| 1 | | | A Conversation About Rain |
| | Nora | Seed | An Olympian, a rock star, a music teacher. |
| | Mrs. | Elm | The librarian. |
| | | | Nineteen Years Later |
| 2 | | | The Man at the Door |
| | Ash | | A surgeon. |
| | Voltaire | | Nora's cat. aka: Volts. |
| 3 | | | String Theory |
| | Neil | | The boss of a musical equipment shop. |
| | Confucius | | A Chinese philosopher and politician. |
| | Fleetwood | Mac | A British-American rock band. |
| | Bob | Dylan | American singer-songwriter. |
| | Dan | Lord | Nora's fiancé. |
| | Joe | | Nora's brother. |
| | Tupac | Shakur | American rapper. |
| | Ravi | | Joe's best friend. |
| 5 | | | Doors |
| | Ella | | The original member of the band. |
| | Kerry Ann | | Nora's schoolmate. |
| | Mr. | Blandford | Nora's trainer. |
| | Isabel | Hirsh | Nora's former best friend. aka: Izzy. |
| | Jake | | Nora's acquaintance. |
| 6 | | | How to be a Black Hole |
| | Ryan | Bailey | American actor comedian. |
| | Henry David | Thoreau | A philosopher. |
| | Mr. | Banerjee | Nora's neighbor. |
| 7 | | | Antimatter |
| | Doreen | | Nora's acquaintance. |
| | Leo | Thompson | Doreen's son. |
| 13 | | | Regret Overload |
| | Peter Paul | Rubens | Flemish artist and diplomat. |
| | Tintoretto | | Italian painter of the Renaissance school. |
| | Bertrand | Russell | British philosopher, logician, mathematician, historian, writer. |
| 15 | | | The Three Horseshoes |
| | Socrates | | Greek philosopher from Athens. |
| | A.J. | | The cook. |
| | Erin | | Nora's acquaintance. |
| | Lewis | | Joe's boyfriend. |
| | Henri T. | Lautrec | French painter. |
| | Thomas | Hobbes | English philosopher. |
| 19 | | | Fire |
| | Charlotte | | A Ceilidh band flautist. |
| | Jared | | One of Nora's acquaintances. |
| | Jojo | | One of Nora's acquaintances. |
| | Chris | Dale | A driver. |
| 22 | | | The Successful Life |
| | Priya | Navuluri | One of Nora's acquaintances. |
| | Rory | Longford | One of Nora's acquaintances. |
| | JP | Blythe | One of Nora's acquaintances. |
| | Gina | Lord | Dan's wife. |
| | Nadia | Vanko | Yegor Vanko's mother. |
| | Yegor | Vanko | Ukrainian male swimmer. |
| | Sally | | A dog. |
| | Scott | Richards | American Olympic medal-winning diver. |
| | Amanda | Sands | A ghost writer. |
| 23 | | | Peppermint Tea |
| | Kai | | One of Nora's new acquaintances. |
| | Natalie | | One of Nora's new acquaintances. |
| | Eli | | One of Nora's new acquaintances. |
| | Ewan | | Joe's partner. |
| | Lao | Tzu | An ancient Chinese philosopher and poet. |
| | Jean-Paul | Sartre | French philosopher, playwright, novelist, screenwriter, biographer. |
| | Marcus | Aurelius | Emperor of Ancient Rome. |
| 24 | | | The Tree That is Our Life |
| | Sylvia | Plath | American poet, novelist and short story writer. |
| 26 | | | Svalbard |
| | Ingrid | Skirbekk | Professor of Geo-science International Polar Research Institute. |
| 27 | | | Hugo Lefevre |
| | Hugo | | Nora's new acquaintance. |
| 28 | | | Walking in Circles |
| | Rune | | Nora's acquaintance. |
| | Peter | | The field leader. |
| | Roger | Dunbar | A professor of management and organizational analysis. |
| 32 | | | Permafrost |
| | Lorenzo | Conte | Nora's maternal grandfather. |
| | Jean | Shrimpton | English model and actress. |
| | Marianne | Faithfull | British singer, songwriter and actress. |
| | Patricia | Brown | Lorenzo's wife. |
| | Donna | | Nora's mother. |
| | Geoff | | Nora's father. |
| 33 | | | One Night in Longyearbyen |
| | David | Hume | Scottish philosopher, economist, and historian. |
| 35 | | | Life and Death and the Quantum Wave Function |
| | Philippe | | Hugo's uncle. |
| | Dominique | Bisset | A Professor at Montpellier University. |
| | Erwin | Schrödinger | Austrian physicist. |
| | Albert | Camus | French philosopher, author, and journalist. |
| 38 | | | Fame |
| | Imani | | A female band mate. |
| 40 | | | Wild and Free |
| | Cleopatra | | Last active pharaoh of Ptolemaic Egypt. |
| | Frédéric | Chopin | Polish composer and pianist. |
| | Billie | Eilish | American singer-songwriter. |
| | Joanna | | Nora's manager. |
| 41 | | | Ryan Bailey |
| | Plato 1 | | Ancient Greek philosopher. |
| | Martin | Heidegger | German philosopher. |
| | Jimmy | Fallon | American comedian, actor, TV host, singer, writer, and producer. |
| | Isaac | Newton | English mathematician, physicist, astronomer, and author. |
| | Oscar | Niemeyer | Brazilian architect. |
| 42 | | | A Silver Tray of Honey Cakes |
| | Francisco | | One of Nora's fans. |
| | Marcelo | | A podcaster. |
| | Maya | | One of Joanna's acquaintances. |
| | Harley | | One of Joanna's acquaintances. |
| 43 | | | The Podcast of Revelations |
| | Immanuel | Kant | German philosopher. |
| | Frank | Ocean | American singer, songwriter, record producer. |
| | Tame | Impala | Australian psychedelic rock group. |
| | Carpenters | | American vocal duo. |
| 47 | | | Someone Else's Dream |
| | Robert | Frost | American poet. |
| | Aristotle | | Ancient Greek philosopher. |
| 48 | | | A Gentle Life |
| | Pauline | | A woman working at dog shelter. |
| | Arthur | Schopenhauer | German philosopher. |
| 49 | | | Why Want Another Universe If This One Has Dogs |
| | Suzanne | | Dylan's older sister. |
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Cohen |
Canadian poet and singer-songwriter. |
| 51 | | | Last Chance Saloon |
| | Pedro | | A Chihuahua. |
| | Terence | Thornton | Owner of the vineyard. |
| | Janine | | Terence's wife. |
| 52 | | | Buena Vista Vineyard |
| | Eduardo | | Nora Martinez's husband. |
| | Alejandro | | Nora and Eduardo's son. |
| 53 | | | The Many Lives of Nora Seed |
| | Gabriela | | Nora's friend. |
| | Henry | | Nora's teenage son. |
| | Emily | Dickinson | American poet. |
| | Rumi | | Persian poet. |
| | Becky | | Nora's friend. |
| 56 | | | The Game |
| | Molly | | Nora's daughter. aka: Mol. |
| | Jaya | | Molly's aunt. |
| | Sal | | Molly's grandmother. |
| | Plato 2 | | Molly's dog. |
| 57 | | | The Perfect Life |
| | Hannah | Arendt | German-American philosopher and political theorist. |
| | Julia | Kristeva | Bulgarian-French philosopher, psychoanalyst & academic. |
| | Judith | Butler | American philosopher and gender theorist. |
| | Chimamanda | Ngozi Adichie | A Nigerian writer. |
| | Charles | Dickens | English writer and social critic. |
| | Ralph Waldo | Emerson | American philosopher, essayist, and poet. |
| | Rachel | Carson | American marine biologist and conservationist. |
| | Joan | Miró | Spanish painter, sculptor, and ceramicist. |
| 58 | | | A Spiritual Quest for a Deeper Connection with the Universe |
| | Adam | | Nora's neighbor. |
| 59 | | | Hammersmith |
| | Alicia | | One of the owners of Buena Vista Vineyard. |
| 60 | | | Tricycle |
| | Lara | Bryan | Nora's friend. aka: Mo. |
| | Aldous | | Lara's son. |
| 61 | | | No Longer Here |
| | Dhavak | | Mr. Banerjee's son. |
| 63 | | | A New Way of Seeing |
| | John | Howard | A philanthropist and early English prison reformer. |
