By: Sherri Wasserman

Mr. Norton’s custom-fit brogues, from Invisible Man.

By: Patrick Cates

Marcus’s plain black loafers — from About a Boy.

By: Joshua Glenn

Alfred Lambert’s prehistoric golf shoes — from The Corrections.

By: Joshua Glenn

Moldorf’s patent-leather shoes — from Tropic of Cancer.

By: Joshua Glenn

Tom Joad’s “army last” shoes — from The Grapes of Wrath.

By: Joshua Glenn

Ignatius O’Reilly’s suede desert boots — from A Confederacy of Dunces.

By: Joshua Glenn

Ed Gentry’s white tennis shoes — from Deliverance.

By: Joshua Glenn

Chaplain Tappman’s rubber-soled shoes — from Catch-22.

By: Joshua Glenn

Stephen Dedalus’ broadtoed boots — from Ulysses.