Because you like Holden Caulfield in The Catcher in the Rye

Miss Havisham is the creepiest old rich lady in town. See them in Great Expectations.

Daisy Buchanan is beautiful and rich, and seems to have it all. But beneath the glitter and the glam, things are more complicated for her. See them in The Great Gatsby.

Lazy and cynical‚ Bernard Black is the ultimate curmudgeon. See them in Black Books.

Jack's big imagination is never limited by his incredibly cramped surroundings. See them in Room.

A suave manipulator, Sebastian Valmont is valiantly fighting off a developing conscience. See them in Cruel Intentions.

Stuck on a lifeboat with zoo animals without food and fresh water, Pi Patel uses his intelligence to face the greatest test of all: survival. See them in Life of Pi.

Arthur Dent is an incredibly normal man on an incredibly abnormal adventure. See them in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.

Barry Egan has too many anger issues to list here. See them in Punch Drunk Love.

Jackie Brown is not your everyday flight attendant. See them in Jackie Brown.

Sharply perceptive and stubbornly principled, Jane Eyre might not have a very loud voice, but she knows when and how to use it. See them in Jane Eyre.

Although she's only six, Hushpuppy is a tough girl ready to stand up to terrifying, pre-historic beasts after the storm. See them in Beasts of the Southern Wild.

Marv is a brutish but principled thug who'd be right at home on an ancient battlefield. See them in Sin City.