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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