I usually do a talk each semester on books. This past one was on good non-fiction. I am planning to do one in the fall on characters one can revisit. I don't plan to target any characters I have not read at least two books about. Here is my list so far:
Mma Ramotswe - Botswana
Bertie - Scotland
Inspector Rostnikov - Russia
Lord Emsworth - England
John Dortmunder - New York
Jake Lassiter - Miami
William French, M.W. (failed) - London
Commissario Guido Brunetti - Venice
Tenzing Norbu - Los Angeles
Prof. Don Tillman - Australia
Cormoran Strike - London
Elvis the Newfoundland - America
Lord Peter Wimsey - London
Darko Dawson - Ghana
Jim Chee - New Mexico
Bernadette Manuelito - New Mexico
Arkady Renko - Russia
Armand Gamache - Montreal
Kate Fansler - New York
Flavia de Luce - England
Joe Gunther - Vermont
Kate Chandler - New York
The Man in the Yellow Hat - America
Cassie Maddox - Ireland
Myron Bollar - America
Josiah Royce - Kentucky
Hamish MacBeth - Scotland
Agatha Raisin - England
Lewellyn Ferris - Wisconsin
Lisbeth Salander - Sweden
Clare Fergusson - upstate New York
Brown Dog - Michigan
Grady Service- Michigan
Anna Pigeon - National parks
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Bill
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