Who wrote the Chronicles of Narnia series of books?
CS Lewis
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Which book opens with the line "It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen."?
1984 by George Orwell
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In the Harry Potter books, who is Hedwig?
Harry�s pet owl
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Which colour is missing from this James Ellroy book title - The ___ Dahlia?
Black
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Which novel has sold the most copies from the following?
- Don Quixote by Miguel De Cervantes
- The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
- A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
- The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown
Don Quixote by Miguel De Cervantes
It has sold over 500 million copies, nearly more than the other 4 combined. The book is over 400 years old though, which has probably helped!
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In Enid Blyton's 'Famous' series of books, how many children were there?
4
The fifth character was a dog called Timmy
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In Nathaniel Hawthorne's novel "The Scarlet Letter", what was the letter?
A
It stands for adulteress
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Released on April 5, 1974, what was Stephen King's first published novel?
Carrie
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The play The Crucible, by Arthur Miller, is set during which historical event?
The Salem Witch Trials
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By what name is author Robert Galbraith better known as?
JK Rowling
She writes the Cormoran Strike novels as Robert Galbraith
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Which book introduced the computer hacker character, Lisbeth Salander?
The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo
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What was the surname of famous literary brothers Jacob and Wilhelm?
Grimm
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Who wrote the book Catch-22?
Joseph Heller
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What book opens with the line "We were somewhere around Barstow on the edge of the desert when the drugs began to take hold"?
Fear and Loathing In Las Vegas
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Which of her own characters did Agatha Christie call a detestable, bombastic, tiresome, egocentric little creep?
Hercules Poirot
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Which 'parsnip' is the author of the book Doctor Zhivago?
Boris Pasternak - Pasternak means Parsnip in Russian.
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Who wrote the 1886 gothic novella 'The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde'?
Robert Louis Stevenson
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The movie 10 Things I Hate About You was based on which Shakespeare comedy?
The Taming Of The Shrew
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Who created the Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy?
Douglas Adams
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What was the name of the hotel in the book and movie of The Shining?
The Overlook Hotel
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What were the surnames of the two main families in Romeo and Juliet?
Montague and Capulet
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Which of the following was not one of the working titles for the book Gone With The Wind?
- Ba! Ba! Black Sheep
- Bugles Sang True
- Not In Our Stars
- The Plantation
The Plantation
The others were all among the several working titles for the book until it was decided to call it Gone With The Wind.
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The pop group the Boo Radleys are named after a character in which novel?
To kill a mockingbird
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