Classics
She is the Victorian author of the books Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility, and Emma, all of which have been made into critically-acclaimed movies.
This Juggernaut Award-winning novel begins a long series centered on the earth-saving actions of one boy, Andrew Wiggins.
What is Ender's Game?
The author of The Lord of the Rings trilogy and The Hobbit.
Who is J. R. R. Tolkien?
This series follows a brother and sister is search of their mother in a strange, magical world ruled by brutal dark elves.
What is Amulet?
This is the quintessential vampire novel.
What is Dracula by Bram Stoker?
This Stygian Quill Award-winning novel about the life of a family of girls was made into movies in both 1994 and 2019.
What is Little Women?
This type of science fiction takes place in a future that seems ideal, but in reality hides a dark secret.
What is dystopian fiction?
Terry Brooks is credited with bringing the fantasy genre back to the forefront after science fiction surged during the middle of the 20th century with this novel, which launched a huge best-selling series.
What is The Sword of Shannara?
This manga series tells the tale of two brothers whose mother dies, impelling them to pursue studies in a science that exchanges one type of matter for another in an attempt to resurrect her.
This 1954 novel about an apocalyptic plague has been made into several films, most notably the 2007 film starring Will Smith.
What is I Am Legend?
Written in 1859 by British author Charles Dickens, this epic novel begins, "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times."
What is A Tale of Two Cities?
What is Ready Player One?
Name 3 races of creatures (other than humans) found in many fantasy novels.
Elves, dwarves, gnomes, orcs, goblins, trolls, centaurs, faery, dragons, etc.
This series of bloody graphic novels follows a group of survivors in the aftermath of a zombie apocalypse.
What is The Walking Dead?
Name 3 movies adapted from the novels of horror master Stephen King.
Carrie, It, The Dark Tower, Under the Dome, The Shining, The Shawshank Redemption, The Green Mile, Creepshow, Dreamcatcher, Doctor Sleep, Cujo, Children of the Corn, Pet Sematary, Salem's Lot, etc.
In this 1890 supernatural novel by Oscar Wilde, a man commissions a portrait of himself that somehow takes all of the physical consequences of his immoral and unhealthy lifestyle choices.
What is The Picture of Dorian Gray?
The 19th-century French author who is considered one of the forefathers of science fiction.
Who is Jules Verne?
In the Harry Potter novels, this character is found to be the "half-blood prince", because one of their parents was a wizard, and one a muggle.
Who is Severus Snape?
In this manga series by Japanes artist Tsutomu Nehei, the world has become one mega-city miles high, and Killy, the main character, is searching among the ruins and the survivors for something called the "Net Terminal Gene" in order to stop the machines from destroying what is left of humankind.
What is Blame! ?
Name one short story by acclaimed writer Edgar Allan Poe (and not "The Raven" - that's a poem).
"The Tell-tale Heart", "Ligeia", "The Pit and the Pendulum", "The Black Cat", "The Cask of Amontillado", "The Murders of the Rue Morgue", etc.
Name one novel written by famed 19th-century Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson.
Treasure Island, The Strange Case of Dr. Jeckyll and Mr. Hyde, Kidnapped, The Black Arrow, The Master of Ballantrae, etc.
This incredible author has written many books in several genres, all of which are phenomenally written and researched. He is credited with starting the cyberpunk genre with his award-winning novel Snow Crash (1992). He has also famously written Anatham, Reamde, The Diamond Age, and his most recent achievement, Fall; or, Dodge in Hell (2019).
Who is Neal Stephenson?
In the novel, Fellowship of the Ring, this is the answer to the riddle, "The Doors of Durin — Lord of Moria. Speak, friend, and enter", written over the entrance to the mines of Moria, which opens the massive stone door.
What is...to speak the word "friend" in the Elvish language?
This series, by Marjorie Lu and Sana Takeda, is about a girl named Maika, who has become supernaturally good at killing as a result of a pact she has made with an ancient demon who is slowly destroying her body, starting with her left arm.
What is Monstress?
This gothic-style vampire novel, written by Anne Rice, tells of Louis de Pointe du Lac, a young French nobleman-turned-vampire, and his struggles to feed, to survive, and to navigate the dangerous underworld of the undead.
What is Interview With the Vampire?