In what year was 'Pride and Prejudice' first published?
1813 Click to see the answer
In which book do we meet the characters Old Major, Squealer and Clover?
Animal Farm
Which author created the character Leopold Bloom?
James Joyce
How many books are there in 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy' series?
5
Which former stand-up comedian wrote the best-sellers 'Dead Famous' and 'Chart Throb'?
Ben Elton
Which author famously said 'Golf is a good walk spoiled'?
Mark Twain
Which novelist wrote the book 'Death in Venice'?
Thomas Mann Click to see the answer
Which author won the ú10,000 Desmond Elliott Prize in 2009 for their first novel 'Blackmoor'?
Edward Hogan
Which author introduced the phrase 'Beat Generation' to describe Beatniks?
Jack Kerouac
Bilbo Baggins is a character from which of these books?
The Hobbit
Colombian author Gabriel García Márquez wrote about Love in the Time of what?
Cholera
The Fudge Family in Paris is a key work by which author?
Thomas Moore
In what year was 'A Dirty Job' first published?
2006
Who co-wrote 'Peter and the Starcatchers' and 'Cave of the Dark Wind' with Ridley Pearson?
Dave Barry
In what year was the novel 'The Code of the Woosters' first published?
1938
Rosemary's Baby is based on a book of the same name by which author?
Ira Levin Click to see the answer
Which of these is a detective in three Agatha Christie stories?
Parker Pyne
Which author was actually two cousins using the same pen-name?
Ellery Queen
The Three Laws are rules governing the behaviour of robots written by which author?
Issac Asimov
Georges Marvelous Medicine is a famous work by which children's author?
Roald Dahl
Shaun Tan wrote about 'Tales from Outer …' where?
Suburbia
Which author wrote the novel 'Les Misérables'?
Victor Hugo
Which author wrote War and Peace?
Leo Tolstoy
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie is a work by which author?
Muriel Spark
Jo March is a character originally from which novel?
Little Women
White Teeth is a seminal work by which author?
Zadie Smith
The 1969 novel 'The Godfather' was written by which author?
Mario Puzo
The Stone Book Series is a series of novels by which author?
Alan Garner Click to see the answer
Four legs good, two legs bad' is a quote from which George Orwell classic novel?
Animal Farm
Finish the title of the novel by Doris Lessing: 'The … Notebook'?
Golden
Terry Pratchett's Discworld is balanced on four elephants which stand on the back of which other creature?
Turtle
Complete the title of this novel by Dario Fo: '… Death of an Anarchist'?
Accidental
The novel 'Three Men in a Boat' was actually a story about three men and a dog. What was the name of the dog?
Montmorency
Which Irish author wrote 'Ulysses'?
James Joyce
Saturday was a James Tait Black Memorial prize winner by which author?
Ian McEwan
In what year was 'Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal' first published?
2002
Which name completes the title of this Roald Dahl novel '... and the Chocolate Factory'?
Charlie
What word completes this novel by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn: 'One … in the Life of Ivan Denisovich'
Day
Which of these authors was born in 1898?
CS Lewis
Which name completes the title of this Kingsley Amis novel 'Lucky …'?
Jim
Which name completes the title of this Peter Carey novel 'Oscar and …'?
Lucinda
Which name completes the title of this Lucy Maud Montgomery novel '… of Green Gables'?
Anne
Who is Michael Robotham watching in his bestselling novel?
You Click to see the answer
Which name completes the title of this Margaret Atwood novel 'Alias …'?
Grace
Which William S. Burroughs novel did the author advise could be read in any chapter order?
Naked Lunch
In what year was 'The Pro' first published?
2002
Which fictional spy is associated with the code name 007?
James Bond
How many volumes was the classic novel 'Little Women' originally published in?
2
Which word completes this Ernest Hemingway novel: 'The Old Man and the ...'?
Sea
Which novel was first published in Britain under the title 'The Whale'?
Moby Dick
The Woodlanders was a work by which author?
Thomas Hardy
The Engima of the Arrival is a famous work by which British author?
VS Naipaul
Who wrote the books 'Tara Road' 'The Lilac Bus' and 'Light A Penny Candle'?
Maeve Binchy
Reader, I married him,' appears in the conclusion of what novel?
Jane Eyre
Where were Chaucer's pilgrims bound?
Canterbury
Which name completes the title of this Thomas Hardy novel '... the Obscure'?
Jude
Which author wrote The Beach?
Alex Garland
The novel 'The Train from Nowhere', written by Michel Thaler in 2004 is notable for not containing any examples of what kind of word?
Verb
Guy Mannering is a work by which author?
Walter Scott
What word completes the play by George Bernard Shaw: 'Man and …'?
Superman
Sandition' was an unfinished work by which author?
Jane Austen Click to see the answer
Which author wrote novels called 'Far From The Madding Crowd', 'The Mayor of Casterbridge' and 'Tess of the D'Urbervilles'?
Thomas Hardy
Finish the title of the John Steinbeck novel 'Of Mice and ...'?
Men
Which author wrote Adventures of Huckleberry Finn?
Mark Twain
Who wrote the classic novel 'Black Beauty'?
Anna Sewell
Which classic novel opens with the line '124 was spiteful'?
Beloved
Which name completes the title of this Virginia Woolf novel '…'s Room'?
Jacob
Rudyard Kipling wrote a series of 'Just So Stories for Little __________'?
Children
Finish the title of the Thomas Mann novella '... in Venice?
Death
Which book by Peter Wright did the government try to ban?
Spycatcher
What is the setting for Hemingway's 'The Old Man and the Sea'?
Cuba
Money' (1984) and 'London Fields' (1989) are seminal works by which author?
Martin Amis
Memoirs of Several Ladies of Great Britain is a work by which author?
Thomas Amory
According to Paolo Coelho's 1998 book, who decided to die?
Veronika
Fantastic Mr. Fox is a famous work by which children's author?
Roald Dahl
Eugene O'Neill wrote about A Long Day's Journey into what?
Night
How many men were in Jerome K. Jerome's boat?
Three
The novel 'A Confederacy of Dunces' is set in which American city?
New Orleans
What is the land of giants called in 'Gulliver's Travels'?
Brobdingnag
Who wrote the travel book 'Notes From a Small Island'?
Bill Bryson
Which classic novel opens with the line 'There was no possibility of taking a walk that day'?
Jane Eyre
Which English author was born in 1930 in China?
JG Ballard Click to see the answer
How many steps are there in the novel by John Buchan?
39
The Drowned World is a seminal work by which author?
JG Ballard
Which name completes the title of this William Styron novel '…'s Choice'?
Sophie
Who wrote the novel 'The Loved One'?
Evelyn Waugh
Which name completes the title of this Kingsley Amis novel 'The … Papers'?
Rachel
Which of these is a fictional detective created by Michael Connolly?
Harry Bosch
The Witches is a famous work by which children's author?
Roald Dahl
Which detective is the famous creation of Mickey Spillane?
Mike Hammer
Which author wrote 'Loot' and 'What the Butler saw'?
Joe Orton
What is the Empress of Blandings that features in several books by P.G. Wodehouse?
A pig
Which of these Kingsley Amis novels was a satire on middle class academia through farcical exploits?
Lucky Jim
The Red House Mystery is a work by which children's author?
AA Milne
Which name completes the title of this Beryl Bainbridge novel 'Master …'?
Georgie
Mr. Pim' is a lesser known work by which author?
AA Milne
In 'Porterhouse Blue', which character rises from college porter to become the Master of the college?
Skullion
In 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy', what is the ultimate answer to everything?
42
Complete the name of this book: 'To Kill a…'
Mockingbird
Which word completes this William Faulkner novel: 'The … and the Fury'?
Sound
Which musician co-authored 'Bang! The Complete History of the Universe'?
Brian May
The True Born Englishman, (1701,) was the first success for which author?
Daniel Defoe
Which author wrote the novels 'Northanger Abbey' and 'Persuasion'?
Jane Austen
What was the name of the spy whose cover story was that of an insurance consultant?
Tweed
Lorna Doone is a seminal work by which author?
RD Blackmore
In a Free State is a seminal work by which author?
VS Naipaul
In which English city is 'Bridget Jones's Diary' set?
London
James Dixon is a character from which novel?
Lucky Jim
In what year was 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy' first published?
1979
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory' is a 1964 children's book from which author?
Roald Dahl
Who created the character James Bond?
Ian Fleming
Which name completes the title of this Robert Graves novel 'I, …'?
Claudius
Which of Ben Elton's novels got him the Crime Writer's Association of Great Britain Gold Dagger Award?
Popcorn
In the novel '20,000 Leagues Under the Sea', what was the name of the captain of the submarine Nautilus?
Captain Nemo
About the capture of which city did Asquith say 'it would maintain the authority of our flag in the East'?
Baghdad
For which fictional hero did Alexander Selkirk provide a model?
Robinson Crusoe Click to see the answer
Which spy was brought up among the bombed-out ruins of WWII Berlin?
Bernard Samson
What was the first James Bond novel?
Casino Royale
Tom Holt's book 'Expecting Someone Taller' is very loosely based on whose operatic saga?
Richard Wagner
Which author wrote about Fagin and his gang of child thieves?
Charles Dickens
The Deserted Village (1770) is a seminal work by which author?
Oliver Goldsmith
Jean Valjean is a character from which classic novel?
Les Misérables Click to see the answer
Which fictional detective retired to become a beekeeper?
Sherlock Holmes
Which authors first novel was Alton Locke?
Charles Kingsley
The Sandcastle is a major work by which author?
Irish Murdoch
Which English author wrote The Canterbury Tales in the 14th Century?
Geoffrey Chaucer
Ingenious Pain was a James Tait Black Memorial prize winner by which author?
Andrew Miller
Who wrote the significant scientific book 'Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematical', published in 1687?
Isaac Newton
Which of these is tied for most featured author in '1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die'
Charles Dickens
The History of Tom Jones was written by which author?
Henry Fielding
Which of these was a real 19th century author?
Ford Maddox Ford Click to see the answer
Janet Evanovich has written novels featuring Stephanie Plum, what is Stephanie's occupation?
Bounty hunter
Who wrote the novel 'The Code of the Woosters'?
P. G. Wodehouse
Which author wrote 'Lord of the Rings'?
J. R. R. Tolkien
My father gave me some advice which I've been turning over in my mind ever since,' is a line from which novel?
The Great Gatsby
Which Stephen is the cosmologist and author of 'A Brief History of Time'?
Stephen Hawking
Which author would only write when facing north?
Charles Dickens
Which novel is about a man believing he's having a heart-attack while watching football on TV?
A Fan's Notes
Joseph Anton: A Memoir was a 2012 work by which author?
Salman Rushdie
Jean Valjean is a character from which novel?
Les Misérables
Who wrote the short story 'The Secret Life of Walter Mitty'?
James Thurber
Molloy and Malone Dies are both novels by which author?
Samuel Beckett
Wise Children was a 1991 work by which author?
Angela Carter Click to see the answer
Which classic novel opens with the line 'You better not never tell nobody but God'?
The Color Purple
The 1967 Disney film 'The Jungle Book' is based on a book by which author?
Rudyard Kipling
The Road was a James Tait Black Memorial prize winner by which author?
Cormac McCarthy
Which writer created 'The Brentford Trilogy', a series of novels featuring Jim Pooley and John Omally?
Robert Rankin
Which author was given the Freedom of the City of London in 2012?
J. K. Rowling
Which classic novel opens with the line 'A squat grey building of only thirty-four stories'?
Brave New World
Dymoke is the middle name of which author?
Anthony Powell
Which author wrote works including The Eve of St Venus and The Wanting Seed?
Anthony Burgess
The To The End of The Earth Trilogy is by which author?
William Golding
Whose first published novel was 'The Eyre Affair'?
Jasper Fforde
Which John Steinbeck novel revolves around the characters Lenny and George?
Of Mice and Men
Who created 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy' novels?
Douglas Adams
Who wrote the novel 'The Bourne Identity'?
Robert Ludlum
Who created the character Kenneth Widmerpool?
Anthony Powell
In 2006, the motion picture rights for 'A Dirty Job' were optioned by who?
Chris Columbus Click to see the answer
The Club of Queer Trade was a 1905 work by which author?
GK Chesterton
Which Russian author wrote novel 'Dead Souls'?
Nikolai Gogol
Captain Mallison is a character from which novel?
Lost Horizon
The Mandelbaum Gate was a James Tait Black Memorial prize winner by which author?
Muriel Spark
Who created the character George Smiley?
John le Carré
Which author came up with the cream cake slogan 'naughty but nice'?
Salman Rushdie
Philip Roth wrote a satire of which US President?
Richard Nixon
Which mathematician authored his major work Measure and Integral in 1977?
Antoni Zygmund
Lucky Jim was the first work by which author?
Kingsley Amis
What novel was based on the experiences of Alexander Selkirk?
Robinson Crusoe
Which author created the city of Ankh-Morpork?
Terry Pratchett
Which author won the 1980 Booker Prize for Rites of Passage?
William Golding
The Carpet People was the first novel by which author?
Terry Pratchett
Which author wrote The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy?
Douglas Adams
Who wrote the spy novel 'Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy'?
John le Carré
Literary characters created by who set out on a journey from the Tabard Inn, Southwark?
Geoffrey Chaucer
Which of these authors once worked for MI5?
John Le Carre
Which author has the real first name Ahmed?
Salman Rushdie Click to see the answer
Which 19th century English author died with the words 'On the ground!''?'
Charles Dickens
To Keep The Ball Rolling is the title of the published memoirs of which author?
Anthony Powell
Which author wrote 'The Sun Also Rises'?
Ernest Hemingway
Which author, who wrote Lord of the Rings, died in 1973?
J. R. R. Tolkien
Which writer created Inspector Tom Barnaby?
Caroline Graham
Which author created Shelob the Spider?
J.R.R. Tolkien
Who wrote the novel 'Lord of the Flies'?
William Golding
Which French author wrote 'The Count of Monte Cristo'?
Alexandre Dumas
Which author created the cannibalistic serial killer Hannibal Lecter?
Thomas Harris
In which US city is 'A Dirty Job' set?
San Francisco
Which female author wrote the feminist book 'The Feminine Mystique' in 1963?
Betty Freidan
Winston Groom gave us which lovable hero?
Forrest Gump
Which author created the fictional island nation called Lilliput?
Jonathan Swift
The Authoritarian Personality is a work by which philosopher?
Theodor Adorno
1996 was the first appearance of which single lady and her big knickers?
Bridget Jones
Who wrote the novel 'All Quiet On The Orient Express'?
Magnus Mills
The Belton Estate is a work by which author?
Anthony Trollope
The Grand Babylon Hotel is a work by which author?
Arnold Benet
Westward Ho is a famous work by which author?
Charles Kingsley
Who created the character Chris Duffy?
Keith Waterhouse
Charles Lutwidge Dodgson was the real name of which author?
Lewis Carroll
Which Irish author wrote 'Gulliver's Travels'?
Jonathan Swift
Which famous author did Renee Zellweger play in a 2006 biopic?
Beatrix Potter
Who is the author of novels about Thursday Next, a literary detective who travels into classic works of fiction?
Jasper Fforde
Cakes And Ale is a novel by which author?
Somerset Maugham
James Bond and Mr. Big are characters in which novel?
Live and Let Die
Who wrote the funny series of books 'So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish'?
Douglas Adams
Which author wrote On The Road?
Jack Kerouac
Which author from the past was writing about the future when he penned '1984'?
George Orwell
Which author's character is Dr. Temperance 'Bones'' Brennan from the TV series loosely based on?'
Kathy Reichs
Which of these 1960s author was not born in the American south?
Truman Capote
The Old Bachelor and the Mourning Bride are works by which author?
William Congreve
Which author sets most of his work during The Cold War?
John Le Carre
Young Adolf was a 1978 work by which author?
Beryl Bambridge
Heathcliff is a character from which novel?
Wuthering Heights
Which author wrote the controversial book 'The Satanic Verses'?
Salman Rushdie
Darkness Visible was a James Tait Black Memorial prize winner by which author?
William Golding
Ellis Bell was the assumed name of which author?
Charlotte Bronte
Who wrote the novel 'Breakfast of Champions'?
Kurt Vonnegut
Who wrote the novel 'Bridget Jones's Diary'?
Helen Fielding
Which author of the following had the middle name Adeline?
Virgina Woolf
Which comedian wrote 'The Bedwetter: Stories of Courage, Redemption, and Pee'?
Sarah Silverman
Time For a Tiger was the first novel by which author?
Anthony Burgess
Which was the first story to feature the character Sherlock Holmes?
A Study In Scarlet Click to see the answer
Wives and Daughters as well as Cousin Phillis were works by which author?
Elizabeth Gaskell
The Bookshop and Offshore are key works by which author?
Penelope Fitzgerald
In which novel is the protagonist called Winston Smith?
Nineteen Eighty-Four
Which classic novel opens with the line 'All this happened, more or less'?
Slaughterhouse-Five
Holden Caulfield appears in which novel?
The Catcher in the Rye
Which author is not like the others?
F. Scott Fitzgerald Click to see the answer
Which of these is the name of a real 19th Century author?
Thomas Love Peacock
Which authors final work was 'The Blue Flower'?
Penelope Fitzgerald
What was the sequel to Tom Sharpe's novel 'Porterhouse Blue'?
Grantchester Grind
Against what is Hemingway's 'For Whom the Bell Tolls' set?
Spanish Civil War
Chingachoock is a character from which novel?
The Last of the Mohicans
Which of these humour writers wrote columns for magazines 'Outdoor Life' and 'Field & Stream'?
Patrick F. McManus
In which novel did Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson first appear?
A Study in Scarlet
Who wrote the novel 'A Dirty Job'?
Christopher Moore
Jem Finch is a character from which novel?
To Kill a Mockingbird Click to see the answer
Who created the fictional detective Lord Peter Wimsey?
Dorothy L. Sayers
Which American author's last words were: 'Is it not meningitis?'''
Louisa May Alcott
Who wrote the story of Rip van Winkle?
Washington Irving
Published in 1900 and about a cycling tour in Germany, what was the sequel to Three Men in a Boat?
Three Men on the Bummel
Which detective features in the stories 'The Nine Tailors' and 'Murder Must Advertise'?
Lord Peter Wimsey
In which novel do Carruthers and Davies discover a German plan to attack Britain while on a yachting holiday?
The Riddle of the Sands
Which novel features a group of choirboys led by Jack Merridew?
Lord of the Flies
Which infamous movie villain was originally created by American horror/thriller author Thomas Harris?
Hannibal Lecter (Hannibal)
In which book did the Babel fish first appear?
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Who wrote the novel 'Gorky Park'?
Martin Cruz Smith
Which book contains the line 'perhaps a lunatic was simply a minority of one'?
Nineteen Eighty-Four
At what address did Sherlock Holmes live?
221B Baker Street
What is the name of the anti-slavery novel written by American author Harriet Beecher Stowe in 1852?
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Arthur Dent is the protagonist of which of these novels?
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
The name of the TV programme 'Room 101' is taken from which George Orwell novel?
Nineteen Eighty-Four
Which classic novel opens with the line 'Ships at a distance have every man's wishes on board'?
Their Eyes Were Watching God