This prequel to J.R.R. Tolkien's classic "Lord of the Rings" trilogy gets its name from the the fictional race of its protagonist.
What is "The Hobbit"?
Author J.K. Rowling has admitted that she based this beloved know-it-all from her novels on herself.
Who is Hermione Granger?
This kid classic, also a popular Disney movie, has a chapter called "The Puppies Arrive."
What is 101 Dalmatians?
This is when you should come to class (hint: it's not late).
What is early?
This graphic novel details the coming-of-age of a youn girl during the Iranian Revolution.
What is Persepolis?
Reginald Rose wrote this short play turned black and white film about a jury deliberating the guilt of a teenager charged with murder.
What is "12 Angry Men"?
Suzanne Collins created this self-reliant, selfless heroine who volunteers to enter the fictional nation of Panem's battle royale death match in place of her younger sister.
Who is Katniss Everdeen?
E.L. James self-published this first book in an erotic (sexual) series that started as fan fiction loosely based on “Twilight."
San Marino and Vatican City lie within the borders of this nation.
What is Italy?
This novel about a deeply superstitious Nigerian tribe tells the story of the rise and fall of alpha male Okonkwo.
What is Things Fall Apart?
This movie based on the novel written by Cho Nam-joo helped spawn the rise of South Korea's feminist movement.
What is "Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982"?
This celebrated Roald Dahl title features an eponymous girl gifted with a keen intellect - not to mention magical powers.
What is Matilda?
This classic World War II novel isn't really about killing cattle: the title comes from a building in which the main character was sheltered during the firebombing of Dresden.
What is Slaughterhouse Five?
In scientific classification, this word goes in the blank: species, genus, _____________, and order.
What is family?
Min Jin Lee wrote this recent novel about the experience of a Korean family that immigrates to Japan in the first half of the 20th century.
What is Pachinko?
A novel by Chuck Palahniuk was the basis for this film about a strange social gathering starring Brad Pitt & Edward Norton. The missing words in this famous rule made at the social gathering contain the title: Do not talk about ______________________.
What is "Fight Club"?
This famous British author's second, third, and fourth most famous novels include Emma, Persuasion, and Northanger Abbey.
Who is Jane Austen?
Alexandre Dumas wrote this novel about a young French man who leaves home and befriends a trio of adventurers.
What is The Three Musketeers?
People being socially isolated, or this word, is causing more and more suicides, according to recent data.
What is lonely?
This Russian author is famous for psychological novels, among them "Crime and Punishment" and "The Brothers Karamazov."
Who is Fyodor Dostoevsky?
This Steven Spielberg Holocaust film, which was produced completely in black and white despite coming out in 1993, was based on a book by Thomas Keneally.
What is "Schindler's List"?
The author of over 80 mystery novels, this author's books have an estimated 4 billion copies worldwide, second to only Shakespeare.
The cover of the first edition of this 1961 military novel by Joseph Heller included a dancing figure and a little airplane: the story is about the a terrified Air Force pilot's inability to quit the war.
What is Catch 22?
A young female horse.
What is a filly?
A 1967 novel by Colombian author Gabriel García Márquez, this novel tells the multi-generational story of the Buendía family, whose patriarch, José Arcadio Buendía, founded the fictitious town of Macondo. The novel features magical realism, and is often cited as one of the supreme achievements in world literature.
What is One Hundred Years in Solitude?