Can You Tell Us Who Wrote These Famous Novels?

By: Kennita Leon
Estimated Completion Time
4 min
Can You Tell Us Who Wrote These Famous Novels?
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About This Quiz

Books have no life, but they breathe life into the worlds that authors create. They're able to transport us to places we may have never imagined ourselves, tell us about things that have happened in the past and make predictions about what the world could possibly be like in the future. But more than that, these inanimate objects provide us with entertainment, relief, joy and even sadness - all with a hundred thousand or so words on some printed pages. 

And becoming a best-seller is no easy task. People's memories are short and humans tend to be fickle. So if a book becomes famous, it's because the author did something incredibly right. Today, we want to pay respect to some of the most talented writers during and before our time, and we'd like your help. We would like you to match the name of the popular book to the man or woman who wrote it.

So, we'll give you the name of the publication and maybe even a clue. It'll be your job to tell us the correct name of the person who brought the work of art to life. If you think you can do that, go ahead and start this quiz.  

Which author wrote "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone"?
Sidney Sheldon
Barbara Cartland
J.K. Rowling
Georges Simenon
Who penned "The Da Vinci Code"?
Dan Brown
Danielle Steel
Dr. Seuss
Corin Tellado
Who wrote about "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes," a collection of twelve shorts?
Jackie Collins
Arthur Conan Doyle
William Shakespeare
Eiichiro Oda

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Who wrote "To Kill A Mockingbird," a story about the Deep South?
R.L. Stine
Enid Blyton
Nora Roberts
Harper Lee
Which Brazilian author wrote "The Alchemist"?
James Patterson
Barbara Cartland
Paulo Coelho
Dean Koontz
"War and Peace" was written by a Russian author. But what was their name?
Leo Tolstoy
Danielle Steel
Georges Simenon
Gilbert Patten

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"The Fellowship of the Ring" was the first of an amazing fantasy trilogy. Who wrote it?
J. R. R. Tolkein
Sidney Sheldon
Corin Tellado
Dr. Seuss
Which Swedish author was responsible for "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo"?
Stieg Larsson
John Grisham
Eiichiro Oda
Stephen King
Can you name the author responsible for "Gone With the Wind"?
Enid Blyton
Margaret Mitchell
William Shakespeare
Jackie Collins

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Which of these people published "The Catcher in the Rye"?
Georges Simenon
Danielle Steel
J. D. Salinger
Barbara Cartland
"The Godfather" was a crime novel before it became a hit movie. Who wrote it?
Gilbert Patten
R. L. Stine
Dr. Seuss
Mario Puzo
Who got us all tied up in "Charlotte's Web"?
Corin Tellado
E. B. White
Nora Roberts
Sidney Sheldon

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Who is responsible for writing "Don Quixote," a classic Spanish novel?
Eiichiro Oda
Miguel de Cervantes
William Shakespeare
Dean Koontz
Who told the story of "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea"?
Danielle Steel
Enid Blyton
Georges Simenon
Jules Verne
Which author wrote the self-help book, "The Secret"?
Rhonda Byrne
Barbara Cartland
Dr. Seuss
Jackie Collins

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A French writer penned "The Little Prince." Who was he?
John Grisham
Antoine de Saint-Exupery
James Patterson
Dan Brown
Which English author immersed us into a crazy world in "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland"?
Gilbert Patten
Danielle Steel
William Shakespeare
Lewis Carroll
Which Colombian author gifted us with "One Hundred Years of Solitude"?
R. L. Stine
Corin Tellado
Sidney Sheldon
Gabriel Garcia Marquez

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Tell us who wrote "Anne of Green Gables"?
Nora Roberts
Enid Blyton
L. M. Montgomery
Georges Simenon
As popular as it was, this book was quite controversial. Who wrote "Lolita"?
Vladimir Nabokov
Eiichiro Oda
Dean Koontz
Stephen King
Which of these authors do you think wrote the children's book, "The Very Hungry Caterpillar"?
Danielle Steel
Dr. Seuss
Barbara Cartland
Eric Carle

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The same man responsible for "Oliver Twist" wrote "A Tale of Two Cities." Who was he?
William Shakespeare
Charles Dickens
Gilbert Patten
Jackie Collins
Which of these people is responsible for the dystopian book and series, "The Hunger Games"?
James Patterson
Georges Simenon
Suzanne Collins
John Grisham
Who told us of "The Grapes of Wrath," a story of a family starting fresh?
John Steinbeck
Enid Blyton
Sidney Sheldon
Corin Tellado

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Which of these authors wrote "The Outsiders"?
Stephen King
R. L. Stine
S. E. Hinton
Danielle Steel
Who wrote about Willy Wonka in the book "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory"?
Dr. Seuss
Barbara Cartland
Roald Dahl
William Shakespeare
"A Dance with Dragons" is the fifth book of the Song of Ice and Fire series. Who wrote it?
Eiichiro Oda
George R. R. Martin
Dean Koontz
Georges Simenon

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Who wrote "The Diary of a Young Girl," an autobiography of her time hiding from the Nazis?
Gilbert Patten
Jackie Collins
Nora Roberts
Anne Frank
Can you tell us the name of the person who penned "Dream of the Red Chamber," a semi-autobiography?
James Patterson
Sidney Sheldon
Cao Xueqin
John Grisham
"She: A History of Adventure" was written by which of these people?
H. Rider Haggard
Barbara Cartland
Enid Blyton
Danielle Steel

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Which famous author wrote "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn"?
William Shakespeare
R. L. Stine
Mark Twain
Georges Simenon
Who gave us "The Pillars of the Earth," set in the 12th century?
Ken Follett
Corin Tellado
Stephen King
Dean Koontz
Who wrote "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe" - a book that was subsequently turned into a movie?
Jackie Collins
Eiichiro Oda
Dr. Seuss
C. S. Lewis

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Who penned "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy"?
Sidney Sheldon
Douglas Adams
Enid Blyton
Gilbert Patten
Which of these authors wrote the children's book "Where the Wild Things Are"?
Danielle Steel
Barbara Cartland
Maurice Sendak
William Shakespeare