Authors
This author is commonly known as the "Queen of Mystery"
Who is Agatha Christie?
What is Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? / What is Virginia Woolf?
This extremely successful YA novel depicts a group of demigods at a summer camp
What is Percy Jackson (any book or just the name) by Rick Riordan?
This short story's main object has become a cultural term for a good thing that comes with an unexpected cost
What is The Monkey's Paw by W. W. Jacobs?
This ancient Greek epic features a man going home after a war
What is The Odyssey by Homer?
One of this fantasy author's most famous books was initially written for his children, before being published years later
Who is J. R. R. Tolkien?
A Samuel Beckett play about two men waiting beneath a leafless tree
What is Waiting for Godot?
This 1843 novel was adapted into a animated holiday special by Disney in 2009
What is A Christmas Carol?
This novella features a man turning into an insect (usually depicted in other media as a cockroach)
What is The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka?
This poem's namesake animal is described as "burning bright"
What is The Tyger by William Blake?
This author had a feud with magician Harry Houdini over the existence of the supernatural
Who is Sir Arthur Conan Doyle?
This 1944 play features five characters, one of whom only appears as a photo above the fireplace
What is The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams?
This novel (or, the beginning of it) was written as part of a literary competition in 1816
What is Frankenstein by Mary Shelley?
This 1895 collection of short stories was one of the major inspirations for H. P. Lovecraft's cosmic horror stories.
What is The King in Yellow?
This collection of Norse poetry is one of two major primary sources for Norse Mythology
What is the Poetic Edda?
This author canonically exists in the Marvel universe and is well acquainted with Wolverine
Who is Ernest Hemingway?
A Shakespeare play in which Jupiter descends to deliver a message to a warrior
What is Cymbeline?
This science fiction novel was once adapted for the radio without telling the audience that it was fake
What is The War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells?
In this mystery short story, the culprit of the central murders is revealed to be an orangutan
What is The Murders in the Rue Morgue by Edgar Allan Poe?
This poem, first published in 1915, opens with a quote from Dante's Inferno in its original Italian
What is The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock by T. S. Eliot?
This French author, also known as "Ocean Man", published one of his works in an attempt to save a major national monument
Who is Victor Hugo?
This play by Henrik Ibsen, which ends by asking about "the most wonderful thing of all", sparked widespread debates about the role of women in the household
What is A Doll's House?
This work is said to be the world's first novel and was written in the 11th century
What is The Tale of Genji by Murasaki Shikibu
This short story is the origin of the modern "romantic" vampire
What is The Vampyre by John William Polidori?
This poem, written in three-line stanzas, is named partly for a famous biblical character
What is Lady Lazarus by Sylvia Plath?