What is the title of the latest novel published by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie?
Dream Count
Half of a Yellow Sun
Americanah
Purple Hibiscus
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 desperately wants to go To The Lighthouse?
Lily
Charles
James
Jim
Which author who was born and bred in Barcelona will soon be awarded the Princesa de Asturias award for literature?
Sergi Pàmies
Eduardo Mendoza
Eva Baltasar
Llúcia Ram
Who won the 2024 Nobel Prize in Literature becoming the 18th woman winner out of its 119 laureates?
Olga Tokarczuk
Han Kang
Annie Ernaux
Louise Glück
In The Talented Mr Ripley, what’s the name of the Italian village where Ripley meets Dickie and Marge?
Positano
Amalfi
Atrani
Mongibello
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’s the name of the dog in Lessons in Chemistry?
Six thirty
Three-sixty
Thirty-six
Sixty-three
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 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
Thousands of titles have been removed from public schools across the USA. Can you guess which of these hasn’t?
The Handmaid’s Tale, by Margaret Atwood
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Heartopper, Alice Oseman
The Kite Runner, by Khaled Hosseini
Which book was published 100 years ago this year?
A Wizard of Earthsea, by Ursula K. LeGuin
Strangers on a train, by Patricia Highsmith
Mrs Dalloway, by Virginia Woolf
Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen
What is the name of the muse of epic poetry?
Cassandra
Chryseis
Creusa
Calliope
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
Virginia Woolf
Roald Dahl
Which famous children’s literature character is set to return in 2026 with the first book in 20 years?
The Gruffalo
Matilda
Harry Potter
Mr Potato