This week's Top Ten from The Broke and the Bookish asks for Unusual Character Names.
1) Charles Dickens had some of the best character names in literature. A few of my favorites:Pumblechook, Chuzzlewit, Stiltstalking, Fezziwig, and Honeythunder
2) Kilgore Trout from Kurt Vonnegut’s novels
3) Menolly from Anne McCaffrey’s dragon series.
4) Almost everyone in the Hunger Games series (Katniss, Peeta, etc.)
5) Briony from Atonement
6) Philleas Fogg from Around the World in Eighty Days
7) Major Major from Catch-22
8) Hepzibah from Harry Potter (there are lots in HP, but this is a weird one)
9) Humbert Humbert from Lolita
10) Starbuck from Moby Dick; the coffee chain is actually named after him.
