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Complete the title of this novel by Louis de Bernières, 'Captain Corelli's ___'?Mandolin
Who is the author of 'The Thorn Birds'?Colleen McCullough
Who wrote the short story 'The Legend of Sleepy Hollow'?Washington Irving
What does the very 'Hungry Caterpillar' eat on the first day?An apple
What term describes someone who has a great love of books?Bibliophile
Under which pen-name have husband-and-wife team, Nicci Gerrard and Sean French published thrillers including, The Memory Game, Blue Monday and The Lying Room?Nicci French
Who wrote Heidi?Johanna Spyri
Where is the Elephant House Cafe, where JK Rowling is said to have written most of the first Harry Potter book?Edinburgh
The 'Just So Stories' is a collection of original stories by which British Author?Rudyard Kipling
Originally published in 1985, which author wrote the novel 'The Handmaid's Tale'?Margaret Atwood
Author Georges Simenon created which famous French detective?Maigret
Which Gothic Horror Story has the alternative name 'The Modern Prometheus'?Frankenstein
'Call for the Dead' and 'The Spy Who Came In From the Cold' by John Le Carre, both feature which spymaster?George Smiley
'Slaughterhouse Five' by Kurt Vonnegut features which space-travelling protagonist?Billy Pilgrim
For which DH Lawrence book were Penguin Books tried under the Obscene Publications Act in 1960?Lady Chatterley's Lover
George Milton and Lennie Small are characters in which novel by John Steinbeck?Of Mice and Men
Gustav von Aschenbach is the tragic central character of which Thomas Mann Novel?Death in Venice
Humbert Humbert is the protagonist in which novel by Vladimir Nabokov?Lolita
In the tale, 'The Wolf and the Seven Young Goats' what does the wolf put on his paws to trick the kids?Flour
In which book are there four accounts of Jesus's life clled gospels?Bible
In which century did Charles Dickens live?19th
In which Dickens novel did Uriah Heep appear?David Copperfield
In which George Orwell novel would you encounter the character Winston Smith?1984
In which novel does Edmond Dantes appear as a prisoner?The Count of Monte Cristo
In which series of teenage books does Bella Swan fall in love with a vampire called Edward Cullen?Twilight
In which story would you read about the characters Rat, Mole and Toad?Wind in the Willows
Ishmael is the narrator in which nineteenth century novel?Moby Dick
Mrs Beeton was most famous for writing on what subject?Cooking
The cover of Peter Kay's 'The Sound of Laughter' is a spoof of which film poster?The Sound of Music
The wizard, Rincewind, appears in which series of fantasy novels?Terry Pratchett's 'Discworld' novels
Tom and Ruth Pinch appear in which novel by Charles Dickens?Martin Chuzzlewit
What is the nationality of novelist Maeve Binchy?Irish
What kind of factory does Willy Wonka own?Chocolate
What was Bram Stoker's most famous monstrous creation?Dracula
What was JRR Tolkien’s first published book?The Hobbit
What was the name of the tiger in the Winnie-the-Pooh stories?Tigger
What was the title of the 1974 true crime novel about the Charles Manson murders?Helter Skelter
Which 1952 children's novel, chronicling the friendship between a spider and a pig, was written by E B White?Charlotte's Web
Which author wrote The Shining, Carrie and The Green Mile?Stephen King
Which British humorist wrote Three Men in a Boat?Jerome K Jerome
Which British novelist wrote Tees Of The d'Ubervilles?Thomas Hardy
Which British writer of children's books created the Famous Five and the Secret Seven?Enid Blyton
Which detective did Dr Watson assist?Sherlock Holmes
Which famous 1953 novel by Ray Bradbury depicts an American society where books are banned?Fahrenheit 451
Which female detective first appeared in the 1930 novel Murder at the Vicarage?Miss Marple
Which fictional detective apparently plunged to his death at the Reichenbach Falls whilst chasing his arch-enemy Moriarty?Sherlock Holmes
Which Franz Kafka novel does the protagonist wake up as a giant bug?Metamorphosis
Which French president was the intended victim of the assassination in Frederick Forsyth's book The Day of the Jackal?Charles de Gaulle
Which novelist Dame Catherine died in 1998?Cookson
Which two characters of one split personality did Robert Louis Stevenson create?Doctor Jekyll and Mr Hyde
Who captained the Nautilus in the film ’20,000 Leagues Under the Sea’?Captain Nemo
Who created the character George Smiley?John Le Carre
Who is ‘watching you’ in George Orwell’s book ‘Nineteen Eighty-Four’?Big Brother
Who is the heroine of the children’s story ‘The Three Bears’?Goldilocks
Who is the monster in the novel, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow?The Headless Horseman
Who wrote 'A Farewell to Arms'?Ernest Hemingway
Who wrote 'And It's Goodnight from Him...' about himself and his late comedy partner?Ronnie Corbett
Who wrote ‘The Kite Runner’ (2003)?Khaled Hosseini
Who wrote Animal Farm?George Orwell
Who wrote Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less to clear bankruptcy debts?Jeffrey Archer
Who wrote Oliver Twist?Charles Dickens
Who wrote Pride and Prejudice?Jane Austen
Who wrote Robinson Crueoe?Daniel Defoe
Who wrote the book ‘The Lorax’?Dr. Seuss
Who wrote the book James and the Giant Peach?Roald Dahl
Who's 'Winter Collection' of recipes sold 1.5 million copies in just eight weeks?Delia Smith
Whose first novel, A Woman of Substance, became a best seller?Barbara Taylor Bradford
Winston Smith is the protagonist in which dystopian novel?Nineteen Eighty-Four

 

 


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