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