Which famous children’s literature character is set to return in 2026 with the first book in 20 years?
Matilda
Harry Potter
The Gruffalo
Mr Potato
Which famous Gothic novel is being made into a film that will be released in 2026 starring Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi?
The Italian, Ann Radcliffe
Wuthering Heights, Emily Brontë
The Mysteries of Udolpho, Ann Radcliffe
Northanger Abbey, Jane Austen
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?
Percival Everett
Miranda July
Samantha Harvey
Kaveh Akbar
Who won the 2024 Nobel Prize in Literature becoming the 18th woman winner out of its 119 laureates?
Annie Ernaux
Han Kang
Louise Glück
Olga Tokarczuk
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
Virginia Woolf
J.R.R. Tolkien
Roald Dahl
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
The Handmaid’s Tale, by Margaret Atwood
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Heartopper, Alice Oseman
Which book was published 100 years ago this year?
Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen
Mrs Dalloway, by Virginia Woolf
Strangers on a train, by Patricia Highsmith
A Wizard of Earthsea, by Ursula K. LeGuin
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
Purple Hibiscus
Dream Count
Americanah
What’s the name of the dog in Lessons in Chemistry?
Thirty-six
Six thirty
Three-sixty
Sixty-three
Which author who was born and bred in Barcelona will soon be awarded the Princesa de Asturias award for literature?
Eduardo Mendoza
Sergi Pàmies
Llúcia Ram
Eva Baltasar
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?
Calliope
Cassandra
Creusa
Chryseis
Who desperately wants to go To The Lighthouse?
James
Lily
Jim
Charles
In The Talented Mr Ripley, what’s the name of the Italian village where Ripley meets Dickie and Marge?
Mongibello
Atrani
Positano
Amalfi
