Damnit! Forgot all about Tarzan. But I figured Clan of the Cave Bear was a safe bet since Dopers tend to like it. I’m glad I went with Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy.
And I agree with you, OtakuLoki–Emma Bovary’s death was nothing compared to Old Yeller’s. (Though I have to admit, I was sadder after Where the Red Fern Grows than after Old Yeller…poor Old Dan, poor Little Ann.)
Good point. I was wondering if that counted, but then I just decided to parse “by their own hand” as general suicide rather than a more literal meaning. Plus, it does seem to be getting quite a few matches here. Also, I decided to be literal when it said novel (as opposed to play), though I suppose it doesn’t really make a difference when it comes to the matches?
I never did think of Romeo and Juliet for #9, but I’ll concede that characters from a play should be counted. And I gave the thread idea.
As to #3, no love for Mowgli I see. And I liked **El Kabong’s ** answer, that’s not one I remembered.
I don’t think it should count. It was the first thing I thought of, but I specifically rejected it as not being a novel.
There is no “wrong” answer, remember…
Joe
The Foundation Series
The Lost World
The Color Purple
Danielle Steele
Dick Francis
Hercule Poirot
The Time Machine
Scarlett O’Hara
Jude the Obscure
Black Beauty
It better not be the The Deptford Trilogy.
Nettie, Celie’s sister wasn’t quite an adult when she and her missionary guardians moved to Africa.
I loved Rascal but too much of a long shot.
Though not scoring on exactness, is Romeo and Juliet considered a novel?
There are no wrong answers, but I would argue that McWatt is not a “main” character.
Ta muchly! (means thank you)
This’ll Do is only #37. A lot of chatter in this Feud! 
That’s one I would never have thought of to mention! I’ve never even met anyone else who’d read that book!
The Answers:
1. Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy 10
2. The Lost World 17
2. Lost Horizon 7
2. Journey to the Center of the Earth 4
2. Pellucidar 3
2. King Solomon’s Mines 2
2. Herland 1
2. Jurassic Park 1
2. pass 1
2. Planet of the Apes 1
2. She 1
2. The Drowned World 1
2. The moon Pool 1
3. Tarzan 22
3. Clan of the Cave Bear 5
3. Stranger in a Strange Land 4
3. Great Expectations 1
3. Harry Potter series 1
3. Kim 1
3. Little Big Man 1
3. Perdita 1
3. The Color Purple 1
3. The Joy Luck Club 1
3. The Jungle Book 1
3. The Metal Monster 1
4. Danielle Steele 18
4. Barbara Cartland 10
4. Nora Roberts 5
4. Barbara Kingsley 1
4. Emily Bronte 1
4. Fern Michaels 1
4. Jackie Collins 1
4. Judith Krantz 1
4. Sax Rohmer 1
4. Shakespeare 1
5. Dick Francis 22
5. Dan Jenkins 2
5. W.P. Kinsella 2
5. Bernard Malamud 1
5. George Plimpton 1
5. Glenn Stout 1
5. Jenkins 1
5. John Ritter 1
5. Mark Harris 1
5. Matt Christopher 1
5. No Clue, No Credit 1
5. pass 1
5. pass 2 1
5. pass 3 1
5. Peter Gent 1
5. Robert Lipsyte 1
5. Zane Grey 1
6. Hercule Poirot 23
6. Miss Marple 3
6. Nero Wolfe 3
6. Nancy Drew 2
6. Philip Marlowe 2
6. Sam Spade 2
6. Charlie Chan 1
6. Father Brown 1
6. Lord Peter 1
6. Red Kerry 1
6. Richard Jury 1
7. The Time Machine 18
7. A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court 11
7. Outlander 2
7. Slaughterhouse Five 2
7. The Time Traveler’s Wife 2
7. Dinosaur Beach 1
7. Dragons of Pern 1
7. Lest Darkness Fall 1
7. Many Waters 1
7. Somewhere In Time 1
8. Scarlett O’Hara 28
8. Henry VIII 4
8. Bluebeard 1
8. Dianne Demorney 1
8. Everyman (from the Philip Roth novel) 1
8. Gladia Delmarre 1
8. Lazarus Long 1
8. pass 1
8. Pass 2 1
8. Preacher’s Girl 1
9. Romeo and Juliet 9
9. Anna Karenina 8
9. Madame Bovary 6
9. Jude the Obscure 2
9. The Great Gatsby 1
9. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea 1
9. Catch-22 1
9. Chocolat 1
9. Holes (Kissing Kate Barlow) 1
9. House of Mirth 1
9. Les Miserables 1
9. pass 1
9. Shogun 1
9. The Awakening 1
9. The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter 1
9. The Sorrows of Young Werther 1
9. The Sound and the Fury 1
9. Until I Find You 1
9. Valley of the Dolls 1
10. Old Yeller 11
10. Charlotte’s Web 9
10. Black Beauty 7
10. Cujo 3
10. Flowers for Algernon 2
10. White Fang 2
10. Beautiful Joe 1
10. Because of Winn-Dixie 1
10. Bunnicula 1
10. Lassie Come Home 1
10. My Friend Flicka 1
10. Travels with Charley 1
And the winner is ~drumroll~ **wheresgeorge04 **!!! Way to go, Joe! :: flings confetti:: **wheresgeorge04 ** got 7/10 right. Total possible was 445.
Thanks everybody! And thanks to Baker for a challenging one!
New one up later this morning.
**1. wheresgeorge04 415.00 **
2. Sigmagirl 385.00
3. Sternvogel 355.00
4. anyrose 350.00
5. bmoak 350.00
6. One And Only Wanderers 347.50
7. winterhawk11 347.50
8. 5-4-Fighting 347.50
9. 42fish 345.00
10. Spoons 345.00
11. Freudian Slit 327.50
12. Shodan 327.50
13. MsWhatsit 307.50
14. bibliophage 305.00
15. cmkeller 302.50
16. OtakuLoki 300.00
17. Thudlow Boink 297.50
18. This’ll Do 297.50
19. astorian 290.00
20. want2know 285.00
21. delphica 280.00
22. RachelChristine 272.50
23. swampbear 272.50
24. Lsura 265.00
25. Queen Tonya 252.50
26. Scarlett67 250.00
27. Baker 245.00
28. Gangster Octopus 235.00
29. Mtgman 232.50
30. Elendil’s Heir 230.00
31. Purgatory Creek 227.50
32. Petrobey Mavromihalis 227.50
33. Dead Cat 217.50
34. gonzomax 207.50
35. Dolores Reborn 180.00
36. jali 172.50
37. El_Kabong 145.00
38. Windwalker 127.50
39. Ducktail 82.50
40. Harmonious Discord 45.00