Books from High School
F. Scott Fitzgerald's 1925 novel featuring the infamous green light
What is The Great Gatsby?
This iconic fantasy author once worked for the Oxford Dictionary, and is responsible for adding the word "walrus" and "waggle" to the book.
Who is J.R.R Tolkien?
Writer of the novel Pride and Prejudice.
Who was Jane Austen?
This genre was the most popular one on Booktok in 2024.
What is romance?
'Macbeth' belongs to which of the three genres that made up Shakespeare's folio.
Tragedy
Ray Bradbury's 1953 dystopian novel where books are burned
What is Fahrenheit 451?
This author, famous for writing "The Glass Menagerie" and "A Streetcar Named Desire" died by choking on a plastic bottle cap.
Who was Tennessee Williams?
The movie Clueless is an adaptation of this 19th-century novel.
What is Emma by Jane Austen?
This series from Sarah J. Mass has gained notoriety for its popularity with millennials and other people on the older side of the online book community.
What is A Court of Thorns and Roses?
What is this quote from: “What’s in a name? That which we call a rose By any other word would smell as sweet.”
Romeo and Juliet
Harper Lee's 1960 novel featuring characters such as; Scout, Jem, and Atticus.
What is To Kill a Mockingbird?
This author, credited with revolutionary detective works like The Mousetrap and Five Little Pigs got her best inspiration by eating apples while relaxing in the bathtub.
Who was Agatha Christie?
Which novel was published first: Frankenstein or Dracula?
What is Frankenstein?
A new installment was recently released in this viral fantasy series. When the book came out, over 1,100 midnight release parties were planned, the largest campaign of its kind in 15 years.
What is the Fourth Wing/Empyrean series by Rebecca Yarros?
List four Shakespeare comedies
As You Like It, All's Well That Ends Well, The Comedy of Errors, Love's Labour's Lost, Measure for Measure, The Merchant of Venice, The Merry Wives of Windsor, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Much Ado About Nothing, The Taming of the Shrew, The Tempest, Twelfth Night, The Two Gentlemen of Verona, The Winter's Tale
Nathaniel Hawthorne's 1850 novel featuring Hester Prynne and a red letter
What is The Scarlett Letter?
This author of a classic story about four sisters died of Mercury poisoning in attempts to cure a bad case of typhoid fever that she had contracted.
Who was Louisa May Alcott?
The lawyer from the story Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde who uncovers the truth about the two men.
Who is Mr. Gabriel John Utterson?
Statistically, this is the least popular genre of book on almost any social media site.
What is science fiction?
This play, published in 1623, is set in the early days of the Roman Republic, and a betrayal the main character faces leads to his death.
Coriolanus
JD Salinger's 1951 novel featuring Holden Caulfield
What is The Catcher in the Rye?
Harry Houdini was good friends with this well-known writer of detective fiction...until it was revealed that the author believed Houdini actually had magical powers.
Who was Sir Arthur Conan Doyle?
Jane Eyre's author, Charlotte Brontë originally published the book under this pseudonym.
What was Currer Bell?
This 2012 book by Benjamin Alire Sáenz was the most searched-for book in Massachusetts in 2024.
What is Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe?
How many histories did Shakespeare write?
10