Book lovers will feel a special connection with these literary characters who also crave the particular magic conjured by a good book. Read the full article at https://www.scribendi.com/advice/literary_characters_who_love_books.en.html

1. Who Love
Books as Much
as You DoBy Scribendi.com
12 Literary Characters

2. When many writers rely on the timeless adage,
it's no wonder that our favorite books have
protagonists who are obsessed with reading.
Write
what
you
know,

3. Literary writers love literature, so their
literary characters love literature.
Readers love literature, so we love
literary characters who love literature
(and we love literary writers who love
literary characters who love literature).
Try saying that five times fast! If writers
should write what they know, maybe we
should read what we know. Here's a list
of our favorite literary characters who
love books just as much as you do!
Hint:
throughout this
SlideShare,
there will be
book icons like
this. If you click
them, you'll be
brought to an
Amazon page,
where you
can purchase
the book
featuring
the respective
character!
(Note: this one
does not link to
anything. Stop
clicking, silly.)

4. 1. HERMIONE GRANGER
" S h e w a s d a s h i n g b a c k , a n e n o r m o u s o l d b o o k
i n h e r a r m s .
' I n e v e r t h o u g h t t o l o o k i n h e r e ! ' s h e
w h i s p e r e d e x c i t e d l y . ' I g o t t h i s o u t o f t h e
l i b r a r y w e e k s a g o f o r a b i t o f l i g h t r e a d i n g . '
' L i g h t ? ' s a i d R o n . "
T H E B R I G H T E S T W I T C H O F H E R A G E , H E R M I O N E
G R A N G E R I S A F O R C E T O B E R E C K O N E D W I T H ,
E S P E C I A L L Y T H A N K S T O H E R I N C L I N A T I O N T O
R E A D A N D H E R R E S U L T I N G G I F T E D M I N D .

5. "So Matilda's strong young mind continued
to grow, nurtured by the voices of all those
authors who had sent their books out into
the world like ships on the sea. These
books gave Matilda a hopeful and
comforting message: You are not alone."
2. MATILDA
WORMWOOD
AT ONLY FIVE YEARS OF AGE,
MATILDA COMBINES A PASSION FOR
LIBRARY TRIPS AND PSYCHOKINETIC
ABILITIES. DON'T TELL US THAT
THOSE AREN'T INTIMATELY RELATED
BECAUSE WE WON'T BELIEVE YOU.

6. 3. BASTIAN BALTHAZAR BUX
WE'VE ALL FELT AS IF WE'VE BEEN ABSORBED INTO A PARTICULARLY GOOD
BOOK. BASTIAN, THOUGH, IS LITERALLY SUCKED INTO THE BOOK HE STEALS
FROM AN ANTIQUE BOOKSTORE AND BECOMES A CHARACTER. WE'RE NOT
ADVOCATING THEFT, BUT WE CAN'T HELP BUT FEEL A LITTLE JEALOUS.
"If you have never wept bitter tears because a wonderful story has come to an end and you must take
your leave of the characters with whom you have shared so many adventures, whom you have loved
and admired, for whom you have hoped and feared, and without whose company life seems empty and
meaningless—
If such things have not been part of your own experience, you probably won't understand what Bastian
did next."

7. "Choosing a new book
was like looking for
treasure."
T H E O , L I K E M O S T
I M P O V E R I S H E D L I T E R A R Y
C H I L D R E N , U S E S B O O K S
A S A N E S C A P E . D R I V E N B Y
T H E P E R F E C T F A M I L I E S
S H E R E A D S A B O U T I N S O
M A N Y B O O K S , S H E H O P E S
T O O N E D A Y F I N D H E R
O W N R E A L F A M I L Y .
4 . T H E O
C A F F R E Y

8. 5. ELIZABETH BENNET
"'Miss Eliza Bennet,' said
Miss Bingley, 'despises
cards. She is a great
reader, and has no
pleasure in anything else.'"
While Elizabeth is a little defensive about this comment,
she still acknowledges that it is equal parts "praise" and
"censure." Just embrace the lifestyle, lizzy.

9. 6. BILBO BAGGINS
"I might find somewhere where I can finish my
book. I have thought of a nice ending for it: and he
lived happily ever after to the end of his days."
LIKE MOST GREAT WRITERS, BILBO WAS FIRST A READER.
WELL, A READER TURNED BARREL RIDER TURNED THRUSH
WHISPERER. YOU KNOW HOW IT IS.

10. 7 . J O M A R C H
"I like good strong words that mean something."
JO SPENDS HOURS AND HOURS READING, EATING APPLES,
AND CRYING. WE'VE ALL BEEN THERE.

11. 8. ANNE
SHIRLEY
"It's all very well to read about
sorrows and imagine yourself
living through them heroically,
but it's not so nice when you
really come to have them, is it?"
FANTASTICAL THROUGH AND
THROUGH, IT'S NO SURPRISE THAT
ANNE IS A LITERARY CHARACTER
WHO LOVES BOOKS AND LOVES TO
IMAGINE CIRCUMSTANCES ALWAYS
GREATER THAN HER OWN.

12. 9. LUCIEN
"Most people don't realize how
important librarians are. I ran across
a book recently which suggested
that the peace and prosperity of a
culture was solely related to how
many librarians it contained.
Possibly a slight overstatement. But
a culture that doesn't value its
librarians doesn't value ideas and
without ideas, well, where
are we?"
AS THE CHIEF LIBRARIAN OF
ALL THE BOOKS THAT HAVE
EVER BEEN DREAMED
(INCLUDING THE UNWRITTEN
TALES OF PROCRASTINATING
WRITERS), LUCIEN FROM THE
SANDMAN IS DEDICATED TO
PROTECTING THEM FROM
UNPLEASANT CREATURES.

13. 1 0 . T Y R I O N L A N N I S T E R
" M y b r o t h e r h a s h i s s w o r d , K i n g R o b e r t h a s h i s
w a r h a m m e r a n d I h a v e m y m i n d . . . a n d a m i n d n e e d s
b o o k s a s a s w o r d n e e d s a w h e t s t o n e i f i t i s t o k e e p
i t s e d g e . T h a t ' s w h y I r e a d s o m u c h , J o n S n o w . "
TYRION IS A DWARF WHO USES HIS INTELLIGENCE TO OVERCOME THE
PREJUDICE HE FACES AND GIVE CREDIT TO THE FAMILY NAME. IT'S NO SURPRISE
THAT THIS INTELLIGENCE COMES FROM AN APPRECIATION OF BOOKS.

14. 11. KLAUS
KLAUS, THE BOOKWORM OF
THE FAMILY, IS UNSTOPPABLE.
HIS LOVE FOR BOOKS PAIRED
WITH HIS EIDETIC MEMORY
PROVIDES HIM WITH
THE ABILITY TO SPEAK
MULTIPLE LANGUAGES AND
DEFINE ANY WORD AT THE
DROP OF A HAT.
BAUDELAIRE
"Being only twelve, Klaus of course had not read all the
books in the Baudelaire library, but he had read a great
many of them and had retained a lot of the information
from his readings. He knew how to tell an alligator
from a crocodile. He knew who killed Julius Caesar. And
he knew much about the tiny, slimy animals found at
Briny Beach, which he was examining now."

15. 12. Francie Nolan
FRANCIE KNOWS
THAT
ACCOMPLISHING
HER DREAMS
WILL REQUIRE A
LOT OF HARD
WORK, BUT SHE
ESCAPES
THROUGH
READING AND
HER RICH
IMAGINATION.
" F r o m t h a t t i m e o n ,
t h e w o r l d w a s h e r s
f o r t h e r e a d i n g . S h e
w o u l d n e v e r b e
l o n e l y a g a i n , n e v e r
m i s s t h e l a c k o f
i n t i m a t e f r i e n d s .
B o o k s b e c a m e h e r
f r i e n d s a n d t h e r e
w a s o n e f o r e v e r y
m o o d . T h e r e w a s
p o e t r y f o r q u i e t
c o m p a n i o n s h i p .
T h e r e w a s a d v e n t u r e
w h e n s h e t i r e d o f
q u i e t h o u r s . T h e r e
w o u l d b e l o v e
s t o r i e s w h e n s h e
c a m e i n t o
a d o l e s c e n c e a n d
w h e n s h e w a n t e d t o
f e e l a c l o s e n e s s t o
s o m e o n e s h e c o u l d
r e a d a b i o g r a p h y .
O n t h a t d a y w h e n
s h e f i r s t k n e w s h e
c o u l d r e a d , s h e
m a d e a v o w t o r e a d
o n e b o o k a d a y a s
l o n g a s s h e l i v e d . "

16. these literary characters aren't just
readers—they're dreamers, know-it-
alls, and psychokinetics. (Okay, you
can't win 'em all). But whether you're an
escapist like Francie, Anne, or Theo, or
a learner like Klaus, Tyrion, or
Hermione, all readers know that books
have immense power.
R E L A T A B L E I N P E R H A P S
M O R E W A Y S T H A N O N E ,