21st Century
The famous line "May the odds be ever in your favor" comes from this book.
What is The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins?
This poem is known for its repetition of "Nevermore."
What is The Raven by Edgar Allen Poe?
This is the name for the end of the world in Norse mythology.
What is Ragnarok?
The hero Beowulf fights a monster known by this name.
Who is Grendel?
"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 by Jane Austen?
The name of the antagonist of this book is the Other Mother.
What is Coraline by Neil Gaiman?
This novel is also known as The Modern Prometheus.
What is Frankenstein by Mary Shelley?
This is how Eurydice died in the myth centered around her and Orpheus.
What is death by snake bite?
This author published all her work anonymously, with the cover pages stating 'By a Lady.'
Who is Jane Austen?
"It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen."
What is 1984 by George Orwell?
This novel, set during the Holocaust, is narrated by Death.
What is The Book Thief by Markus Zusak?
This novel's main character seeks eternal youth at the expense of his soul.
What is The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde?
The Kitsune is a creature from this country's folklore.
What is Japan?
This novel, set during the Great Depression, is set in the fictional town of Maycomb, Alabama.
What is To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee?
"In my younger and more vulnerable years, my father gave me some advice that I've been turning over in my mind ever since."
What is The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald?
This Irish novel has sold a million copies and follows the complicated relationship between two young adults over four years.
What is Normal People by Sally Rooney?
This short story is a pivotal work of feminist literature written as secret diary entries from a woman locked in a room.
What is The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman?
This Chinese novel is about the pilgrimage of a monk and his companions to collect Buddhist sutras. One of the companions is Sun Wukong.
What is Journey to the West?
Raskolnikov is the protagonist of this Russian novel.
What is Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky?
"When I stepped out into the sunlight from the darkness of the movie house, I had only two things on my mind: Paul Newman and a ride home."
What is The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton?
This novel, which is over 800 pages, is often described as one of the saddest books ever written.
What is A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara?
Considered to be the first vampire novel ever written, this book is often examined through a queer lens.
What is Carmilla by Sheridan Le Fanu?
In Irish myth, this hero is said to be sleeping under a mountain surrounded by the Fianna. He and the Fianna will rise again when the Dord Fiann sounds three times.
Who is Fionn mac Cumhaill?
This is the year that Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson moved into 221B.
What is 1881?
"Ships at a distance have every man’s wish on board."
What is Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston?