The Inklings is the name given to a group of men, friends of C. S. Lewis, who met together in Oxford, England to read and discuss one another's literary creations. These meetings usually occurred either in Lewis' residence in Magdalen College or in the Oxford pub called the "Eagle and Child," or affectionately, "The Bird and Baby." Here is a list of those known to have participated in the Inklings group over a period of some thirty years. Many of these men were scholars from the Oxford colleges, and some were students of Lewis.

Owen Barfield, (1898-1997)
J. A. W. Bennett (1911-1981)
Lord David Cecil (1902-1986)
Nevill Coghill (1899-1980)
Jim Dundas-Grant (died 1985)
Hugo Dyson (1896-1975)
Adam Fox (1883-1977)
Colin Hardie (born 1906)
R. E. "Humphrey" Havard (1901-1985)
Clive Staples "Jack" Lewis (1898-1963)
Warren Hamilton "Warnie" Lewis (1895-1973)
Gervase Mathews (1905-1976)
R. B. McCallum (1898-1973)
C. E. "Tom" Stevens (1905-1976)
Christopher Tolkien (born 1924)
J. R. R. Tolkien (1892-1973)
John Wain (1925-1994)
Charles Williams (1886-1945)
Charles Wrenn (1895-1969)

One female author, Dorothy Sayers, is also sometimes included as a kindred spirit, though she never attended the meetings. Other authors who influenced Lewis who are sometimes grouped with the Inklings include George MacDonald (MacDonald "baptized my imagination" Lewis said) and G. K. Chesterton.