Awards
The winner of the 1994 Newbery Medal was ranked as the fourth best children's novel of all time by a 2012 U.S. survey. What is this Lois Lowry-penned book which centers on protagonist Jonas's apprenticeship as his community's "Receiver of Memory?"
The Giver
Following the life and times of eight siblings from the wealthy and prominent titular family, what 19th-century-set romance novel series written by Julia Quinn was transformed into a Shonda Rhimes-produced Netflix series in 2020?
Bridgerton
Not signifying someone smart with Lincolns, but rather a sewer-dweller, what is the name of the dancing clown in Stephen King's famed horror novel "It?"
Pennywise
In "The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe," what magical country does the White Witch put a spell on so that it is always winter but never Christmas?
Narnia
You get a book! You get a book! You get a book! For 15 years, starting in 1996, what daytime talk show megastar’s book club recommended a total of 70 books leading to total sales of over 55 million copies?
Oprah Winfrey
What Pulitzer Prize winning novel is set in the fictional town of Maycomb, Alabama?
To Kill a Mockingbird
Which actor played the role of Jay Gatsby in The Great Gatsby, adapted from the book written by F. Scott Fitzgerald?
Leonardo DiCaprio
Although her life tragically ended at the age of 30, what American poet and short-story writer is credited with advancing the genre of confessional poetry and is best known for collections such as "The Bell Jar?" She posthumously won a Pulitzer Prize in 1982 for her collected poems.
Sylvia Plath
Author John Green set his tearjerking 2012 bestseller, "The Fault in Our Stars," in what state capital that is also Green's hometown?
Indianapolis
What is the name of the third book in the “Twilight” series by Stephenie Meyer? Scientifically, this title signifies an occurrence in which an astronomical object is temporarily obscured.
Eclipse
In 1993, who became the first African-American woman to win a Nobel Prize in Literature?
Toni Morrison
What is the title of the popular book and TV series about two families living in 1990s Shaker Heights that opens with a family home catching fire?
Little Fires Everywhere
"Hello, goodbye" was the greeting of the Tralfamadorians in what novel by Kurt Vonnegut?
Slaughterhouse-Five
James Joyce’s 1922 novel “Ulysses” follows Leopold Bloom, the hero of the tale who is from what country (as was Joyce)?
What Irish author’s 2024 novel, "Intermezzo," took social media influencers by storm, as there was stiff competition to get a pre-pub copy from the so-called voice of her generation who previously penned “Normal People?”
Sally Rooney
Lilly “Shug” Avery is the free-spirited singer known for both her beautiful voice and scandalous lifestyle for the 1930s American South (specifically, Georgia) in what award-winning epistolary novel by writer Alice Walker?
The Color Purple
Percival Everett's 2024 book "James" is a retelling of the events of what classic 1884 novel from the perspective of a secondary character?
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Dominican author Jean Rhys' 1966 novel "Wide Sargasso Sea" is a spin on what 1847 novel, this time told through the eyes of a character known as Antoinette or Bertha?
Jane Eyre
The Da Vinci Code opens with a murder in which famous museum?
The Louvre
What novel by Matt Haig, about a woman who gets to experience alternative versions of her own life, was—quite appropriately—the most checked-out book at the New York Public Library in 2022?
The Midnight Library
What award-winning author moved to Rome wrote her 2018 novel "Whereabouts," or "Dove il Trovo," in Italian after writing all her previous works in English?
Jhumpa Lahiri
When he won the National Book Award for Fiction for his postmodern novel “White Noise,” what American author, reluctant to accept the recognition, simply stood up and said, "I'm sorry I couldn't be here tonight, but I thank you all for coming," then then sat right back down?
Don DeLillo
Iran's Ayatollah Khomeini issued a fatwa against author Salman Rushdie after the publication of what 1989 novel that mocked the prophet Muhammad?
The Satanic Verses
Truman Capote's famous non-fiction work "In Cold Blood" describes a burglary and grisly quadruple murder by Richard Hickock and Perry Smith in what state?
Kansas
What is the name of John’s true love in Nicholas Sparks’ Dear John?
Savannah