Writers as Characters in Fiction

1

Little Women

by Louisa May Alcott

25,948 members

407 reviews

4

9 Members: Aquila, aulsmith, DeusXMachina, chgstrom, sturlington, elkiedee, Dilara86, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

2

The Bell Jar

by Sylvia Plath

26,254 members

467 reviews

4

7 Members: sturlington, elkiedee, Dilara86, si, JuliaMaria, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

3

It

by Stephen King

19,981 members

391 reviews

4.1

7 Members: hipdeep, chgstrom, blackdove07, sturlington, si, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

4

Gaudy Night

by Dorothy L. Sayers

5,200 members

141 reviews

½ 4.3

7 Members: Aquila, aulsmith, merrystar, sturlington, elkiedee, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

5

A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

by James Joyce

20,150 members

201 reviews

½ 3.7

6 Members: aulsmith, elkiedee, JuliaMaria, ahef1963, Tinuvia, ManWithAnAgenda
Explanations: Tinuvia: Stephen Dedalus

6

Possession: A Romance

by A. S. Byatt

12,446 members

280 reviews

4

6 Members: DeusXMachina, sturlington, elkiedee, JuliaMaria, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

7

I Capture the Castle

by Dodie Smith

8,789 members

284 reviews

4.1

6 Members: Aquila, merrystar, elkiedee, Dilara86, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

8

The Shining

by Stephen King

21,318 members

431 reviews

4.1

5 Members: hipdeep, chgstrom, sturlington, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

9

The Hours

by Michael Cunningham

12,195 members

219 reviews

3.9

5 Members: sturlington, Dilara86, JuliaMaria, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
Explanations: JuliaMaria: Virginia Woolf

10

Anne of Green Gables

by L. M. Montgomery

27,050 members

524 reviews

½ 4.3

4 Members: Aquila, elkiedee, ahef1963, Tinuvia
Explanations: Tinuvia: Anne Shirley

11

The Master and Margarita

by Mikhail Bulgakov

18,989 members

441 reviews

4.2

4 Members: hipdeep, blackdove07, Tinuvia, ManWithAnAgenda
Explanations: Tinuvia: Master

12

The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay

by Michael Chabon

18,161 members

402 reviews

4.2

4 Members: hipdeep, aulsmith, sturlington, ahef1963

13

The Thirteenth Tale

by Diane Setterfield

16,651 members

891 reviews

4

4 Members: chgstrom, sturlington, elkiedee, ahef1963

14

The Blind Assassin

by Margaret Atwood

15,826 members

372 reviews

3.9

4 Members: sturlington, elkiedee, Dilara86, ahef1963

15

Breakfast of Champions

by Kurt Vonnegut

15,513 members

152 reviews

4

4 Members: blackdove07, sturlington, Dilara86, ahef1963

16

Salem's Lot

by Stephen King

14,938 members

285 reviews

3.9

4 Members: sturlington, si, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

17

Misery

by Stephen King

13,984 members

187 reviews

4

4 Members: KimarieBee, chgstrom, sturlington, ahef1963

18

Desperation

by Stephen King

8,990 members

100 reviews

½ 3.6

4 Members: chgstrom, sturlington, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

19

The Dark Half

by Stephen King

8,337 members

67 reviews

½ 3.6

4 Members: chgstrom, sturlington, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

20

Finders Keepers

by Stephen King

3,879 members

186 reviews

3.9

4 Members: KimarieBee, chgstrom, sturlington, ahef1963

21

A Clockwork Orange

by Anthony Burgess

24,587 members

373 reviews

4

3 Members: sturlington, ahef1963, Tinuvia
Explanations: Tinuvia: F. Alexander

22

The Princess Bride

by William Goldman

23,562 members

515 reviews

½ 4.3

3 Members: hipdeep, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

23

David Copperfield

by Charles Dickens

19,269 members

248 reviews

4.1

3 Members: ahef1963, Tinuvia, TammyPatrick
Explanations: Tinuvia: David Copperfield

24

Bag of Bones

by Stephen King

10,350 members

144 reviews

½ 3.7

3 Members: sturlington, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

25

The Tommyknockers

by Stephen King

8,702 members

77 reviews

½ 3.3

3 Members: KimarieBee, sturlington, ahef1963

26

Lisey's Story

by Stephen King

8,025 members

193 reviews

½ 3.6

3 Members: sturlington, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

27

Wonder Boys

by Michael Chabon

4,174 members

97 reviews

4

3 Members: hipdeep, aulsmith, sturlington

28

Busman's Honeymoon: A Love Story with Detective Interruptions

by Dorothy L. Sayers

3,777 members

90 reviews

4.2

3 Members: merrystar, sturlington, ahef1963

29

Ghost Story

by Peter Straub

3,554 members

111 reviews

3.8

3 Members: sturlington, si, ManWithAnAgenda
Explanations: si: Don Wanderley

30

Daddy-Long-Legs

by Jean Webster

3,099 members

102 reviews

4.1

3 Members: Aquila, elkiedee, ahef1963

31

The Diviners

by Margaret Laurence

1,133 members

19 reviews

4.1

3 Members: sturlington, elkiedee, ahef1963

32

The Return of The King

by J. R. R. Tolkien

42,897 members

264 reviews

½ 4.5

2 Members: Aquila, ahef1963

33

On the Road

by Jack Kerouac

26,703 members

365 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: sturlington, Tinuvia
Explanations: sturlington: DNF
Tinuvia: Sal Paradise, Carlo Marx, Old Bull Lee

34

Atonement

by Ian McEwan

25,101 members

610 reviews

3.9

2 Members: sturlington, ahef1963

35

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society

by Mary Ann Shaffer

18,327 members

1,207 reviews

4.2

3 Members: chgstrom, sturlington, ahef1963,aulsmith
Explanations: aulsmith : I didn't think this was that good.

36

The World According to Garp

by John Irving

14,823 members

188 reviews

4.1

2 Members: sturlington, ahef1963

37

The Dark Tower

by Stephen King

10,153 members

176 reviews

4.1

2 Members: chgstrom, sturlington

38

Pale Fire

by Vladimir Nabokov

7,482 members

127 reviews

4.2

2 Members: Dilara86, Tinuvia
Explanations: Dilara86: Poet
Tinuvia: John Shade

39

Four Past Midnight

by Stephen King

7,437 members

64 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: sturlington, ahef1963

40

Regeneration

by Pat Barker

4,339 members

108 reviews

4

2 Members: elkiedee, ahef1963
Explanations: elkiedee: Siegfried Sassoon

41

Emily of New Moon

by L. M. Montgomery

3,808 members

66 reviews

4.1

2 Members: elkiedee, ahef1963

42

Hamnet

by Maggie O'Farrell

3,272 members

186 reviews

4.2

2 Members: sturlington, ahef1963

43

Magpie Murders

by Anthony Horowitz

3,267 members

209 reviews

3.9

2 Members: sturlington, ahef1963

44

Euphoria

by Lily King

2,386 members

142 reviews

3.9

2 Members: sturlington, elkiedee
Explanations: elkiedee: Margaret Mead, anthropologist

45

The Keep

by Jennifer Egan

1,928 members

93 reviews

½ 3.4

2 Members: sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda

46

I, Lucifer: Finally, the Other Side of the Story

by Glen Duncan

1,318 members

36 reviews

½ 3.5

2 Members: blackdove07, ManWithAnAgenda

47

The Book of Salt

by Monique Truong

1,184 members

34 reviews

½ 3.5

2 Members: aulsmith, JuliaMaria
Explanations: aulsmith: Gertrude Stein
JuliaMaria: Gertrude Stein, gesehen von ihrem Koch

48

Bunny

by Mona Awad

981 members

49 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda

49

Territory

by Emma Bull

728 members

41 reviews

3.8

2 Members: aulsmith, sturlington
Explanations: aulsmith: She's a journalist

50

Tonio Kröger

by Thomas Mann

579 members

9 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: aulsmith, JuliaMaria

51

Love Among the Chickens

by P. G. Wodehouse

576 members

26 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: hipdeep, ahef1963

52

The Night Ocean

by Paul La Farge

387 members

33 reviews

½ 3.4

2 Members: sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda

53

The History of Love

by Nicole Krauss

8,841 members

307 reviews

3.9

Member: ahef1963

54

The Paris Wife

by Paula McLain

5,741 members

365 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: elkiedee
Explanations: elkiedee: Ernest Hemingway, Gertrude Stein, F Scott Fitzgerald

55

Redshirts

by John Scalzi

4,398 members

401 reviews

3.8

Member: hipdeep

56

Ada, or Ardor: A Family Chronicle

by Vladimir Nabokov

3,827 members

63 reviews

4.1

Member: Tinuvia
Explanations: Tinuvia: Van Veen

57

Flaubert's Parrot

by Julian Barnes

3,768 members

69 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: JuliaMaria
Explanations: JuliaMaria: Flaubert

58

Commonwealth

by Ann Patchett

3,267 members

182 reviews

3.9

Member: sturlington

59

Living to Tell the Tale

by Gabriel García Márquez

3,237 members

41 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: blackdove07

60

Circling the Sun

by Paula McLain

1,844 members

176 reviews

3.9

Member: elkiedee
Explanations: elkiedee: Beryl Markham

61

Billy Summers

by Stephen King

1,774 members

74 reviews

4

Member: sturlington

62

Later

by Stephen King

1,430 members

59 reviews

3.8

Member: sturlington

63

The Land of Laughs

by Jonathan Carroll

1,396 members

47 reviews

3.9

Member: blackdove07

64

The Death of Virgil

by Hermann Broch

1,122 members

12 reviews

3.9

Member: Tinuvia
Explanations: Tinuvia: Vergil

65

Blue Angel

by Francine Prose

981 members

30 reviews

½ 3.3

Member: sturlington

66

Lotte in Weimar

by Thomas Mann

755 members

12 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: Tinuvia
Explanations: Tinuvia: Goethe

67

An Expert in Murder

by Nicola Upson

755 members

44 reviews

½ 3.4

Member: elkiedee
Explanations: elkiedee: Josephine Tey, #1 in series of 9 books

68

Hangsaman

by Shirley Jackson

704 members

19 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: sturlington

69

Fame: A Novel in Nine Episodes

by Daniel Kehlmann

639 members

17 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: Tinuvia
Explanations: Tinuvia: Leo Richter

70

Frankissstein

by Jeanette Winterson

620 members

35 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: elkiedee
Explanations: elkiedee: Mary Shelley, Shelley. Byron

71

Love and Ruin

by Paula McLain

590 members

45 reviews

3.8

Member: elkiedee
Explanations: elkiedee: Martha Gellhorn, Ernest Hemingway

72

The Red Tree

by Caitlín R. Kiernan

588 members

29 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: sturlington

73

The Bell at Sealey Head

by Patricia A. McKillip

574 members

31 reviews

4.1

Member: merrystar

74

Letter from an Unknown Woman

by Stefan Zweig

529 members

30 reviews

4

Member: DeusXMachina

75

Kill Creek

by Scott Thomas

427 members

33 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: sturlington

76

Devil House

by John Darnielle

408 members

16 reviews

½ 3.5

Member: sturlington

77

About the Author

by John Colapinto

377 members

17 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: sturlington

78

Jo of the Chalet School

by Elinor M. Brent-Dyer

349 members

5 reviews

3.9

Member: Aquila

79

What Are You Going Through

by Sigrid Nunez

343 members

15 reviews

3.9

Member: elkiedee

80

F

by Daniel Kehlmann

296 members

18 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: Tinuvia
Explanations: Tinuvia: Arthur

81

The Hook

by Donald E. Westlake

284 members

9 reviews

3.8

Member: sturlington

82

You Should Have Left

by Daniel Kehlmann

278 members

19 reviews

½ 3.4

Member: sturlington

83

Memories of the Future

by Siri Hustvedt

275 members

11 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: DeusXMachina

84

The Uninvited

by Dorothy Macardle

221 members

17 reviews

4.1

Member: sturlington

85

The Widow's House

by Carol Goodman

216 members

16 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: sturlington

86

A Country Road, A Tree

by Jo Baker

213 members

10 reviews

4

Member: elkiedee
Explanations: elkiedee: Samuel Beckett

87

A Distant Shore

by Caryl Phillips

211 members

5 reviews

3.8

Member: elkiedee
Explanations: elkiedee: Jean Rhys

88

The Body Lies

by Jo Baker

211 members

16 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: sturlington

89

Hudson River Bracketed

by Edith Wharton

210 members

3 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: JuliaMaria

90

True Story

by Kate Reed Petty

204 members

11 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: sturlington

91

Mrs Engels

by Gavin McCrea

148 members

17 reviews

½ 3.5

Member: elkiedee

92

Shirley

by Susan Scarf Merrell

130 members

16 reviews

½ 3.4

Member: sturlington

93

The Seafront Tea Rooms

by Vanessa Greene

120 members

14 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: DeusXMachina

94

Palace of the Drowned

by Christine Mangan

109 members

5 reviews

½ 3.5

Member: sturlington

95

The Crime Writer

by Jill Dawson

101 members

5 reviews

½ 3.3

Member: sturlington

96

Tales of a Long Night

by Alfred Döblin

99 members

2 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: Tinuvia
Explanations: Tinuvia: Gordon Allison

97

The Subterraneans / Pic

by Jack Kerouac

79 members

1 review

½ 3.6

Member: Tinuvia
Explanations: Tinuvia: The Subterraneans: Leo Percepied, Frank Carmody, Adam Moorad

98

A Sound of Chariots

by Mollie Hunter

74 members

2 reviews

½ 4.4

Member: elkiedee

99

'Tis Folly to Be Wise

by Lion Feuchtwanger

70 members

4.1

Member: Tinuvia
Explanations: Tinuvia: Rousseau

100

The Devil and Daniel Silverman

by Theodore Roszak

69 members

1 review

3.2

Member: sturlington

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