Book Characters I Wish Were Real People

   

Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together. 

Book Characters I Wish Were Real People 

I'm sure there are so many book lovers who have wanted to be able to go into their favorite books and meet so many of the characters. I know I've always loved books like Inkheart or movies like The Pagemaster where the characters get to meet characters from literature. Here are ten bookish characters I would like to meet if they were real. 

1. Granny Weatherwax from the Discworld series by Terry Pratchett

    - Granny is my favorite character from literature and she is one of the top characters I would love to get the chance to meet. She is such an interesting take on a witch. Along with Granny, I'd love to be able to meet the other witches from the series such as Nanny Ogg and Tiffany Aching. 

2. Howl Jenkins Pendragon from the Howl's Moving Castle series by Diana Wynne Jones

    - I love this "drama queen" wizard (as I like to call him) so very much. Though if I got the chance to meet him I'd probably find him as insufferable as Sophie does.

 

3. Hoid from the Cosmere by Brandon Sanderson 

    - Hoid became an instant favorite character for me when I read my first scene of him in The Way of Kings. I would love to get to hear one of his stories in person. That would be the dream. I'm partial to the one from Rhythm of War but I wouldn't mind any of them. 

 

4. Susan Sto Helit from the Discworld series by Terry Pratchett

    - Another one of the Discworld characters I would love to meet if she were real. Susan is the adopted granddaughter of Death and is one of my favorites from the series. 

 

5. Sophie Hatter from the Howl's Moving Castle series by Diana Wynne Jones

    - Sophie Hatter is one of the characters I relate with the most from any book and I absolutely adore her character. 

6. Gandalf from Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings series by J. R. R. Tolkien

 - Gandalf is such a wise character and mentor for so many of the characters throughout Middle Earth but he also knows how to have a good time. He has been one of the characters from literature I have wished I would be able to meet ever since I was a child. 

 

7. Merlin from the King Arthur legend

    - Another wizard I wish was real so I could meet him. I have loved the character of Merlin ever since I was first introduced to him in the Disney movie The Sword in the Stone which is based on the T. H. White book of the same name. There have been so many iterations of the character over the years and I have enjoyed each one I have come across. He'll always be a favorite for me. 

8. Elinor from the Inkheart series by Cornelia Funke

 - I think it's funny how much I have related to Elinor's character ever since I first read Inkheart back in ninth grade. Would love to meet her and get to see her book collection. 

 

9. Eeyore from Winnie-the-Pooh by A. A. Milne

 

    - Eeyore is probably my favorite character from children's literature. He has been a favorite of mine ever since I was a child and I adore him to this day. His parts of the books are always so funny and I love how he is depicted in the movies and shows. 

 

 

 

 

10. Tilly Clarksdale from my book series The Stacks

    - So, I had to put one of my own characters on this list because if I could meet any book characters, I'd love to be able to meet one of my characters. Matilda (Tilly) Clarksdale is the owner and proprietor of The Stacks. She is seventy-five years old and has been running the shop for about fifty years. The Stacks is a sentient bookshop which gives readers their "perfect" book and for some, so much more. Tilly is one of my favorite characters I have ever come up with and I am enjoying writing about her in my books. 

Six Degrees of Separation: Double Dorothy to Before the Coffee Gets Cold

Here is my November post for the Six Degrees of Separation meme which is done on the first Saturday of each month. 

 

The meme was first created by Annabel Smith and Emma Chapman and then was taken over by Kate on her blog: booksaremyfavouriteandbest in 2016. Each month, a book is selected and then bloggers link it to six other books. If you would like more information about creating your chain or the meme, here is a link: 6 Degrees of Separation Meme

 

For this month, we were supposed to start with a novella that is on our to read list for Novellas in November. I love novellas so it was hard to pick just one so I decided to make my whole list around novellas. My choice for the starting book is The Double Dorothy by Olivia Waite which is the third book in the Dorothy Gentleman series. 

 

  

Double Dorothy (Dorothy Gentleman #3) by Olivia Waite

One of the books I'm looking forward to picking up next year is the third novella in the Dorothy Gentleman series. It is a queer cozy science fiction mystery series that I have been highly enjoying the last couple of years. I need more books like these if anyone has any other recommendations. Cozy mystery books are so comforting and I love this science fiction version of that. 

We Burned So Bright by TJ Klune

Another queer science fiction novella that I have been wanting to read since it came out earlier this year. It is about an end-of-the-world road trip and I have heard it is a very heart-wrenching story. I have loved TJ Klune's writing in the past and I plan on picking this one up very soon. 

  

In These Gilded, Ghostly Hearts by Gwendolyn Kiste

This similarly to the last novella is also a queer one that is very hard-hitting. I read this novella back in July and highly enjoyed this queer historical continuation of The Great Gatsby. The story focuses on Daisy Buchanan's daughter Pamela (Mel) over 30 years after the events of the original novel. Daisy is found dead in Gatsby's mansion, though Mel knows Daisy has been spiraling out of control for years. At Gatsby's estate, she finds her mother's ghost and tries to figure out how to free her from the house. 

 

Thornhedge by T. Kingfisher

Thornhedge is another retelling/twisting of a tale just like In These Gilded, Ghostly Hearts. It a clever take on the story of "Sleeping Beauty." I love how we got bits of the backstory throughout the present day events. This helped build a bit of suspense the entire time. Also, this was the perfect length for the story being told. I will always love longer books, but often times a novella is definitely all that is needed. I'm a big T. Kingfisher fangirl and I highly recommend this story. 

 

A Psalm for the Wild-Built (Monk and Robot #1) by Becky Chambers

Another story where you find out about the character's past throughout the book. A cozy book that feels like a warm hug. This was a beautiful science fiction book about a tea-monk and a robot who ponder life, identity, and purpose while going on an adventure together and it is the first book in a novella duology. 

 

 

This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone

I plan on picking up many different novellas during Novellas in November and this is the highest one on the list. This is How You Lose the Time War has an important bond between the characters just like A Psalm for the Wild-Built. It is an epistolary science fiction novella following two rival time agents from warring factions (Red and Blue) who fall in love through their correspondences. It is a book I have been waiting for the right time to finally pick up and I believe that is this November. I've loved the other works I have picked up by Amal El-Mohtar.  

 

Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi

The final book in my chain is another novella I would like to read that deals with time travel just like This is How You Lose the Time War. Before the Coffee Gets Cold has been on my TBR for many years and I'm thinking of maybe picking it up this month if I get the opportunity to.