The author of novels such as Snow and My Name is Red was Orhan Pamuk. He was the one to win the prestigious literature award known as the Nobel Prize by the Swedish Academy.
The Polar Express is a classic children’s book published in 1985 by Chris Van Allsburg. In this book, a young boy takes the train journey to the North Pole on Christmas Eve.
Did you know Don Quixote is the best-selling novel of all time?
These literature trivia questions will help you look deeply into the world of literary figures and books.
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Que : What is the title of the first book in J.K. Rowling’s “Harry Potter” series?
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Que : Who is the author of “To Kill a Mockingbird”?
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Que : What novel begins with the line, “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times”?
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Que : Which Shakespeare play features the characters Oberon and Titania?
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Que : Who wrote the dystopian novel “1984”?
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Que : In which novel would you find the character Jay Gatsby?
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Que : What is the name of the hobbit who carries the One Ring in J.R.R. Tolkien’s trilogy?
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Que : Which novel features the character Atticus Finch?
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Que : Who wrote “Brave New World”?
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Que : Who is the author of “The Catcher in the Rye”?
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Que : What novel features the character Elizabeth Bennet?
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Que : Who wrote “One Hundred Years of Solitude”?
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Que : What is the name of the ship in Herman Melville’s “Moby-Dick”?
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Que : What is the name of the detective created by Arthur Conan Doyle?
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Que : What is the title of the novel featuring the character Holden Caulfield?
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Que : Who is the author of “The Chronicles of Narnia” series?
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Que : Who wrote “The Picture of Dorian Gray”?
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Que : Who wrote “Catch-22”?
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Que : What is the title of the book by J.R.R. Tolkien that serves as a prequel to “The Lord of the Rings”?
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Que : Who wrote “Dracula”?
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Que : What is the name of the book by F. Scott Fitzgerald that explores the American Dream?
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Que : Who is the author of “The Lord of the Flies”?
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Que : Who wrote “The Sound and the Fury”?
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Que : What is the name of the protagonist in the novel “Robinson Crusoe”?
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Que : Who is the author of “Little Women”?
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Que : What is the title of the novel by J.D. Salinger that explores teenage alienation?
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Que : Who wrote “The Great Expectations”?
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Que : What is the name of the novel written by Mary Shelley about a scientist who creates life?
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Que : Who wrote “Beloved”?
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Que : What is the title of the classic novel by Mark Twain about a boy and his adventures along the Mississippi River?
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Que : Who wrote “The Road”?
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Que : Who wrote “The Old Man and the Sea”?
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Que : What is the name of the novel by Aldous Huxley that explores a future dystopian society?
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Que : Who is the author of “The Bell Jar”?
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Que : What is the name of the book by J.R.R. Tolkien that features the character Gollum?
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Que : Who wrote “The Count of Monte Cristo”?
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Que : Who wrote “The Tale of Two Cities”?
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Que : What is the title of the novel that features the character Holden Caulfield?
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Que : Who is the author of “The Handmaid’s Tale”?
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Que : What is the name of the novel by J.K. Rowling that follows the adventures of Harry Potter’s earlier years?
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Que : Who wrote “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy”?
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Que : Who wrote “Murder on the Orient Express”?
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Que : What is the title of the novel by Emily Brontë about the moors and a tragic romance?
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Que : Who wrote “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland”?
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Que : What is the title of the book that features the character Atticus Finch?
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Que : Who is the author of “The Color Purple”?
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Que : What is the name of the book that describes the adventures of a young girl named Alice in a fantastical world?
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Que : Who wrote “The Great Gatsby”?
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Que : What is the title of the book by Victor Hugo that tells the story of a French convict named Jean Valjean?
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Que : Who wrote “The Invisible Man”?
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Que : What is the name of the novel that follows the story of a man who wakes up in a dystopian world with no memory?
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Que : Who wrote “The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes”?
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Que : Who wrote “The Outsiders”?
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Que : Who wrote “The Jungle Book”?
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Que : What is the title of the novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald that explores themes of wealth and social status?
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Que : Who wrote “The Da Vinci Code”?
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Que : What is the name of the novel by Ray Bradbury that describes a future where books are banned?
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Que : Who wrote “Slaughterhouse-Five”?
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Que : Who wrote “The Chronicles of Narnia”?
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Que : Who wrote “The Bell Jar”?
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Que : What is the title of the novel by Mary Shelley about a scientist who creates life?
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Que : Who wrote “Rebecca”?
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Que : What is the name of the novel by Margaret Atwood that explores a dystopian future?
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Que : Who wrote “The Handmaid’s Tale”?
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Que : What is the title of the book by Charles Dickens that features the character Ebenezer Scrooge?
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Que : What is the name of the book by J.K. Rowling that follows Harry Potter’s final battle against Voldemort?
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Que : Who wrote “The Lovely Bones”?
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Que : What is the title of the novel by J.R.R. Tolkien that follows the journey of a hobbit named Bilbo Baggins?
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Que : Who wrote “The Secret Garden”?
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Que : What is the name of the novel by George Orwell that features a society under constant surveillance?
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Que : Who wrote the novel “The Alchemist”?
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Que : What is the name of the famous novel by Leo Tolstoy about the Russian aristocracy?
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Que : Who is the author of “Catch-22”?
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Que : What novel by J.R.R. Tolkien tells the story of the journey to destroy the One Ring?
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Que : Who wrote “The Brothers Karamazov”?
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Que : What is the name of the dystopian novel by Ray Bradbury that describes a future where books are burned?
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Que : Who wrote “The Name of the Wind”?
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Que : What is the title of the novel by Jane Austen that deals with themes of social class and marriage?
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Que : Who is the author of “The Road”?
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Que : What is the name of the novel that follows the story of a young girl in the South during the Civil Rights era?
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Que : Who wrote “Middlemarch”?
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Que : What is the title of the novel by J.K. Rowling that focuses on Harry Potter’s final year at Hogwarts?
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Que : Who is the author of “Rebecca”?
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Que : What is the name of the classic novel by Charles Dickens about a young orphan named Pip?
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Que : Who wrote “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest”?
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Que : What is the title of the novel by J.D. Salinger that follows the life of a disaffected teenager?
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Que : Who wrote “Siddhartha”?
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Que : What is the name of the novel by Toni Morrison that deals with the legacy of slavery in America?
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Que : Who wrote “The Stranger”?
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Que : What is the title of the novel by John Steinbeck that features the Joad family’s migration during the Dust Bowl?
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Que : What is the name of the novel by Aldous Huxley that describes a future society focused on pleasure and control?
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Que : Who wrote “The Sound and the Fury”?
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Que : What is the title of the novel by Gabriel García Márquez that tells the story of the Buendía family?
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Que : Who wrote “The Invisible Man”?
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Que : What is the name of the classic novel by Mary Shelley that tells the story of a scientist who creates life?
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Que : Who wrote “The Catcher in the Rye”?
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Que : What is the title of the novel by Leo Tolstoy that explores the impact of the Napoleonic Wars on Russian society?
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Que : Who wrote “Brave New World”?
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Que : What is the name of the novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald that examines the American Dream and social stratification?
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Que : What is the title of the novel by Margaret Atwood that features a dystopian future where women are subjugated?
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Que : Who wrote “A Tale of Two Cities”?
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Que : What is the name of the novel by J.K. Rowling that features the magical adventures of a young wizard?
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Que : Who wrote “Slaughterhouse-Five”?
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Que : What is the title of the novel by J.R.R. Tolkien that follows the adventures of Bilbo Baggins?
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Que : Who wrote “Murder on the Orient Express”?
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Que : What is the name of the novel by Cormac McCarthy that explores a post-apocalyptic world?
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Que : What is the name of the novel by J.K. Rowling that features Harry Potter’s adventures in his final year at Hogwarts?
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Que : Who wrote “The Shining”?
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Que : Who wrote “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo”?
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Que : What is the name of the novel by George Orwell that explores a totalitarian regime?
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Que : Who wrote “The Handmaid’s Tale”?
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Que : What is the name of the classic novel by H.G. Wells about a scientist who becomes invisible?
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Que : Who wrote “The Color Purple”?
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Que : What is the title of the novel by J.K. Rowling that continues the adventures of Harry Potter and his friends?
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Que : Who wrote “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy”?
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Que : Who wrote “The Secret Garden”?
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Que : What is the title of the novel by Leo Tolstoy about the Russian aristocracy and the Napoleonic Wars?
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Que : Who wrote “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz”?
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Que : What is the name of the novel by Michael Ende that features a magical book and a young girl named Bastian?
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Que : Who wrote “The Silence of the Lambs”?
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Que : What is the name of the classic novel by Mary Shelley that explores themes of ambition and ethics?
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Que : What is the name of the novel by William Golding that depicts the descent into savagery of a group of boys stranded on an island?
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Que : What is the title of the novel by Virginia Woolf that explores the inner life of a woman in early 20th-century England?
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Que : What is the title of the novel by James Joyce that explores a single day in the life of Leopold Bloom?
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Que : What is the name of the novel by James Baldwin that explores racial tensions in America?
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These literature trivia questions highlight the diverse and impactful world of storytelling.
They remind us of the power of books and encourage us to explore more of the literary classics that have shaped our culture.
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