Biographies
This biography series is targeted for kids and its name is the same as the start of a Jeopardy answer.
What is the Who Was series?
"Through the Looking Glass" by Louis Carol is the sequel to this book.
What is "Alice's Adventure in Wonderland"
This classic Leo Tolstoy novel, first released serially from 1873-1877, tells the story of a woman and her affair with Count Vronsky. Keira Knightley played the title character in a 2012 movie adaptation directed by Joe Wright.
What is "Anna Karenina"?
This is the fastest-selling fantasy book of all time, selling 8.3 billion copies in its first 24 hours.
What is "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows"
This book is considered non-fiction by 2.38 billion people, yet the rest of the world insists it's fake.
What is the Christian Bible?
Michelle Obama's auto-biography also has a version adapted for young readers, but the original was entitled this.
What is "Becoming"?
"Draco Dormiens Nunquam Titillandus" is the motto for this fictional school.
What is Hogwarts?
This author wrote the famous book Jane Eyre, a story based on her own life.
Who is Charlotte Bronte?
The HBO television series "Game of Thrones" helped to make author George R. R. Martin famous. This is the name of the fantasy book series on which "Game of Thrones" is based.
What is "A Song of Fire and Ice"?
This memoir is the fastest selling non-fiction book of all time, written by a member of the royal family.
What is "Spare"?
In 1983, Hayden Herrera published a major biography of a female artist who worked through the pain from a horrific accident for most of her adult life. This person was the subject of the book.
Who was Frida Khalo?
In Beverly Cleary's Ramona series, this is the name of Ramona's sister.
Who is Beatrice?
In Herman Melville's famous "Moby-Dick," this is the species of whale is the "white whale?" The name comes from the semi-liquid, waxy substance found within the whale's head.
What is a sperm whale?
The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss is the first book in this famous series.
What is The Kingkiller Chronicles?
This scientist and peace advocate collaborated with Sigmund Freud to write the 1933 book "Why War?"
Who is Albert Einstein?
The father-and-daughter team of Les Payne and Tamara Payne won the Pulitzer Prize for their 2020 biography of this civil rights leader.
Who was Malcom X?
This author started writing in seventh grade, his first book having both an animal adjective and a school in the title.
Who is Gordon Korman?
Two displaced migrant ranch workers are the dual protagonists in this 1937 novella with a title that starts with a preposition.
What is "Of Mice and Men"?
This famous prequel was published in 1937.
What is "The Hobbit"?
The title of Jane Goodall's book debuting her groundbreaking work regarding the chimpanzees of Gombe.
What is "In the Shadow of a Man"?
“The Power Broker,” Robert A. Caro’s mammoth 1974 biography of a certain New Yorker, won the Pulitzer Prize and is regularly seen on the bookshelves of politicians doing television interviews from home. This famous person was the subject of the book.
Who was Robert Moses?
This book is widely considered to be the first ever picture book for children, written by John Comenius in 1658 in Bohemia.
What is "Orbis Pictus"?
This book is widely regarded as the first fiction book of all time, written by Murasaki Shikibu.
What is "The Tale of Genji"?
This fantasy series was written by Steven Erikson. The series has ten books which total more than 3,000,000 words. It includes characters such as Anomander Rake, Quick Ben, Dujek Onearm, Hairlock and Laseen.
What is Malazan Book of the Fallen?
This person wrote "The Devil in the White City", first published in 2003.
Who is Erik Larson?