Nifty·Posted on Sep 26, 201549 Halloween Costumes All Book Lovers Will AppreciateHere's hoping you find a household passing out books instead of candy.by Mallory McInnis (she/her)BuzzFeed StaffLinkFacebookPinterestTwitterMail 1. The BFG from Roald Dahl and Quentin Blake's The BFG 2. Moby Dick and Captain Ahab from Herman Melville's Moby Dick View this photo on Instagram 3. Nancy Drew from Carolyn Keene's Nancy Drew series and Joe Hardy from Franklin W. Dixon's The Hardy Boys series Russell McIntyre @russellmc03 Nancy Drew and Joe Hardy. Cute couple Halloween. @amandaleighh 04:13 AM - 01 Nov 2014 Reply Retweet Favorite 4. Dr. Hannibal Lecter from Thomas Harris's The Silence of the Lambs View this image on Imgur 5. Charlotte's Web and Wilbur from E.B. White and Garth Williams' Charlotte's Web View this photo on Instagram 6. Amelia Bedelia from Peggy Parish's Amelia Bedelia series View this photo on Instagram 7. Strega Nona from Tomie dePaola's Strega Nona 8. Harold from Crockett Johnson's Harold and the Purple Crayon 9. Ryan Dean West from Andrew Smith's Winger Eden Grey @edenjeangrey This is Ryan Dean West. He wins all the awards. @marburyjack #winger #Halloween #literarycostumes 10:59 PM - 31 Oct 2014 Reply Retweet Favorite 10. Frodo Baggins from J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings View this image on Imgur 11. Paddington Bear from Michael Bond and Peggy Fortnum's A Bear Called Paddington 12. Max and a Wild Thing from Maurice Sendak's Where the Wild Things Are 13. A Crayon from Drew Daywalt and Oliver Jeffers' The Day the Crayons Quit 14. Elephant and Piggie from Mo Willems' Elephant and Piggie series 15. Little Miss Twin and Little Miss Twin from Roger Hargreaves' Little Miss Twins View this photo on Instagram 16. Eleanor and Park from Rainbow Rowell's Eleanor & Park LCHS Media Center @LC_PantherMedia Happy Halloween from the Panther Media Center! Thanks @rainbowrowell for the inspiration. #eleanor&park 01:52 PM - 31 Oct 2014 Reply Retweet Favorite 17. Kirsten Larson from Janet Shaw and Renée Graef's Meet Kirsten 18. Viola Swamp from Harry G. Allard Jr. and James Marshall's Miss Nelson Is Missing! Alyse Liebovich @LibrarianForYou Miss L is MISSING! *gasp* Viola Swamp has taken over @LibraryHawks! #trw14 #halloween #LiteraryCostumes #librarylife 01:56 PM - 31 Oct 2014 Reply Retweet Favorite 19. Miss Havisham from Charles Dickens' Great Expectations View this photo on Instagram 20. Fly Guy from Tedd Arnold's Fly Guy series 21. King Azaz from Norton Juster and Jules Feiffer's The Phantom Tollbooth View this photo on Instagram 22. Nancy from Jane O'Connor and Robin Preiss Glasser's Fancy Nancy 23. James Henry Trotter from Roald Dahl's James and the Giant Peach 24. Hester Prynne from Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter View this photo on Instagram 25. The Fish from Dr. Seuss's One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish View this photo on Instagram 26. Elizabeth Bennet from Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice 27. Mama Bear and Papa Bear from Stan and Jan Berenstain's The Berenstain Bears series View this photo on Instagram 28. An Old Man and a C in honor of Ernest Hemingway's The Old Man and the Sea View this photo on Instagram 29. Pete from Eric Litwin and James Dean's Pete the Cat series 30. A Greaser from S.E. Hinton's The Outsiders View this photo on Instagram 31. Coraline Jones from Neil Gaiman's Coraline View this photo on Instagram 32. Agatha Trunchbull from Roald Dahl and Quentin Blake's Matilda View this photo on Instagram 33. The Weather from Judy and Ronald Barrett's Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs View this photo on Instagram 34. Lisbeth Salander from Stieg Larsson's Millennium series View this photo on Instagram 35. Jay Gatsby and Daisy Buchanan from F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby Ashley Reed @busterreed @lishsteiling and I as #Gatsby and #Daisy for Halloween on #GiadaAtHome set! Cheers, ole... http://t.co/1JoNYApEdq 09:05 PM - 31 Oct 2014 Reply Retweet Favorite 36. Clifford from Norman Bridwell's Clifford The Big Red Dog Jake @JakePearthree My mom dressed up as Clifford the big red dog for Halloween 02:58 PM - 31 Oct 2014 Reply Retweet Favorite 37. Junie B. Jones and Gladys Gutzman from Barbara Park and Denise Brunkus's Junie B. Jones series View this photo on Instagram 38. Camilla Cream from David Shannon's A Bad Case of Stripes View this photo on Instagram 39. August Pullman from R.J. Palacio's Wonder 40. Eloise from Kay Thompson and Hilary Knight's Eloise books Lexi Studwell @astudwell I officially consider this costume a success!!! #Eloise #Halloween #HomemadeCostume 03:36 PM - 01 Nov 2014 Reply Retweet Favorite 41. Harriet M. Welsch from Louise Fitzhugh's Harriet the Spy View this photo on Instagram 42. The Gruffalo from Julia Donaldson's The Gruffalo 43. Tintin and Captain Haddock from Hergé's The Adventures of Tintin series 44. Randle Patrick McMurphy and Mildred Ratched from Ken Kesey's One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest Marlane Barnes @MarlaneBarnes @rjdanielhanna and I in our Halloween regalia #NurseRatty #McMurphy #bathroomselfie 08:45 PM - 01 Nov 2014 Reply Retweet Favorite 45. The White Witch from C.S. Lewis's The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe View this photo on Instagram 46. Mr. Twit from Roald Dahl and Quentin Blake's The Twits 47. Madeline from Ludwig Bemelmans' Madeline 48. Princess Elizabeth from Robert Munsch and Michael Martchenko's The Paper Bag Princess View this photo on Instagram 49. The Cat and Sam from Dr. Seuss's The Cat in the Hat and Green Eggs and Ham 29 Alternative Harry Potter Halloween Costume Ideas buzzfeed.com 22 Literary Halloween Costumes For Duos buzzfeed.com