6 -- A Character With The Same Name As A Male Family Member

[Lindsey]

This book will have a character that shares the same name as a son, husband, half-brother, step-nephew, father, grandfather, your great-great-great-uncle, dog, … etc. It could be any male relative — and they don’t have to be alive to qualify, so dig through your family tree if you need to!


Ranker.com (click the Search icon on the top right, then search "Fictional Characters Named...")
Behind The Name (search a name then click the Namesakes tab upper right)
Wikipedia (most names will have a "fictional characters" list at the bottom)
Britannica.com (search "Fictional Characters Named...")
Lists (search "Fictional Characters Named...")
Fictional Characters Wiki (search bar top right)
WorldCat Fiction Finder (search name)

Also, your pick does not have to be Fiction. You are always welcome to read a Non-Fiction book about a celebrity, athlete, politician, scientist, Nobel Prize Winner, artist, saint, writer, royalty, business person etc that shares your chosen name!

[Julia]

"David Copperfield" by Charles Dickens
(David) Like to add a classic here and there

[Katrina]

Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore

[Jeanette]

The Elephant Tree by R.D. Ronald

[Erika]

The Godfather

[Roberta]

It would be lovely (and helpful) if you would include the character names that you plan to use from each book. : )

[Kiley]

Hollow Kingdom has a Dennis, so that works for me!

[Kaoru]

12 children featured in this nonfiction book. Hidden Valley Road: Inside the Mind of an American Family

[Kara]

The Thin Man Nick and Nora Charles - family name Nick. The great thing is that this is a couple parodied in the great movie "Murder by Death." The characters are based on famous detectives and their partners or side kicks - Nick and Nora, Sam Spade, Miss Marple, Charlie Chan, Hercule Poirot.

[Rachel]

Uncle Tom's Cabin. Another I already own but haven't read yet. There's a few Thomas' in my ancestry

[Andrea]

Sylvie and Bruno by Lewis Carroll

[Sarah]

Would love suggestions if anyone knows a book with Hugh? Lots of authors with that name but finding characters difficult

[N.N.]

Sarah wrote: "Would love suggestions if anyone knows a book with Hugh? Lots of authors with that name but finding characters difficult"

If you like historical romance, I have the perfect one for you:



MRS N

[Roberta]

I am looking for the names: William, Bill, Roberta, or Travis, so if you have any suggestions, please share--thank you!

[N.N.]

Roberta wrote: "I am looking for the names: William, Bill, Roberta, or Travis, so if you have any suggestions, please share--thank you!"



The main character is William, from what I remember.

[Roberta]

Thank you so much—it looks like an interesting read (and the type of book that I would enjoy)—so is now on my TBR / 2021-52books shelves! : )

[Shirley]

Roberta wrote: "I am looking for the names: William, Bill, Roberta, or Travis, so if you have any suggestions, please share--thank you!"

My hubby is Bill. I just read a book called "An American in Paris" by Siobhan Curham it has a Bill in it.

[Shirley]

The German Girl by Lily Graham has the following names
Martin, Jurgen, Geoff , Fritz, Kalle, and Oliver.

An American in Paris by Siobhan Curham has the following names
Harry, Bill, Otto, Pierre, and Sam

[Shirley]

A Sugar Plum Christmas by Susan Hatler is a short holiday story it has the following names
Jacob, Mel

Calvin the Christmas Tree is a children's book I read for another challenge it had the name Calvin.

[A]

Edwin is super common in my family.
Any books y'all would recommend? Preferably Fantasy or Sci Fi.

[Becky]

Caden - Queen of the Tearling by Erika Johansen

[Roberta]

Shirley wrote: "The German Girl by Lily Graham has the following names
Martin, Jurgen, Geoff , Fritz, Kalle, and Oliver.

An American in Paris by Siobhan Curham has the following names
Harry, Bill, Otto, Pierre, a..."

Thank you for the suggestion--I have added it to my TBR list!

[Roberta]

Shirley wrote: "Roberta wrote: "I am looking for the names: William, Bill, Roberta, or Travis, so if you have any suggestions, please share--thank you!"

My hubby is Bill. I just read a book called "An American in..."

Thank you!

[Wendy]

Help, please!
Brian, John, Bud, Dave, Howard, George

[Lindsey]

Wendy wrote: "Help, please!
Brian, John, Bud, Dave, Howard, George"

George Wickham - Pride and Prejudice
George Knightley - Emma
George Osborne - Vanity Fair
George Fayne - The Secret at Shadow Ranch
Ashley Wilkes (a.k.a. George) - Gone With the Wind
George Milton - Of Mice and Men
George Smiley - Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
George Weasley - Harry Potter
John Dashwood - Sense and Sensibility
John Willoughby - Sense and Sensibility
John Thorpe - Northanger Abbey
John Browdie - Nicholas Nickleby
John Brooke - Little Women
Dr. John Watson - A Study in Scarlet
John Seward - Dracula
John the Savage - Brave New World
John Yossarian - Catch-22
Christopher John Francis Boone - The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

[NCChris]

Crimson Death - Laurell K. Hamilton (Nathaniel is the name link)

[Maureen]

News of the World

Captain Jefferson Kyle Kidd
Johanna Small

[Laurie (Kwiltreader)]

A Song for the Dark Times by Ian Rankin. John Rebus for nephew in law, John.

[Laura]

Can anyone suggest a book with the character name Scott?

[Lindsey]

Laura wrote: "Can anyone suggest a book with the character name Scott?"

Scott Lang - Ant Man (Avengers)
Scott Pilgrim -Scott Pilgrim
Scott Reed - 13 Reasons Why
Scott Summers - Cyclops (X-Men)
Scott McCall - Heroes

Also here

[Lindsey]

A wrote: "Edwin is super common in my family.
Any books y'all would recommend? Preferably Fantasy or Sci Fi."

I could only find these...

Deputy Edwin Durland - Gravity Falls
Edwin Eppssadistic - "12 Years a Slave" (2013 film)
"The Mystery of Edwin Drood" - Charles Dickens's final novel
Edwin Leeford - Oliver Twist's father (betrayed his mother, Agnes)
Dr. Edwin Jenner - season 2 of "The Walking Dead"
Edwin Slippery - "Fortysomething"
Edwin Jarvis - Marvel Universe
Edwin Venturi - "Life with Derek"

And These

[Lindsey]

Roberta wrote: "I am looking for the names: William, Bill, Roberta, or Travis, so if you have any suggestions, please share--thank you!"

Here's a few:

William Price - Mansfield Park
William Elliot - Persuasion
Bill Sikes (a.k.a. William) - Oliver Twist
William Dobbin - Vanity Fair
Travis Coates - Old Yeller
Travis Harris - Taming the Star Runner by S.E. Hinton
Travis Maddox - Beautiful Disaster by Jamie McGuire

Also These

[Lindsey]

Sarah wrote: "Would love suggestions if anyone knows a book with Hugh? Lots of authors with that name but finding characters difficult"

Here's a few...

Hugh Anderson - Mr. Scarborough's Family
Hugh Crain - The Haunting Of Hill House
Hugh Apiston - Miss Peregrine's Home For Peculiar Children
Hugh Neutron - Jimmy Neutron
Hugh Corrigan - The Pacific
Sir Hugh Evans - The Merry Wives of Windsor
Sir Hugh Mortimer - Henry VI
Hugh of the Vale - Game of Thrones
Hugh Campbell Jr. - The Boys
Hugh Armitage - Poldark

Also These

[Roberta]

Lindsey wrote: "Roberta wrote: "I am looking for the names: William, Bill, Roberta, or Travis, so if you have any suggestions, please share--thank you!"

Here's a few:

William Price - Mansfield Park
William Elli..."

Wow-thank you! How do you find these? If you wouldn't mind sharing the process, that is. : )

[Lindsey]

Wow-thank you! How do you find these? If you wouldn't mind sharing the process, that is. : ) "


Absolutely! I just searched "Book characters named William" in Google. After you look up enough names the same sites start popping up. I'll add them to the top of the page as well.

Ranker.com
Behind The Name
Wikipedia
Britannica.com

[Roberta]

Lindsey wrote: "Wow-thank you! How do you find these? If you wouldn't mind sharing the process, that is. : ) "


Absolutely! I just searched "Book characters named William" in Google. After you look up enough name..."

Outstanding -- thank you!

[Heather]

I think I might read Shakespeare's Witch by Samantha Grosser (John) or The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon (Christopher).

[Melissa]

My brother's name is Curtis - going to read The Outsiders

Ponyboy Curtis

[Len]

I don't think I'm finding what I need.
Any suggestions for Joseph, Oscar, Mark, Kenneth, or Charles?

[Ben]

Completion Post:

Just finished reading: "I Am David" by Anne Holm and translated by L.W. Kingsland (★★★★☆), it tells the story of David, a young boy who, with the help of a prison guard, escapes from a concentration camp in an unnamed Eastern European country and journeys to Denmark.

Holmes has written a breathtaking adventure packed full of emotional wallop and an unusual depth of compassionate understanding. It has all the elements of the ideal middle grade's book: a riveting plot, a powerfully sympathetic main character, and an intriguing point of view, but it goes far beyond the typical, with layers of intellectual and emotional depth that keep any reader coming back to it again and again.

[Melissa]

I read The House in the Cerulean Sea - for the names Arthur and Sal.

[Carol]

I read Landon, Superhero of the Worlds. I had a hard time finding a book for this prompt and stumbled on this. After reading it (only 79 pages including illustrations, it was written and illustrated by a 5th grader. Good for him!

[Mariana]

Radio Silence

[Kim]

Ribsy by Beverly Cleary. It had a character named George, which is my paternal grandfather's name. Would also work for Henry, Danny, Bill, Pete, Philip, Billy, Joe, Larry or Bert.

[Angela Y]

The Hundred Year House by Rebecca Makkai

[Stephanie]

I read The Princess Game (Eric is a character and my uncle).

[Desiree]

I thought that this would be a hard one for me and that I'd have to search til I found one that fit, but much to my surprise it all just worked out. I read Lucky Dog by Julia London, I picked this for the March mini-related to the word Lucky, but about 30 pages from the end my son's name appeared and I had to go with it, my son's name is Fabein, ( the book spelled it in it's traditional spelling, Fabian) I mean how often does that one show up in a book?

[Lindsey]

I read Everything Inside by Edwidge Danticat, 3 Stars. It's a book of short stories so many names are featured, I just lucked out that one was Paul.

[Stina]

The Book of Lost Things
I have an uncle named David.

[Helen]

I have read Legend Trilogy Boxed Set One of the main characters is called Day. My husband's name is David but I have always and still do (25 years on) call him Day!