Favorite Immortals - Non Romance

What are your favorite books featuring immortals as one or more of the main characters? No romances please, unless the romance part is very minor.
Use a broad classification for immortal. Anyone who could potentially live forever, or even just a very long time, barring accidents, murder, etc.
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87 books · 38 voters · list created June 9th, 2010 by Bryan457 (votes) .
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message 1: by Travis (new)

Travis Funny, I never thought of Wolverine as an immortal before, but now that I see him on the list, I realized he actually is.
Guy's been around since...what before WW1?


message 2: by [deleted user] (new)

What about Elric and Corum and the other faces of the eternal champion?


message 3: by Travis (new)

Travis Jaya wrote: "What about Elric and Corum and the other faces of the eternal champion?"

We've seen several of them die in the books, so probably not.

I'm wondering if Piers Anthony's 'Incarnations of immortality' characters count either. As the book establishes none of them stay forever, the role is passed along.


message 4: by Bryan457 (new)

Bryan457 Use a broad classification for immortal. Anyone who could potentially live forever, or even just a very long time, barring accidents, murder, etc.


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