Books can remove us from our everyday lives. They transport us to Hogwarts or Narnia, Middle Earth or Westeros, Oz or Wonderland. They take us along as Katniss Everdeen fights against the Capitol and as Percy Jackson battles the gods. Books show us the best and worst of the world. They teach us new lessons and let us view life from another perspective.
Nicholas Sparks and Jody Picoult make us cry. Stephen King and Shirley Jackson make us scared to close our eyes at night. From fiction to nonfiction, books leave an indelible imprint on our hearts and minds. Whether you’re a burned-out former gifted kid who misses their days of voracious reading or you’re still a bibliophile today, try out these book trivia questions and answers.
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In the book ‘The Great War and Modern Memory’, what is the second part of the trilogy concerned with?
Irony of war
Casualty of war
No answers are correct
Love of war
Eric Blair was the real name of which of these writers?
Graham Greene
Martin Amis
George Orwell
Kingsley Amis
The novel ‘Gone with the Wind’ was the best-selling US book two years in a row. Which two?
1906 and 1907
1926 and 1927
1916 and 1917
1936 and 1937
Albert Camus wrote about who in his 1942 novel?
The Person I Don’t Know
The Newbie
The Stringer
The Stranger
Where would you find ‘Long John Silver’?
Robinson Crusoe
Swallows and Amazons
Pirates of the Caribbean
Treasure Island
In the book ‘Scorpions’, where does Jamal hide the gun?
In an abandoned werehouse
In a dumpster
In the river
In an open car window
Which writer of the past was known as Plum?
Daphne du Maurier
P.G.Wodehouse
Enid Blyton
Agatha Christie
Who is the wicked pirate in ‘Peter Pan’?
Blackbeard
Captain Hook
Captain Kidd
Long John Silver
In the book ‘The Stone Diaries’, what is the name of the writer who takes over Daisy’s column?
Penny Falkenham
Penny Fulham
Pinky Fulham
Pinky Falkenham
Who was the original author of the James Bond novels?
John Buchan
Ian Fleming
Len Deighton
John Le Carre
In the book ‘A Confederacy of Dunces’, what does Santa say she does every day for her mother?
Prays
Makes a carrot cake
Lights candles
Kisses her picture
In the book ‘Carver: A Life in Poems’, what did Carver keep on his bedside table?
Dried leaves
Books
A Bible
All of these
Far From The Madding Crowd’ is a novel by which author?
Thomas Laurel
Tom Hardacre
Tommy Oliver
Thomas Hardy
Who writes thrillers about the Brighton detective Roy Grace?
Minette Walters
Peter James
Mo Hayder
Reginald Hill
In the book ‘What Jamie Saw’, why can’t Patty start her car?
She has lost the keys
The car is too old
It’s too cold
It has run out of petrol
In the book ‘What Jamie Saw’, what does Earl tell Jamie at the end of their skating session?
You’ll get better
You are a future a champion
You are a natural
You did great
As Darkness Falls’ was which authors début novel?
Bronwyn Parry
Bronwyn Slarry
Bronwyn Farry
Bronywn Scarry
In the book ‘Driving Miss Daisy’, whose grave does Daisy diligently tend to in the cemetery?
Her husband’s
Her daughter’s
Random people’s
Her mother’s
Dreams From My Father was the first book by which US politician?
Ted Cruz
Barack Obama
Elizabeth Warren
John McCain
In the book by James Hilton, what was the profession of Mr Chips?
Engineer
Schoolmaster
Teacher
Train Driver
Schindler’s List’ was based on a book called what?
Schindler’s Ark
Schindler’s People
Schindler’s Story
Schindler’s Way
In the book ‘Song of Solomon’, who is one of the members of this organization that eventually cannot not take it?
Robert Smith
Porter
Circe
Macon
The scroll wheel, invented in 1995, was used in what?
Books
Bicycles
Computer Mice
Pianos
Red Alert’ by Peter George is a thriller set during what?
The Warm War
The Dark War
The Cold War
The Hot War
Nineteen Eighty-Four’ is a modern classic, but who wrote it?
George Orwell
John Steinbeck
James Joyce
Aldous Huxley
Who said: ‘Books are a uniquely portable magic’?
Vincent Van Gogh
Kanye West
Stephen King
Mike Tyson
Which western (cowboy) novel was the first to win a Pulitzer Prize?
Western Trail
Wagons West
Lonesome Dove
My Antonia
Why did Cruella de Vil in ‘101 Dalmatians’ kidnap the dogs?
Fur for coats
Dog breeder
Eat them
Rescued them
Which Gothic novelist penned ‘The Mysteries of Udolpho’?
Ann Radcliffe
Horace Walpole
Mary Shelley
Bram Stoker
In the children’s books by Jeff Kinney, how is Greg Heffley described?
Weary Kid
Wimpy Kid
Windy Kid
Whiny Kid
In the book ‘Sula’, what happens to Nel’s husband?
He tries to apologize to Nel, but she doesn’t accept it
He disappears
He is killed
He leaves her
In the novels by Colin Dexter, what is Inspector Morse’s first name?
Entropy
Enhancement
Endeavour
Endurance
In the book ‘The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter’, how does Mr. Singer communicate with Antonapoulos?
They can’t communicate
He writes notes
Sign language
Photographs
In the book ‘King of the Wind’, who destroys Sham’s pedigree?
Mrs. Williams
Signor Achmet
Mr. Biggle
The constable
What was the first memoir by Dave Pelzer?
A Child Called It
A Child Called You
A Child Called Me
A Child Called Him
In the book ‘Artemis Fowl’, after meeting Artemis, what kind of experts does Root employ?
Psychologists
Financial
Medical
Scientists
Holding, A Keeper and Home Stretch are novels by which TV and radio presenter?
Graham Norton
Chris Evans
Jonathan Ross
Nicky Campbell
In the book ‘The Corrections’, what does Gary cut his thumb with?
A hedge trimmer
A blade of grass
A knife
A chainsaw
In the book ‘Fog Magic’, what is the name of the strange ship?
The Emmeretta
The Laleah
The Dory
The Morehouse
Which of these 19th century writers was actually a woman ?
Mark Twain
George Eliot
Thomas Hardy
Charles Dickens
Which influencer published her memoir, This Is Me, in 2020?
James Lock
Mrs Hinch
Chloe Ferry
Zoella
Which of these is not a novel by H.G. Wells?
Cat’s Cradle
The Island Of Dr. Moreau
The Time Machine
The War Of The Worlds
In literature, what device is used in the tongue twister ‘She sells sea shell by the sea shore’?
Alliteration
Allegory
Metaphor
Personification
Who wrote the play ‘The Cherry Orchard’?
Bertolt Brecht
Anton Chekhov
Arthur Miller
Samuel Beckett
In the book ‘How to Make Love Like a Porn Star: A Cautionary Tale’, where does Jenna move after her grandmother’s house, according to her diary?
Los Angeles
Boulder City
Las Vegas
Chicago
In the book ‘Antony and Cleopatra’, towards where do the ships of the defeated flee?
Sicily
Alexandria
Peloponnesus
Rome
Mills & Boon is a British publishing imprint specialising in which genre?
Science Fiction
Romance
Poetry
Horror
What type of book is Jack Canfield’s ‘Chicken Soup for the Soul’?
Cook Book
Autobiography
Western Novel
Inspirational
In the book ‘A Wrinkle in Time’, along the way, Meg hears some birds who seem to be telling her something. Who translates their words for her?
Calvin
Mrs. Whatsit
Charles Wallace
A strange voice in the ether
The Treachery of Images’ was painted by which famous artist?
Gustav Klimt
Rene Magritte
Grant Wood
C.M. Coolidge
In the book ‘The Year of Magical Thinking’, what title had Joan used when she was first writing the book quoted at the beginning of Chapter 22?
Stress
Angel Visits
Family Thoughts
Tremors
Who is the author of ´The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo´?
Colleen McCullough
Rick Warren
William Bradford Huie
Stieg Larsson
In the book ‘Banner in the Sky’, what made Rudi happy?
All of these
He had proved his father was right
He was higher than any person had ever been before on the Citadel
There was a straight forward route past the Fortress and beyond
Genesis and Revelation are the first and last books of which religious text?
The Qu’ran
The Bible
Bhagavad Gita
Guru Granth Sahib
In the book ‘The Call of the Wild’, how cold is it when the team breaks through ice in the river?
50 below zero
20 below zero
30 below zero
40 below zero
On the Road’ is a novel by which writer?
Jack Kerouac
Virginia Woolf
Phillip K. Dick
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Who is the author of ‘The Adventures of Pinocchio’?
Dan Brown
Nikolai Ostrovsky
Carlo Collodi
Leo Tolstoy
Who wrote the best-selling classic Of Mice and Men?
Ernest Hemingway
John Steinbeck
F Scott Fitzgerald
William Faulkner
Who wrote ‘The Life of Samuel Johnson’?
James Boswell
Lytton Strachy
John Updyke
Samuel Johnson
In which century was Dutch writer, scholar and humanist Erasmus born?
19th Century
11th Century
15th Century
8th Century
In the book ‘Herzog’, what pushes Sandor over the edge?
Court appearances
Herzog
His wife
Dirty dishes
Robert Galbraith, the author of the Cormoran Strike books, is a pseudonym for which writer?
J.K. Rowling
Stephen King
George R.R. Martin
Martin Amis
Bradford is the birthplace of which artist?
Francis Bacon
Howard Hodgkin
David Hockney
LS Lowry
In the book ‘The Witch of Blackbird Pond’, how does Kit react to teaching the young children?
She thinks it is better than nothing
She enjoys it
She thinks it is too hard and would rather do manual labor
She finds it quite dull
In the book ‘A Girl Named Disaster’, why does Nhamo procrastinate checking her animal traps?
She is dizzy
She has other things to do
It is getting dark
She does not need food
Writer Michael Crichton died in 2008. Which of these books, more famous as a film, did he write?
The Sting
Jurassic Park
Forrest Gump
Slumdog Millionaire
In the book ‘The Beak of the Finch’, what is the name of the village on Santa Cruz?
Puerto Vallarta
Santiago
Rapa Nui
Puerto Ayora
Which of these is the famous novel by Lillian Hellman?
Little Foxes
Little Badgers
Little Weasels
Little Wolves
In the book ‘Coming of Age in Mississippi’, who is Mr. Chinn walking with in this chapter?
A chain gang
The Ku Klux Klan
The riot police
A dog
The Eagle Has Landed’ came from the pen of which author?
Jack Heggings
Jack Higgins
Jack Hoggins
Jack Huggins
Who wrote the novel ‘The Catcher in the Rye’?
Joseph Heller
J D Salinger
Charles Dickens
Ernest Hemingway
John Milton wrote which classic novel?
Paradise Disaster
Paradise Forever
Paradise Found
Paradise Lost
In the book ‘The Good Master’, what kind of story does Marton ask his wife to tell?
A true story
A motivating story
A funny story
A scary story
The book series A Song Of Ice And Fire was adapted into what TV series?
Breaking Bad
Bridgerton
Game Of Thrones
Derry Girls
Which of these is not one of the tricks in ‘The Twits’?
The Fake Shoe
The Frog
The Glass Eye
The Sticky Tree
In the book ‘Elbow Room’, who caused the woman’s scar?
Her boyfriend
Her father
Her mother
Her brother
In the book industry, what does ‘Y.A.’ stand for?
Young Adult
Yeezy Autobiography
Yorkshire Album
Youth Alternative
The Summer Book’ was written by which Finnish author?
Leo Tolstoy
Agatha Christie
Tove Jansson
Victor Hugo
Kerry Greenwood wrote a series of books about who?
Phryne Fishface
Phryne Fishcake
Phryne Fisher
Phryne Fishfinger
Who is the protagonist in ‘The Thorn Birds’?
Meggie Clarty
Meggie Cleary
Meggie Clooty
Meggie Clutzy
Who had a diary in the books by Helen Fielding?
Bridget Jones
Bridget Johnson
Bridget James
Bridget Jameson
Quotations From Chairman Mao Tse-Tung is known by what other title?
The Fat Blue Book
The Big Pink Book
The Slim Beige Book
The Little Red Book
Who wrote ‘The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy’?
Douglas Adams
Aldous Huxley
Isaac Asimov
Terry Pratchett
In the book ‘Atlas Shrugged’, because of the Equity of Distribution Law, there is now a Deputy Director of Distribution handling all of Rearden Metal’s orders.What is his nickname?
The Enforcer
D-three
The Wet Nurse
The Terminator
In literature, what is a soliloquy?
Talking quietly
Talking alone
Talking in Spanish
Talking slowly
Who went to court over a paperback in 1960?
Penguin Books
Pelican Books
Virago Books
Faber & Faber
In the book ‘Washington’s Crossing’, intelligence has what to do with the Americans’ success in ‘The Surprise’ battle and the Hessian’s failure?
A great deal
Significant only in the Americans’ success
A minimal influence
Significant only in the Hessian’s failure
Who was Ted Hughes’ famous wife?
Anne Sexton
Emily Bishop
Stevie Smith
Sylvia Plath
In the book ‘A Moveable Feast’, where does Fitzgerald meet Hemingway when they visit again in Paris?
Shakespeare and Company
Hemingway’s house
A restaurant
A cafe
The Newbery Medal is named after who?
Simon Newbery
John Newbery
Charles Newbery
James Newbery
In which street does Harry Potter live when we first meet him?
Privet Boulevard
Privet Road
Privet Avenue
Privet Drive
Who is the author of ‘Think and Grow Rich’?
C. S. Lewis
Napoleon Hill
Dan Brown
H. Rider Haggard
Who wrote the Harry Potter’ series of books?
Rowntree
J. R. R. Tolkien
JR Ewing
J. K. Rowling
In the book ‘From Beirut to Jerusalem’, what city do both Friedman and Arafat travel to?
Athens, Greece
Jerusalem, Israel
Amman, Jordan
Damascus, Syria
In the book ‘Tropic of Cancer’, what is Henry’s derogatory name for the Indian, Nanantatee?
Mr. Not a Tree
Mr. Na-na-tatee
Mr. Nonentity
Mr. Manatee
Who illustrated the first publication of ‘Matilda’?
John Batchelor
Quentin Blake
Asun Balzola
Ken Bald
Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life is a 2018 memoir by which comedian?
Eric Idle
Bernard Manning
Eddie Izzard
Dawn French
In the book ‘One Hundred Years of Solitude’, who is buried in the courtyard of a brothel?
Pilar Ternera
Remedios
Ursula
Amaranta Ursula
Stieg Larsson’s Millennium, or The Girl Who… series of thrillers is set in what country?
Iceland
Sweden
Denmark
Norway
Who is the main protagonist in Jack Kerouac’s ‘On The Road’?
Dean Sherlock
Dean Doctor
Dean Moriarty
Dean Bean
Who did ‘a far, far better thing than I have ever done’?
Sydney Carton
Sam Spade
Rick Blaine
Rhett Butler
You can do better
Not bad
Great!
