Awards and Winners
This book about a boy stranded on a boat with some animal companions won the 2002 Booker Prize
What is Life of Pi
In this book the answer to life is 42! Originally a radio show, this comedic sci fi series is one of Elon Musk's favorite books and is celebrated every year on May 25th, also known as towel day
What is the Hitchhiker's Guide to The Galaxy
Incorporating Greek mythology, this bestseller series features kids with godly parents
What is Percy Jackson?
All children, except one, grow up
What is Peter Pan?
TV series about a fictional 1970s band touring their debut album Aurora. The show released an entire album at the same time under the fictional band's name, with their hit single "Regret Me" already having nearly 6 millions streams on Spotify
What is Daisy Jones and The Six?
The title of the 2022 goodreads choice winner for romance is named after something we all are. The romance between a literary agent and an editor is
What is Book Lovers
In this book, there is an epic journey across Middle-Earth to destroy a very powerful ring
What is The Lord of the Rings
The friendship between a pig and a spider is at the heart of this story
What is Charlotte's Web?
The snow in the mountains was melting and Bunny had been dead for several weeks before we came to understand the gravity of our situation.
What is The Secret History?
This sci-fi epic with a star studded cast follows Timothee Chalamet, in a war for the desert planet Arrakis
Dune
The 2014 Pulitzer winner for literature is a coming of age novel about a grieving boy and a famous painting.
What is The Goldfinch
This novel was published in 2014 but gained new popularity during the pandemic. It follows a nomadic group of actors performing Shakespeare after the collapse of society following a swine flu pandemic dubbed the 'Georgia Flu'
What is Station Eleven?
A 13 book series where nothing seems to go right for sibling trio, Violet, Klaus and Sunny. The author has a citrus-y penname and sardonic humour
What is A Series Of Unfortunate Events?
The circus arrives without warning. No announcements precede it, no paper notices on downtown posts and billboards, no mentions or advertisements in local newspapers. It is simply there, when yesterday it was not.
What is The Night Circus?
Scared of clowns? This is not the movie for you! This two-part movie follows a group of friends.
What is It?
This memoir about domestic abuse is told using a different narrative trope every chapter (primarily classic horror tropes) and won the 2019 Lambda award for nonfiction
What is In The Dream House
The first book in a grimdark fantasy trilogy that explores the brutality of war and violence, drawing on history from mid-20th century China. Follows a main character that can call on the powers of a fire god, and navigates her place first in a prestigious university, then on the battlefield
What is The Poppy War
Set in Prince Edward Island, this Canadian classic follows a girl with an imaginative mind
What is Anne of Green Gables?
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness
What is Tale of Two Cities?
The first rule of this movie is that you can't talk about its title
What is Fight Club
This Canadian short story writer won the 2013 Nobel prize for literature
Alice Munro
This author revealed in 2022 that over quarantine he had written four secret novels, that are all being released in 2023 and take place in his universe The Cosmere
Who is Brandon Sanderson?
Portraying a child's vivid imagination, this comic strip follows a six-year-old boy and his pet tiger (that some saw as a stuffed toy)
What is Calvin and Hobbes?
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness
What is Anna Karenina
Do you hear that? The main character of this movie consults with a cannibal in order to catch a sadistic serial killer.
What is The Silence of the Lambs