First Lines of Literature (Name the Book)
"It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife"
What is Pride and Prejudice?
A man reinvents himself & falls in love with a TV star in Salman Rushdie's "Quichotte", inspired by this classic
What is Don Quixote?
"Wide Sargasso Sea" by Jean Rhys tells the story of the first wife of this character from "Jane Eyre"
Who is Rochester?
East Knoxville has a statue of Alex Haley, but in 2026, Knox County School libraries planned to remove this Pulitzer winning book of his
What is Roots?
A swan dive into this saga of books tells us in 2007, the third one in the series sold 150,000 copies in one day
What is Twilight?
"Samuel Spade's jaw was long & bony, his chin a jutting V under the more flexible V of his mouth"
What is The Maltese Falcon?
In Christopher Moore's "Fool", the jester of this Shakespeare king gets the limelight & shows Goneril a real good time
What is King Lear?
A book by Jean Améry tries to salvage the reputation of Charles, the dull, cuckolded husband of this Flaubert character
What is Madame Bovary?
"Born a Crime" by this ex-"Daily Show" host was challenged for anti-religious views
Who is Trevor Noah?
Eratosthenes found time to accurately estimate the circumference of the Earth while running this library
What is the Library of Alexandria?
From the 19th century: "Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way"
What is Anna Karenina?
Sandra Newman wrote a retelling of "1984" from the perspective of this character, Winston Smith's lover
What is Julia?
This 1880s short story ends with "never a cobra dared show its head inside the walls"
What is "Rikki-Tikki-Tavi"?
Utah had issues with "Oryx & Crake" by this Canadian woman who's unafraid to confront (or create) harsh realities
Who is (Margaret) Atwood?
Enzo, the philosophic dog in this Garth Stein tale, has a master with a hankering to win Formula One races
What is The Art of Racing in the Rain?
Walter Mosley's first novel: "I was surprised to see a white man walk into Joppy's bar"
What is Devil in a Blue Dress?
This Madeline Miller novel tells the story of the "Iliad" from the perspective of the doomed Patroclus
What is Song of Achilles?
This author is a character in "Shoeless Joe"; not happy about being portrayed, he isn't in the movie version "Field of Dreams"
Who is Salinger?
This author's "Looking for Alaska" made the A.L.A.'s "Most Challenged Books of 2025"
Who is John Green?
Named for a tough hockey HOFer, a Gordie Howe hat trick is scoring a goal, earning an assist & doing this
What is getting in a fight?
By Zora Neale Hurston: "Ships at a distance have every man's wish on board. For some they come in... for others they sail forever"
What is Their Eyes Were Watching God?
"The Chosen and the Beautiful" reimagines this golfer from "The Great Gatsby" as a Vietnamese woman
Who is Jordan Baker?
"Man produces evil as a bee produces honey" is a thought from this Brit who wrote about kids gone savage on an island
Who is Golding?
Barnes & Noble's list of books that have been banned & censored includes this Bradbury novel that took things to the next level
What is Fahrenheit 451?
The names of all of Sarah's siblings, in order
What is (Sarah), Kate, Joe, Lucy, Thomas, and Regina?