Author fun!
Annie Hartnett
In All The Sinners Bleed by SA Cosby, what event sparks the main investigation of the story?
A school shooting
In Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro, what is the name of the futuristic procedure that is performed on children?
Lifting
What NC city is the childhood home of Andy Corren in Dirt Bag Queen?
Fayetteville
Have we read more male or female authors this year?
Female
This author is a graduate of Duke University.
Grace Li (Portrait of a Thief)
In Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar, what is the name of Orkideh's final art installation?
Death-Speak
What is the motto for the Traveling Troupe in Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel?
“Survival is insufficient.”
In Interior Chinatown by Charles Yu, what is the name of the cop show that is the main production?
Black and White
Which US State has a library with a rentable taxidermy collection ?
Alaska
Which author was one of the judges for the 2025 Book Prize?
Kiley Reid
In Unlikely Animals by Annie Hartnett, what was the school play?
Titanic the Musical
In what state does Titus Crown hunt down a serial killer in All the Sinners Bleed?
Virginia
Which US state is home to a gigantic Walmart-turned-library?
Which author had a 6 year gap between books despite critical success?
Emily. St. John Mandel
In The Bullet Swallower by Elizabeth Gonzalez James, What is the name of the specter that comes to collect the debt?
Remedio
In Come and Get It by Kiley Reid, what "weapon" causes the ending injury to one student?
A pizza cutter
"All of it is true, but none of it happened." is from what book?
Dirtbag Queen by Andy Corren
How many debut books did we read this year?
5
Which book does this quote come from: “On the prairies, it’s said that you can watch your dog run away for ten days,”?
The Berry Pickers by Amanda Peters
Not all libraries require silence. Which country has karaoke rooms in some of their libraries?
Finland