Literary
Jack, Simon, Piggy, and Roger are four of the young characters that make up the cast in what 1954 novel?
Lord of the Flies
This book was given away at a special Book Buddies adaptation meeting this semester.
The Love Hypothesis
What novel is set on a desert planet inhabited by giant sandworms?
Dune
What is the subtitle of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein?
The Modern Prometheus
This insect is very "hungry" and turns into a butterfly.
Caterpillar
Aimed at an adult audience, the 1998 novel "Summer Sisters" is by what American author better known for children's and young-adult literature like "Superfudge" and "Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret?"
Judy Blume
E.L. James’s Fifty Shades of Grey was originally fan fiction for which book series?
Twilight
In Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep, many humans leave Earth for which planet?
Mars
Which story authored by Washington Irving has the character Ichabod Crane?
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
What is the name of a popular 25-foot-tall red dog?
Anthony Doerr’s novel All the Light We Cannot See is set in which war?
World War II
Emily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights recounts the tragic romance between which two lovers?
Catherine and Heathcliff
Presidential candidate Andrew Jarrett uses the slogan "Make America Great Again" in "The Parable of the Talents," a 1998 dystopian novel by what sci-fi author?
How many books are in The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo series written by Stieg Larsson?
Three
In Charlotte's Web, what is the name of the piglet?
Wilbur
What is the one-word title of the Detroit-centric Pulitzer Prize-winning 2002 novel written by Jeffrey Eugenides that is largely a bildungsroman and family saga centered on the intersex protagonist Cal/lie Stephanides?
Middlesex
The story of the Dashwood sisters is stated in which classic novel by Jane Austen?
Sense and Sensibility
2001: A Space Odyssey features which artificially intelligent computer?
HAL
Thomas Harris's 1981 novel "Red Dragon" marks the first appearance of what dubious serial killer who was famously portrayed by Anthony Hopkins a decade later?
Hannibal Lecter
What classic book features a “comb and a brush and a bowl full of mush”?
Goodnight Moon
A large portion of what 2001 Yann Martel novel features the title character stranded on a lifeboat after a shipwreck with a Bengal tiger named Richard Parker?
Life of Pi
What classic romance starts: “This is my favorite book in all the world, though I have never read it.”
The Princess Bride
Dwalin, Smaug's Delight, and Thorin Oakenshield are sandwiches at a Houston cafe named for what 1937 novel?
The Hobbit
What 1938 Daphne Du Maurier novel is about a woman who marries a wealthy widower, only to find that he and his house are haunted by the titular dead wife’s memory? A movie adaptation directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starring Joan Fontaine won the Best Picture Oscar in 1940.
Rebecca
If you give a mouse a cookie, what will he ask for next?
Milk