New York, New York
This F. Scott Fitzgerald novel is set mostly on Long Island.
What is The Great Gatsby?
Zaphod Beeblebrox is the President of the Galaxy in this humorous science fiction series.
What is The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy?
Bilbo, Frodo, and Sam live in Hobbiton, a village in this region of Middle Earth.
What is the Shire?
The Fault in Our Stars
Paper Towns
Will Grayson, Will Grayson
Who is John Green?
Joseph Heller invented this hyphenated term, which was also the title of his seminal work.
What is catch-22?
Rotten Tomatoes lists the adaptation of this Mario Puzo novel, set largely in New York, as the best movie of all time.
What is The Godfather?
Trantor is at the center of of the galaxy in this science fiction series, adapted for the screen on Apple TV.
What is Foundation?
In March 2022, this prolific fantasy author raised $41.7 million on Kickstarter, the most funded campaign in the platform's history to that time.
Who is Brandon Sanderson?
The Hunger Games
Mockingjay
Catching Fire
Who is Suzanne Collins?
While made popular in Star Wars, this five-letter word meaning robot, especially "the ones you are not looking for," was coined by author Mari Wolf in the 1950s.
What is droid?
Her 1992 novel Jazz is set mostly in 1920's Harlem.
Who is Toni Morrison?
English writer Anthony Burgess claimed to have written this 1962 dystopian classic in just three weeks.
What is A Clockwork Orange?
Fans have been waiting 13 years for the third, and allegedly final, installment of his Kingkiller Chronicle series.
Who is Patrick Rothfuss?
An Ember in the Ashes
A Torch Against the Night
A Reaper at the Gates
Who is Sabaa Tahir?
This hyphenated, feline-inspired word, meaning someone who is afraid, was invented by Dorothy Parker.
What is scaredy-cat?
Patti Smith, punk rock icon of the 1970's recounts her life in New York City and her relationship with Robert Maplethorpe in this critically-acclaimed and bestselling memoir from 2010.
What is Just Kids?
This 1975 book by Samuel R. Delany, set in the fictional city of Bellona, is ranked 33 on the "20th Century's Greatest Hits: 100 English-Language Books of Fiction."
What is Dahlgren?
This novel by N.K. Jemisin won the Hugo Award in 2016.
What is The Fifth Season?
The Boy in the Black Suit
Long Way Down
Ghost
Who is Jason Reynolds?
Created by William Gibson and used in his books Burning Chrome and Neuromancer, this word is a forerunner to the term "World Wide Web."
What is Cyberspace?
One Last Stop, by this Red, White & Royal Blue author, was not only set in NYC, but was one of Time's Must-Read books of 2021. And hey the author is signing books at NYCC tomorrow!
Who is Casey McQuiston?
Genly Ai is the protagonist of this 1969 novel by American author Ursula K. Le Guin.
What is The Left Hand of Darkness?
Shanghai Immortal author A.Y. Chao hails from this country, also the birthplace of another famous author, Margaret Atwood.
What is Canada?
Two Boys Kissing
Nick and Nora's Infinite Playlist
Every Day
Who is David Levithan?
It's a word invented by Robert Heinlein for his Hugo Award-winning novel Stranger in a Strange Land, meaning to understand at a visceral level.
What is grok?