This book written by Charles Darwin revolutionized the study of biology.
What is "On the Origin of Species"?
100
This Roman poet wrote the poem "Aeneid."
Who was Virgil?
100
This famous playwright wrote the plays such as "King Lear" and "Macbeth."
Who was William Shakespeare?
100
This book centers around Marie-Laure and Werner and Jutta Pfennig and their experiences before and after World War II.
What is "All the Light We Cannot See"?
100
The Russian novels "War and Peace" and "Anna Karenina" were written by this author.
Who was Leo Tolstoy?
200
This book written by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels denounced capitalism.
What is "The Communist Manifesto"?
200
This Old English Poem set in Scandinavia is one of the most important works of Old English Literature.
What is "Beowulf"?
200
This composition written by Geoffrey Chaucer centers around a group of pilgrims as they journey to a shrine.
What is "The Canterbury Tales"?
200
This book written by Cormac McCarthy follows the experiences of a father and his son in post-apocalyptic America.
What is "The Road"?
200
This author who wrote "The Brothers Karamazov" also wrote this book centering around Rodion Raskolnikov as he attempts to justify his murderous actions.
What is "Crime and Punishment"?
300
This English-American political activist wrote the revolutionary compositions of "Common Sense", "The Age of Reason", and "The Rights of Man."
Who was Thomas Paine?
300
This poem written by Dante Alighieri is one of the greatest works of world literature.
What is the "Divine Comedy"?
300
This British Enlightenment Age author wrote "Two Treatises of Government".
Who was John Locke?
300
This book written by Jon Krakauer documents his experience in the 1996 Mount Everest Expedition Disaster.
What is "Into Thin Air"?
300
This author is said to be one of the greatest short story writers in history.
Who is Anton Chekhov?
400
This book, also known as the "Little Red Book," was widely distributed during the Cultural Revolution.
What is "Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-tung"?
400
This nineteenth-century poet often called the father of free verse is famous for his collection of poems titled "Leaves of Grass."
Who was Walt Whitman?
400
This novel written by Adam Smith deals with capitalism.
What is "The Wealth of Nations"?
400
This book written by Jared Diamond attempts to explain why European colonial powers were able to gain dominance over the Americas.
What is "Guns, Germs, and Steel"?
400
This novel by Vladimir Nabokov originally written in English is about a middle-aged professor and his relationship with a young girl.
What is "Lolita"?
500
This book written by Mary Wollstonecraft was one of the first works of feminist literature.
What is "A Vindication of the Rights of Women"?
500
This famous twentieth-century Chilean poet wrote the poems "If You Forget Me" and "Ode to an Onion".
Who was Pablo Neruda?
500
This novel by George Orwell is about a dystopian society in which two plus two equals five.
What is "Nineteen Eighty-Four"?
500
This book by Donna Tartt follows the experiences of Theodore Decker and a small Dutch painting of a bird.
What is "The Goldfinch"?
500
This Russian author was known for his poems and fairy tales.