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Books Named After the Main Character

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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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
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Mark Twain
The Adventures of Tom Bombadil (J. R. R. Tolkien)
The Adventures of Tom Bombadil
2
J. R. R. Tolkien
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (Mark Twain)
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
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Mark Twain
Agnes Grey (Anne Brontë)
Agnes Grey
4
Anne Brontë
Alice (Phyllis Reynolds Naylor)
Alice
5
Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
Alice in Wonderland (Lewis Carroll)
Alice in Wonderland
6
Lewis Carroll
Alice Through the Looking Glass (Lewis Carroll)
Alice Through the Looking Glass
7
Lewis Carroll
Amelia Bedelia (Peggy Parish)
Amelia Bedelia
8
Peggy Parish
Anne of Avonlea (L.M. Montgomery)
Anne of Avonlea
9
L.M. Montgomery
Anne of Green Gables (L.M. Montgomery)
Anne of Green Gables
10
L.M. Montgomery
Anne of Ingleside (L.M. Montgomery)
Anne of Ingleside
11
L.M. Montgomery
Anne of the Island (L.M. Montgomery)
Anne of the Island
12
L.M. Montgomery
Anne of Windy Poplars (L.M. Montgomery)
Anne of Windy Poplars
13
L.M. Montgomery
Anne's House of Dreams (L.M. Montgomery)
Anne's House of Dreams
14
L.M. Montgomery
Annie John
Annie John
15
Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
Anna Karenina
16
Leo Tolstoy
Antigone (Sophocles)
Antigone
17
Sophocles
Antony and Cleopatra (William Shakespeare)
Antony and Cleopatra
18
William Shakespeare
Artemis Fowl (Eoin Colfer)
Artemis Fowl
19
Eoin Colfer
Arthur and the Invisibles (Luc Besson)
Arthur and the Invisibles
20
Luc Besson
Beowulf (Anonymous)
Beowulf
21
Anonymous
The Berenstain Bears
The Berenstain Bears
22
Birdie (Tracey Lindberg)
Birdie
23
Tracey Lindberg
Black Beauty (Anna Sewell)
Black Beauty
24
Anna Sewell
Boy, Snow, Bird (Helen Oyeyemi)
Boy, Snow, Bird
25
Helen Oyeyemi
The Brothers Karamazov (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
The Brothers Karamazov
26
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Carrie (Stephen King)
Carrie
27
Stephen King
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Roald Dahl)
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
28
Roald Dahl
Charlie St. Cloud (Ben Sherwood)
Charlie St. Cloud
29
Ben Sherwood
Clarissa (Samuel Richardson)
Clarissa
30
Samuel Richardson
Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage (Haruki Murakami)
Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage
31
Haruki Murakami
Coraline (Neil Gaiman)
Coraline
32
Neil Gaiman
Coriolanus
Coriolanus
33
Cymbeline
Cymbeline
34
Cyrano De Bergerac (Edmond Rostand)
Cyrano De Bergerac
35
Edmond Rostand
Daisy-Head Mayzie
Daisy-Head Mayzie
36
Danny the Champion of the World (Roald Dahl)
Danny the Champion of the World
37
Roald Dahl
David Copperfield (Charles Dickens)
David Copperfield
38
Charles Dickens
The Death of Ivan Ilyich (Leo Tolstoy)
The Death of Ivan Ilyich
39
Leo Tolstoy
Doctor Faustus (Thomas Mann)
Doctor Faustus
40
Thomas Mann
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