Which famous children’s literature character is set to return in 2026 with the first book in 20 years?
Matilda
Mr Potato
The Gruffalo
Harry Potter
Which famous Gothic novel is being made into a film that will be released in 2026 starring Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi?
Wuthering Heights, Emily Brontë
The Italian, Ann Radcliffe
Northanger Abbey, Jane Austen
The Mysteries of Udolpho, Ann Radcliffe
Which renowned American author has won the coveted 2024 National Book Award for 'James' a dramatic retelling of Mark Twain’s "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" told from the perspective of the original lead’s friend Jim, an escaped slave?
Samantha Harvey
Miranda July
Kaveh Akbar
Percival Everett
Who won the 2024 Nobel Prize in Literature becoming the 18th woman winner out of its 119 laureates?
Annie Ernaux
Olga Tokarczuk
Han Kang
Louise Glück
Thanks to the AI, you can now take a full writing BBC Maestro course with a best-selling author who died in 1973. Can you guess who?
Agatha Christie
J.R.R. Tolkien
Roald Dahl
Virginia Woolf
Thousands of titles have been removed from public schools across the USA. Can you guess which of these hasn’t?
The Kite Runner, by Khaled Hosseini
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
The Handmaid’s Tale, by Margaret Atwood
Heartopper, Alice Oseman
Which book was published 100 years ago this year?
A Wizard of Earthsea, by Ursula K. LeGuin
Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen
Mrs Dalloway, by Virginia Woolf
Strangers on a train, by Patricia Highsmith
Which American author and illustrator born in 1925 (100 years ago) was popular for unsettling stories often featuring children?
Charles Addams
Edward Gorey
Tim Burton
Agatha Christie
What is the title of the latest novel published by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie?
Americanah
Purple Hibiscus
Half of a Yellow Sun
Dream Count
What’s the name of the dog in Lessons in Chemistry?
Sixty-three
Thirty-six
Three-sixty
Six thirty
Which author who was born and bred in Barcelona will soon be awarded the Princesa de Asturias award for literature?
Sergi Pàmies
Llúcia Ram
Eva Baltasar
Eduardo Mendoza
Who are the Odonians in The Dispossessed by Ursula K. LeGuin?
The inhabitants of Anarres (the moon planet)
Shevek’s supporters
The university professors in Urras
The inhabitants of Urras (the bigger planet)
What is the name of the muse of epic poetry?
Cassandra
Creusa
Chryseis
Calliope
Who desperately wants to go To The Lighthouse?
Charles
Lily
James
Jim
In The Talented Mr Ripley, what’s the name of the Italian village where Ripley meets Dickie and Marge?
Atrani
Amalfi
Mongibello
Positano
