History TheSmartGuy / Literature

* More or less split in ''Literature/{{Animorphs}}'' between TheLancer-ish [[TheStrategist Marco]] and [[TheHeart Cassie]] who was their go to for information on new animal forms. Both are also {{Manipulative Bastard}}s in spades.
** Ax, because he's an Andalite and therefore knows a lot more about science.

* Beetee in ''[[TheHungerGames Catching Fire]]'' and ''Mockingjay'', especially because he's from District 3, which makes electronics and explosives.

* Blackberry, of the initial refugee band in ''WatershipDown''. An amusing variant in that his skillset is basically that of an engineer, except downsized to a rabbit POV; his bright idea -- which becomes the key strategem in the climactic battle -- is that things which float on water can thus be used as transport out of reach of land-based enemies. It's strongly hinted that Fiver, the small seer who doesn't fight, is second smartest.

%% * Philiby in ''KingdomKeepers'', though Maybeck is noted as being good with computers in the first.

%% * ''The39Clues'' has several:

%% * ''InDeath'': Feeney, Roarke, and Ian [=McNab=] belong in this category.

** Lissa Dragomir has excellent and consistently high grades. [[spoiler:She later uses her intellect to investigate a regicide and simultaneously work on the mental challenges presented to potential Queens. She does well on both fronts]].

* Sostratos in HarryTurtledove's ''Hellenic Traders'' series. He reads Thucydides and Herodotus for fun, always keeps the records of the ships cargo well and is curious about everything. He also [[VitriolicBestBuds fights with his cousin]] TheCaptain, who's [[DumbIsGood the]] [[TheKirk opposite.]].

* Harry Dresden of Literature/TheDresdenFiles seems to be this to his allies - not because he's much smarter than his friends, but because he's often the only guy who knows whats going on. He starts to share information with his allies after making a bunch of mistakes that still haunt him, and this effect decreases to some extent.
** There's an excellent case for Bob the Skull being this to Harry.

* While most members of [[Literature/XWingSeries Wraith Squadron]] are smart in their own way, Voort "Piggy" saBinring takes the cake in terms of sheer intellectual ability. He can calculate hyperspace routes in his head, coordinates dogfights while in the middle of them, and when [[spoiler: taking over command of the Wraiths, he came up with a perfect plan to bring down a corrupt general that impressed [[TheChessmaster Face Loran]] himself]]. The kicker? He's a ''[[DumbMuscle Gamorrean]]''.

** Hermione Granger. It's a RunningGag that she's the only one of her friends (and one of few in the entire school) who actually read "Hogwarts: A History", making her [[MrExposition Ms Exposition]]. Harry and Ron have increasingly snarky responses to her exasperation at no-one else reading it. More seriously, she's also the best at magic of the three and frequently performs very complicated spells for someone her age.

* Sydney Sage from ''Literature/VampireAcademy'' and ''Literature/{{Bloodlines}}'' is multilingual, a car geek, interested in classical architecture, skilled in using computers. All as a teenager.

* The Scarecrow from ''Literature/TheWonderfulWizardOfOz''.

* Kirsty and sometimes Yo-less from ''Literature/JohnnyMaxwellTrilogy''.

* Philiby in ''KingdomKeepers'', though Maybeck is noted as being good with computers in the first.

* ''The39Clues'' has several:
** The Ekaterina branch as a whole.

** And of course, let's not forget [[ShrinkingViolet Amy]] [[BadassBookworm Cahill]].
*** Plus her boyfriend, [[{{Geek}} Evan]] [[{{Adorkable}} Tolliver]]. And one-shot love interest [[SmartPeoplePlayChess Kurt]]. Hell, even [[RichBitch Ian]] is said to have a ridiculously high IQ, he's just hampered by his own ego.

* ''InDeath'': Feeney, Roarke, and Ian [=McNab=] belong in this category.

* Legolas of ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'' is within the Fellowship the Smart Guy and the Archer combined. Merry is the Smart Guy of the four Hobbits within the Fellowship.
** There's Ori in ''Literature/TheHobbit''. Well, in the film adaptions anyway.

* Damian and Rephaim from ''Literature/TheHouseOfNight''.
* [[TeenGenius Annabeth]] and [[GadgeteerGenius Leo]] from ''Literature/TheHeroesOfOlympus''.
* Brenda from ''[[Literature/TheMazeRunner The Maze Runner Trilogy]]''.

* Deconstructed in the ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}: {{Eisenhorn}}'' novel trilogy, where the savant Ueber Aemos is the walking databank he is because of a "meme-virus" that makes him compulsively pursue knowledge, culminating in [[spoiler: memorising the [[TomeOfEldritchLore Malus Codicum]]]].

* Kirsty and sometimes Yo-less from ''JohnnyMaxwellTrilogy''.

* Beetee in [[TheHungerGames ''Catching Fire'']] and ''Mockingjay'', especially because he's from District 3, which makes electronics and explosives.

* Harry Dresden of the DresdenFiles seems to be this to his allies - not because he's much smarter than his friends, but because he's often the only guy who knows whats going on. He starts to share information with his allies after making a bunch of mistakes that still haunt him, and this effect decreases to some extent.