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