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Book Magazine's the Best of Bookish Characters

Book Magazine, now defunct, compiled a panel of 55 authors, literary agents, editors, and actors in 2002 to “rank the top one hundred characters in literature since 1900.”
The book titles are listed under the character photos with the book characters in parentheses. Some books are listed more than once with different characters.
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The Great Gatsby (Jay Gatsby)
The Great Gatsby (Jay Gatsby)
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The Catcher in the Rye (Holden Caulfield)
The Catcher in the Rye (Holden Caulfield)
3
Lolita (Humbert Humbert)
Lolita (Humbert Humbert)
4
Ulysses (Leopold Bloom)
Ulysses (Leopold Bloom)
5
Rabbit, Run (Rabbit Angstrom)
Rabbit, Run (Rabbit Angstrom)
6
The Hound of the Baskervilles (Sherlock Holmes)
The Hound of the Baskervilles (Sherlock Holmes)
7
To Kill a Mockingbird (Atticus Finch)
To Kill a Mockingbird (Atticus Finch)
8
Ulysses (Molly Bloom)
Ulysses (Molly Bloom)
9
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (Stephen Dedalus)
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (Stephen Dedalus)
10
The House of Mirth (Lily Bart)
The House of Mirth (Lily Bart)
11
Breakfast at Tiffany's (Holly Golightly)
Breakfast at Tiffany's (Holly Golightly)
12
The Metamorphosis (Gregor Samsa)
The Metamorphosis (Gregor Samsa)
13
Invisible Man (The Invisible Man)
Invisible Man (The Invisible Man)
14
Lolita (Lolita)
Lolita (Lolita)
15
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Aureliano Buendia)
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Aureliano Buendia)
16
Mrs. Dalloway (Clarissa Dalloway)
Mrs. Dalloway (Clarissa Dalloway)
17
A Confederacy of Dunces (Ignatius Reilly)
A Confederacy of Dunces (Ignatius Reilly)
18
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (George Smiley)
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (George Smiley)
19
To the Lighthouse (Mrs. Ramsay)
To the Lighthouse (Mrs. Ramsay)
20
Native Son (Bigger Thomas)
Native Son (Bigger Thomas)
21
In Our Time (Nick Adams)
In Our Time (Nick Adams)
22
Catch-22 (Yossarian)
Catch-22 (Yossarian)
23
Gone With the Wind (Scarlett O'Hara)
Gone With the Wind (Scarlett O'Hara)
24
To Kill a Mockingbird (Scout Finch)
To Kill a Mockingbird (Scout Finch)
25
The Big Sleep (Philip Marlowe)
The Big Sleep (Philip Marlowe)
26
Heart of Darkness (Kurtz)
Heart of Darkness (Kurtz)
27
The Remains of the Day (Stevens)
The Remains of the Day (Stevens)
28
The Baron in the Trees (Cosimo Piovasco Di Rondo)
The Baron in the Trees (Cosimo Piovasco Di Rondo)
29
Winnie-The-Pooh (A. A. Milne)
Winnie-The-Pooh (A. A. Milne)
30
The Tin Drum (Oskar Matzerath)
The Tin Drum (Oskar Matzerath)
31
Wise Blood (Hazel Motes)
Wise Blood (Hazel Motes)
32
Portnoy's Complaint (Alex Portnoy)
Portnoy's Complaint (Alex Portnoy)
33
The Moviegoer (Binx Bolling)
The Moviegoer (Binx Bolling)
34
Brideshead Revisited (Sebastian Flyte)
Brideshead Revisited (Sebastian Flyte)
35
My Man Jeeves (Jeeves)
My Man Jeeves (Jeeves)
36
Henderson the Rain King (Eugene Henderson)
Henderson the Rain King (Eugene Henderson)
37
Remembrance of Things Past (Marcel)
Remembrance of Things Past (Marcel)
38
The Wind in the Willows (Toad)
The Wind in the Willows (Toad)
39
The Cat in the Hat (Dr. Seuss)
The Cat in the Hat (Dr. Seuss)
40
The Little White Bird (Peter Pan)
The Little White Bird (Peter Pan)
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