Oliver Twist | | |
| Oliver Twist | 1838 | Oliver Twist | | |
| Rose Maylie | 1838 | Oliver Twist | | |
| Ivan Denisovich Shukhov | 1962 | One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich | | |
| Randle McMurphy | 1962 | One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest | (Patrick) | |
| Aureliano Buendía | 1967 | One Hundred Years of Solitude | | |
| Bradamante | 1483 | Orlando Innamorato | | |
| Orlando | 1928 | Orlando: A Biography | | |
| Sheila Tubman | 1972 | Otherwise Known as Sheila the Great | | |
| Pamela Andrews | 1740 | Pamela; or, Virtue Rewarded | | |
| Tadeusz Soplica | 1834 | Pan Tadeusz | | |
| Anne Elliot | 1818 | Persuasion | | |
| Charles Musgrove | 1818 | Persuasion | | |
| Elizabeth Elliot | 1818 | Persuasion | | |
| Frederick Wentworth | 1818 | Persuasion | | |
| Henrietta Musgrove | 1818 | Persuasion | | |
| James Benwick | 1818 | Persuasion | | |
| Louisa Musgrove | 1818 | Persuasion | | |
| Mary Musgrove | 1818 | Persuasion | | |
| Sophia Croft | 1818 | Persuasion | | |
| Walter Elliot | 1818 | Persuasion | | |
| William Elliot | 1818 | Persuasion | | |
| Wendy Darling | 1911 | Peter & Wendy | | |
| Pippi Longstocking | 1945 | Pippi Longstocking | (Pippilotta) | |
| Kate Svetlana | 2010 | Plain Kate | (Katerina) | |
| Pollyanna | 1913 | Pollyanna | | |
| Gideon Sarn | 1924 | Precious Bane | | |
| Jancis Beguildy | 1924 | Precious Bane | | |
| Kester Woodseaves | 1924 | Precious Bane | | |
| Prue Sarn | 1924 | Precious Bane | | |
| Caroline Bingley | 1813 | Pride and Prejudice | | |
| Catherine Bennet | 1813 | Pride and Prejudice | (Kitty) | |
| Lady Catherine de Bourgh | 1813 | Pride and Prejudice | | |
| Charles Bingley | 1813 | Pride and Prejudice | | |
| Charlotte Lucas | 1813 | Pride and Prejudice | | |
| Elizabeth Bennet | 1813 | Pride and Prejudice | (Eliza, Lizzy) | |
| Fitzwilliam Darcy | 1813 | Pride and Prejudice | | |
| George Wickham | 1813 | Pride and Prejudice | | |
| Georgiana Darcy | 1813 | Pride and Prejudice | | |
| Jane Bennet | 1813 | Pride and Prejudice | | |
| Lydia Bennet | 1813 | Pride and Prejudice | | |
| Mary Bennet | 1813 | Pride and Prejudice | | |
| Prince Caspian | 1951 | Prince Caspian | | |
| Harry "Rabbit" Angstrom | 1960 | Rabbit, Run | | |
| Sadie Thompson | 1921 | Rain | | |
| Maxim de Winter | 1938 | Rebecca | (Maximilian) | |
| Rebecca de Winter | 1938 | Rebecca | | |
| Rebecca Rowena Randall | 1903 | Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm | | |
| Hannibal Lecter | 1981 | Red Dragon | | |
| Rupert Campbell-Black | 1986 | Riders | | |
| Ellis Redding | 1982 | Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption | (Red) | |
| Rob Roy | 1817 | Rob Roy | (Robert) | |
| Robinson Crusoe | 1719 | Robinson Crusoe | | |
| Rosemary Woodhouse | 1967 | Rosemary's Baby | | |
| Ross Poldark | 1945 | Ross Poldark | | |
| Demelza Carne | 1945; 1946 | Ross Poldark; Demelza | | |
| Isabel Evans | 1998 | Roswell High | (Amanda) | |
| Jim Valenti | 1998 | Roswell High | (James) | |
| Kyle Valenti | 1998 | Roswell High | | |
| Maria DeLuca | 1998 | Roswell High | | |
| Max Evans | 1998 | Roswell High | (Maxwell) | |
| Michael Guerin | 1998 | Roswell High | | |
| Ruth Hall | 1854 | Ruth Hall | | |
| Hilda Spellman | 1971 | Sabrina the Teenage Witch | (Hildegarde, Antoinette) | |
| Sabrina Spellman | 1971 | Sabrina the Teenage Witch | (Victoria) | |
| Salem Saberhagen | 1971 | Sabrina the Teenage Witch | | |
| Zelda Spellman | 1971 | Sabrina the Teenage Witch | (Phiona) | |
| Sarah Wheaton | 1985 | Sarah, Plain and Tall | | |
| Sarah Starzynski | 2006 | Sarah's Key | | |
| André-Louis Moreau | 1921 | Scaramouche | | |
| Scarlett | 2006 | Scarlett | | |
| Scott Pilgrim | 2004 | Scott Pilgrim's Precious Little Life | | |
| Sebastian Darke | 2007 | Sebastian Darke: Prince Of Fools | | |
| Anne Steele | 1811 | Sense and Sensibility | (Nancy) | |
| Colonel Brandon | 1811 | Sense and Sensibility | | |
| Edward Ferrars | 1811 | Sense and Sensibility | | |
| Elinor Dashwood | 1811 | Sense and Sensibility | | |
| Fanny Dashwood | 1811 | Sense and Sensibility | | |
| John Dashwood | 1811 | Sense and Sensibility | | |
| John Willoughby | 1811 | Sense and Sensibility | | |
| Lucy Steele | 1811 | Sense and Sensibility | | |
| Margaret Dashwood | 1811 | Sense and Sensibility | | |
| Marianne Dashwood | 1811 | Sense and Sensibility | | |
| Robert Ferrars | 1811 | Sense and Sensibility | | |
| Serafina | 2015 | Serafina and the Black Cloak | | |
| Seraphina | 2012 | Seraphina | | |
| Sheena | 1938 | Sheena, Queen of the Jungle | | |
| Silas Marner | 1861 | Silas Marner | | |
| Simon Spier | 2015 | Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda | | |
| Marv | 1991 | Sin City | | |
| Billy Pilgrim | 1969 | Slaughterhouse-Five | | |
| Angeline Persopolis | 1983 | Someday Angeline | | |
| Gertrude Morel | 1913 | Sons and Lovers | | |
| Paul Morel | 1913 | Sons and Lovers | | |
| Sophie Zawistowski | 1976 | Sophie's Choice | (Zophia) | |
| Sophie Amundsen | 1991 | Sophie's World | (Sofie) | |
| Peter Parker | 1962 | Spider-Man | | |
| Staurofila | 1889 | Staurofila | | |
| Sarah Byrnes | 1993 | Staying Fat for Sarah Byrnes | | |
| Stella Dallas | 1923 | Stella Dallas | | |
| Alice Howland | 2007 | Still Alice | | |
| Henry Jekyll | 1886 | Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde | (Edward) | |
| Stephen Strange | 1963 | Strange Tales | (Vincent) | |
| Stuart Little | 1945 | Stuart Little | | |
| Clark Kent | 1938 | Superman | | |
| Jimmy Olsen | 1941 | Superman | | |
| Lois Lane | 1938 | Superman | | |
| Jerom | 1945 | Suske en Wiske | (Jerommeke) | |
| Tante Sidonia | 1945 | Suske en Wiske | (Sidonie) | |
| Suske | 1945 | Suske en Wiske | | |
| Wiske | 1945 | Suske en Wiske | | |
| Natasha Romanova | 1964 | Tales of Suspense | | |
| Mary Ann Singleton | 1978 | Tales of the City | | |
| Jane Porter | 1912 | Tarzan of the Apes | | |
| Tarzan | 1912 | Tarzan of the Apes | | |
| Tess Durbeyfield | 1981 | Tess of the D'Urbervilles | | |
| Pinocchio | 1883 | The Adventures of Pinocchio | | |
| Huckleberry Finn | 1876 | The Adventures of Tom Sawyer | (Huck) | |
| Tom Sawyer | 1876 | The Adventures of Tom Sawyer | (Thomas) | |
| Alice McKinley | 1985 | The Agony of Alice | | |
| Maurice | 2001 | The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents | | |
| Maura Isles | 2002 | The Apprentice | (Dorothea) | |
| Scott Lang | 1979 | The Avengers | | |
| Cosimo Piovasco di Rondò | 1957 | The Baron in the Trees | | |
| Bindy Mackenzie | 2006 | The Betrayal of Bindy Mackenzie | | |
| Philip Marlowe | 1939 | The Big Sleep | | |
| Father Brown | 1910 | The Blue Cross | | |
| Liesel Meminger | 2005 | The Book Thief | | |
| Jason Bourne | 1980 | The Bourne Identity | | |
| Alyosha Karamazov | 1879 | The Brothers Karamazov | (Alexei) | |
| Fyodor Karamazov | 1879 | The Brothers Karamazov | | |
| Cthulhu | 1928 | The Call of Cthulhu | | |
| Perry Mason | 1933 | The Case of the Velvet Claws | | |
| Holden Caulfield | 1951 | The Catcher in the Rye | | |
| Edmond Dantès | 1844 | The Count of Monte Cristo | | |
| Benjamin Button | 1922 | The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button | | |
| Christopher John Francis Boone | 2003 | The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time | | |
| Zorro | 1919 | The Curse of Capistrano | (Diego) | |
| Robert Langdon | 2003 | The Da Vinci Code | | |
| Sophie Neveu | 2003 | The Da Vinci Code | | |
| Charlie St. Cloud | 2004 | The Death and Life of Charlie St. Cloud | | |
| Frankie Landau-Banks | 2008 | The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks | | |
| Janie Johnson | 1990 | The Face on the Milk Carton | | |
| Hazel Grace Lancaster | 2012 | The Fault in Our Stars | | |
| Lisbeth Salander | 2005 | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | | |
| Michael Corleone | 1969 | The Godfather | | |
| Vito Corleone | 1969 | The Godfather | | |
| Josh Swenson | 2001 | The Gospel According to Larry | (Larry) | |
| Tom Joad | 1939 | The Grapes of Wrath | | |
| Daisy Buchanan | 1925 | The Great Gatsby | | |
| Jay Gatsby | 1925 | The Great Gatsby | (James) | |
| Jordan Baker | 1925 | The Great Gatsby | | |
| Nick Carraway | 1925 | The Great Gatsby | (Nicholas) | |
| Tom Buchanan | 1925 | The Great Gatsby | (Thomas) | |
| Roland Deschain | 1978 | The Gunslinger | | |
| Horatio Hornblower | 1937 | The Happy Return | | |
| Arthur Dent | 1979 | The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy | | |
| Ford Prefect | 1979 | The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy | | |
| Trillian | 1979 | The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy | (Tricia) | |
| Zaphod Beeblebrox | 1979 | The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy | | |
| Bilbo Baggins | 1937 | The Hobbit | | |
| Gandalf | 1937 | The Hobbit | (Mithrandir, Olórin) | |
| Gollum | 1937 | The Hobbit | (Sméagol, Trahald) | |
| Beryl Stapleton | 1902 | The Hound of the Baskervilles | | |
| Claude Frollo | 1831 | The Hunchback of Notre-Dame | | |
| Clopin Trouillefou | 1831 | The Hunchback of Notre-Dame | | |
| Esmeralda | 1831 | The Hunchback of Notre-Dame | | |
| Phoebus de Chateaupers | 1831 | The Hunchback of Notre-Dame | | |
| Pierre Gringoire | 1831 | The Hunchback of Notre-Dame | | |
| Quasimodo | 1831 | The Hunchback of Notre-Dame | | |
| Gale Hawthorne | 2008 | The Hunger Games | | |
| Katniss Everdeen | 2008 | The Hunger Games | | |
| Jack Ryan | 1984 | The Hunt for Red October | | |
| Bruce Banner | 1962 | The Incredible Hulk | (Hulk) | |
| Judalon de Bornay | 1951 | The Iron Mistress | | |
| Mowgli | 1894 | The Jungle Book | | |
| Gavin Troy | 1987 | The Killings at Badger's Drift | | |
| Tom Barnaby | 1987 | The Killings at Badger's Drift | (Thomas, Geoffrey) | |
| Campion Bond | 1999 | The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen | | |
| Ichabod Crane | 1820 | The Legend of Sleepy Hollow | | |
| Annabeth Chase | 2005 | The Lightning Thief | | |
| Percy Jackson | 2005 | The Lightning Thief | (Perseus) | |
| Edmund Pevensie | 1950 | The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe | | |
| Lucy Pevensie | 1950 | The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe | | |
| Peter Pevensie | 1950 | The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe | | |
| Susan Pevensie | 1950 | The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe | | |
| Peter Pan | 1902 | The Little White Bird | | |
| Christopher Chant | 1988 | The Lives of Christopher Chant | | |
| Aragorn | 1954 | The Lord of the Rings | (Elessar, Estel, Strider) | |
| Elrond | 1954 | The Lord of the Rings | | |
| Frodo Baggins | 1954 | The Lord of the Rings | | |
| Galadriel | 1954 | The Lord of the Rings | (Alatáriel, Artanis, Nerwen) | |
| Samwise Gamgee | 1954 | The Lord of the Rings | (Sam) | |
| Saruman | 1954 | The Lord of the Rings | (Curumo) | |
| Sauron | 1954 | The Lord of the Rings | (Annatar) | |
| Treebeard | 1954 | The Lord of the Rings | (Fangorn) | |
| Katharina Blum | 1974 | The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum | | |
| J. Alfred Prufrock | 1915 | The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock | | |
| Sam Spade | 1930 | The Maltese Falcon | | |
| James Moriarty | 1894 | The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes | | |
| Gregor Samsa | 1915 | The Metamorphosis | | |
| Cameron Post | 2012 | The Miseducation of Cameron Post | | |
| Miss Jane Marple | 1930 | The Murder at the Vicarage | | |
| Roger Ackroyd | 1926 | The Murder of Roger Ackroyd | | |
| Hercule Poirot | 1920 | The Mysterious Affair at Styles | | |
| Leon | 1971 | The Mysterious Disappearance of Leon (I Mean Noel) | | |
| Edwin Drood | 1870 | The Mystery of Edwin Drood | | |
| Santiago | 1952 | The Old Man and the Sea | | |
| Ivan | 2012 | The One and Only Ivan | | |
| Maximilian Glick | 1982 | The Outside Chance of Maximilian Glick | | |
| Grigola | 1882 | The Patricide | | |
| Iago | 1882 | The Patricide | | |
| Koba | 1882 | The Patricide | | |
| Nunu | 1882 | The Patricide | | |
| Erik | 1909 | The Phantom of the Opera | | |
| Basil Hallward | 1890 | The Picture of Dorian Gray | | |
| Dorian Gray | 1890 | The Picture of Dorian Gray | | |
| Lord Henry Wotton | 1890 | The Picture of Dorian Gray | (Harry) | |
| Sibyl Vane | 1890 | The Picture of Dorian Gray | | |
| Junior Brown | 1971 | The Planet of Junior Brown | | |
| Jean Brodie | 1961 | The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie | | |
| Princess Flavia of Ruritania | 1894 | The Prisoner of Zenda | | |
| Hester Prynne | 1850 | The Scarlet Letter | | |
| Tommy Beresford | 1922 | The Secret Adversary | (Thomas) | |
| Tuppence Beresford | 1922 | The Secret Adversary | (Prudence) | |
| Bess Marvin | 1931 | The Secret at Shadow Ranch | (Elizabeth) | |
| George Fayne | 1931 | The Secret at Shadow Ranch | | |
| Adrian Mole | 1982 | The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13¾ | | |
| Mary Lennox | 1910 | The Secret Garden | | |
| Walter Mitty | 1939 | The Secret Life of Walter Mitty | | |
| Nancy Drew | 1930 | The Secret of the Old Clock | | |
| Jack Torrance | 1977 | The Shining | | |
| Clarice Starling | 1988 | The Silence of the Lambs | | |
| Benjy Compson | 1929 | The Sound and the Fury | (Benjamin, Maury) | |
| Dilsey Gibson | 1929 | The Sound and the Fury | | |
| Jason Compson IV | 1929 | The Sound and the Fury | | |
| Quentin Compson III | 1929 | The Sound and the Fury | | |
| Alcide Herveaux | 2001 | The Southern Vampire Mysteries | | |
| Andy Bellefleur | 2001 | The Southern Vampire Mysteries | (Andrew) | |
| Arlene Fowler | 2001 | The Southern Vampire Mysteries | | |
| Bill Compton | 2001 | The Southern Vampire Mysteries | (William, Erasmus, Thomas) | |
| Crystal Norris | 2001 | The Southern Vampire Mysteries | | |
| Eric Northman | 2001 | The Southern Vampire Mysteries | | |
| Holly Cleary | 2001 | The Southern Vampire Mysteries | | |
| Hoyt Fortenberry | 2001 | The Southern Vampire Mysteries | | |
| Jason Stackhouse | 2001 | The Southern Vampire Mysteries | | |
| Lafayette Reynolds | 2001 | The Southern Vampire Mysteries | | |
| Luna Garza | 2001 | The Southern Vampire Mysteries | | |
| Niall Brigant | 2001 | The Southern Vampire Mysteries | | |
| Russell Edgington | 2001 | The Southern Vampire Mysteries | | |
| Sam Merlotte | 2001 | The Southern Vampire Mysteries | | |
| Sookie Stackhouse | 2001 | The Southern Vampire Mysteries | | |
| Steve Newlin | 2001 | The Southern Vampire Mysteries | (Steven) | |
| Tara Thornton | 2001 | The Southern Vampire Mysteries | (Mae) | |
| Terry Bellefleur | 2001 | The Southern Vampire Mysteries | (Terence, Quentin) | |
| Randall Flagg | 1978 | The Stand | | |
| Felicity King | 1911 | The Story Girl | | |
| Edgar Sawtelle | 2008 | The Story of Edgar Sawtelle | | |
| Jane Rizzoli | 2001 | The Surgeon | (Clementine) | |
| Emily Windsnap | 2003 | The Tail of Emily Windsnap | | |
| Benjamin Bunny | 1904 | The Tale of Benjamin Bunny | | |
| Jemima Puddle-Duck | 1908 | The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck | | |
| Jeremy Fisher | 1906 | The Tale of Mr. Jeremy Fisher | | |
| Thomasina Tittlemouse | 1910 | The Tale of Mrs. Tittlemouse | | |
| Peter Rabbit | 1902 | The Tale of Peter Rabbit | | |
| Samuel Whiskers | 1908 | The Tale of Samuel Whiskers | | |
| Tom Kitten | 1907 | The Tale of Tom Kitten | | |
| Tom Ripley | 1955 | The Talented Mr. Ripley | | |
| Olga da Polga | 1971 | The Tales of Olga Da Polga | | |
| Jacob de Zoet | 2010 | The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet | | |
| Aramis | 1844 | The Three Musketeers | (René) | |
| Athos | 1844 | The Three Musketeers | | |
| D'Artagnan | 1844 | The Three Musketeers | (Charles) | |
| Porthos | 1844 | The Three Musketeers | | |
| Chet Morton | 1927 | The Tower Treasure | (Chester) | |
| Frank Hardy | 1927 | The Tower Treasure | | |
| Joe Hardy | 1927 | The Tower Treasure | | |
| Josef K. | 1925 | The Trial | | |
| Charlotte Doyle | 1990 | The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle | | |
| Alice Franklin | 2014 | The Truth About Alice | | |
| Alex Woods | 2013 | The Universe Versus Alex Woods | | |
| Harold Fry | 2012 | The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry | | |
| Damon Salvatore | 1991 | The Vampire Diaries | | |
| Elena Gilbert | 1991 | The Vampire Diaries | | |
| Stefan Salvatore | 1991 | The Vampire Diaries | | |
| Geralt of Rivia | 1986 | The Witcher | | |
| Henry Sugar | 1977 | The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Six More | | |
| Dorothy Gale | 1900 | The Wonderful Wizard of Oz | | |
| Edred Fitzpiers | 1886 | The Woodlanders | | |
| Giles Winterborne | 1886 | The Woodlanders | | |
| Grace Melbury | 1886 | The Woodlanders | | |
| Marty South | 1886 | The Woodlanders | | |
| Suzie Wong | 1957 | The World Of Suzie Wong | | |
| Jody Baxter | 1938 | The Yearling | | |
| Theodosia Throckmorton | 2007 | Theodosia and the Serpents of Chaos | | |
| Thérèse Raquin | 1867 | Thérèse Raquin | | |
| Alex Standall | 2007 | Thirteen Reasons Why | (Alexander, Dean) | |
| Bryce Walker | 2007 | Thirteen Reasons Why | | |
| Clay Jensen | 2007 | Thirteen Reasons Why | (Clayton, Jason) | |
| Courtney Crimsen | 2007 | Thirteen Reasons Why | | |
| Hannah Baker | 2007 | Thirteen Reasons Why | | |
| Jenny Kurtz | 2007 | Thirteen Reasons Why | | |
| Jessica Davis | 2007 | Thirteen Reasons Why | | |
| Justin Foley | 2007 | Thirteen Reasons Why | | |
| Marcus Cooley | 2007 | Thirteen Reasons Why | | |
| Ryan Shaver | 2007 | Thirteen Reasons Why | | |
| Skye Miller | 2007 | Thirteen Reasons Why | (Skylar) | |
| Tyler Down | 2007 | Thirteen Reasons Why | | |
| Zach Dempsey | 2007 | Thirteen Reasons Why | (Zachary, Shan-Yung) | |
| Cordelia Kenn | 2005 | This is All: The Pillow Book of Cordelia Kenn | | |
| Thomas the Tank Engine | 1946 | Thomas the Tank Engine | | |
| Tim Melville | 1974 | Tim | | |
| George Smiley | 1974 | Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy | | |
| Tintin | 1929 | Tintin in the Land of the Soviets | | |
| Harry Morgan | 1937 | To Have and Have Not | | |
| Arthur "Boo" Radley | 1960 | To Kill a Mockingbird | (Boo) | |
| Atticus Finch | 1960 | To Kill a Mockingbird | | |
| Dill Harris | 1960 | To Kill a Mockingbird | (Charles, Baker) | |
| Jem Finch | 1960 | To Kill a Mockingbird | (Jeremy, Atticus) | |
| Scout Finch | 1960 | To Kill a Mockingbird | (Jean, Louise) | |
| Tom Jones | 1749 | Tom Jones | | |
| Tom Long | 1958 | Tom's Midnight Garden | | |
| Alexander Smollett | 1883 | Treasure Island | | |
| Ben Gunn | 1883 | Treasure Island | (Benjamin) | |
| Billy Bones | 1883 | Treasure Island | | |
| David Livesey | 1883 | Treasure Island | | |
| Captain Flint | 1883 | Treasure Island | | |
| Jim Hawkins | 1883 | Treasure Island | | |
| Long John Silver | 1883 | Treasure Island | | |
| John Trelawney | 1883 | Treasure Island | | |
| Tristram Shandy | 1759 | Tristram Shandy | | |
| Captain Nemo | 1869 | Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas | | |
| Bella Swan | 2005 | Twilight | | |
| Edward Cullen | 2005 | Twilight | | |
| Leopold Bloom | 1922 | Ulysses | | |
| Molly Bloom | 1922 | Ulysses | | |
| Uncle Tom | 1852 | Uncle Tom's Cabin | | |
| Geoffrey Firmin | 1947 | Under the Volcano | | |
| Amelia Sedley | 1847 | Vanity Fair | | |
| Becky Sharp | 1847 | Vanity Fair | (Rebecca) | |
| George Osborne | 1847 | Vanity Fair | | |
| Joseph Sedley | 1847 | Vanity Fair | (Jos) | |
| Rawdon Crawley | 1847 | Vanity Fair | | |
| William Dobbin | 1847 | Vanity Fair | | |
| Veronika | 1998 | Veronika Decides to Die | | |
| Louden Swain | 1979 | Vision Quest | | |
| Helen Elizabeth Harper | 1986 | Wait Till Helen Comes: A Ghost Story | | |
| Anatole Kuragin | 1869 | War and Peace | (Anatoliy) | |
| Andrey Bolkonsky | 1869 | War and Peace | (Andrei) | |
| Hélène Kuragina | 1869 | War and Peace | (Elena, Lyolya, Yelena) | |
| Count Ilya Rostov | 1869 | War and Peace | | |
| Lise Bolkonskaya | 1869 | War and Peace | (Lisa, Liza, Yelizaveta) | |
| Mariya Bolkonskaya | 1869 | War and Peace | (Maria, Marya) | |
| Natasha Rostova | 1869 | War and Peace | (Natalya) | |
| Nikolai Rostov | 1869 | War and Peace | | |
| Petya Rostov | 1869 | War and Peace | (Pyotr) | |
| Pierre Bezukhov | 1869 | War and Peace | (Pyotr) | |
| Sonya Rostova | 1869 | War and Peace | (Sofya) | |
| Campion | 1972 | Watership Down | | |
| Kevin Khatchadourian | 2003 | We Need to Talk About Kevin | | |
| Conan the Barbarian | 1932 | Weird Tales | | |
| Jamie Beauville | 1995 | What Jamie Saw | | |
| Katy Carr | 1872 | What Katy Did | | |
| Maisie Farange | 1897 | What Maisie Knew | | |
| Sammy Glick | 1941 | What Makes Sammy Run? | | |
| Whitney Stone | 1985 | Whitney, My Love | | |
| Jessica Rabbit | 1981 | Who Censored Roger Rabbit? | | |
| Roger Rabbit | 1981 | Who Censored Roger Rabbit? | | |
| Peter Wimsey | 1923 | Whose Body? | | |
| Will Grayson | 2010 | Will Grayson, Will Grayson | | |
| Christopher Robin | 1926 | Winnie-the-Pooh | | |
| Winnie-the-Pooh | 1926 | Winnie-the-Pooh | (Pooh) | |
| Diana of Themyscira | 1942 | Wonder Woman | | |
| Catherine Earnshaw | 1847 | Wuthering Heights | | |
| Catherine Linton | 1847 | Wuthering Heights | (Cathy) | |
| Heathcliff | 1847 | Wuthering Heights | | |
| Isabella Linton | 1847 | Wuthering Heights | | |
| Charles Wycliffe | 1968 | Wycliffe and the Three-Toed Pussy | | |
| Logan "Wolverine" | 1974 | X-Men | (James) | |
| Mia Phillips | 2013 | Zac & Mia | | |
| Zac Meier | 2013 | Zac & Mia | | |
| Zuleika Dobson | 1911 | Zuleika Dobson | |