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Literature by Letter - H

Can you identify these answers related to literature that start with the letter H?
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First submittedOctober 29, 2016
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Shakespearean tragedy about something rotten in the state of Denmark
Hamlet
Author of "The Sun Also Rises" and "A Farewell to Arms"
Ernest Hemingway
Hogwarts student, last name Granger
Hermione
Author of "The Scarlet Letter"
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Author of "Tess of the d'Urbervilles" and "Jude the Obscure"
Thomas Hardy
Third novel featuring Sherlock Holmes
Hound of the
Baskervilles, the
Book in which the Earth is demolished to make way for a hyperspace expressway
Hitchhiker's Guide to the
Galaxy, the
Japanese poem with seventeen syllables
Haiku
Unreliable narrator of the book "Lolita"
Humbert Humbert
Novella in which Marlow voyages up the Congo River, meeting an
ivory trader named Kurtz
Heart of Darkness
Blind bard credited with creating "The Iliad" and "The Odyssey"
Homer
Meter in which the above works were written, it has six lyrical "feet"
Dactylic hexameter
Greek who was known as "The Father of History"
Herodotus
Trilogy about teenage tributes who must fight to the death
Hunger Games, the
Dr. Jekyll's criminal alter-ego
Mr. Hyde
Two different words that sound the same such as "knight" and "night"
Homophone
Prominent award given for works of science fiction or fantasy
Hugo Award
Hamlet haunted by the Headless Horseman
Sleepy Hollow
Short story writer known for surprise endings
O. Henry
Author of "The Kite Runner"
Khaled Hosseini
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16 Comments
AlejandroAP
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Level 87
Dec 21, 2016
Nice quiz!
MayaB
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Level 73
Jan 12, 2017
I *love* O. Henry, but I would've never come to him as an answer in an H-answers-quiz. I've always thought that the O is separated with an apostrophe from the name and I've seen it written like this on multiple book covers. *The more you know...*
MayaB
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Level 73
Jan 12, 2017
Oh, and I love the series! Great idea and execution! :)
Kestrana
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Level 59
Jan 13, 2017
Thanks, glad you're enjoying them :)
Ian1979
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Level 71
Apr 27, 2017
Yes, I agree. A lovely series and very enjoyable.
jamesd
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Level 67
Feb 2, 2017
Why does Khaled Hosseini break with the pattern of using last names? I just read the kite runner, it's an interesting book and I was certainly glad to see it in a literature quiz, but the clue should at least add (first name). Everywhere else on jetpunk and in these literature quizzes, it is family name unless stated otherwise.
Quizmaster
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Level ∞
Feb 3, 2017
I'm not sure what the complaint is. Hosseini (starting with H) is his family name.
ColoHarpare
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Level 49
Mar 4, 2017
I suspect the comment refers to name reversal, or whatever you might call it. In some countries, the family name comes first, followed by the personal name. But that's not the case here.
Yossarian
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Level 62
Apr 11, 2017
Spelling leniency for Hosseini, given that we can't all transliterate Persian accurately?
YantheMan
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Level 66
Apr 11, 2017
I remembered that the Greek 'Father of History" was Hero... something something, but I could not remember what the rest was. Also, if you haven't read the Handmaid's Tale, do so now.
Jango
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Level 63
Sep 6, 2021
Really good to see Hosseini on here. The Kite Runner is a wonderful book; A Thousand Splendid Suns even more so. And especially now, when history is repeating itself
MicrosoftEdge
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Level 88
May 11, 2026
There is a typo. Ivory trader*
cornflakesfu
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Level 90
May 12, 2026
"Short story writer known for surprise endings"

I once read a book short stories by this author, and the funny thing is that after about 10 or so of them, the endings really aren't surprises anymore . . .

Alexquiz17
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Level 95
May 12, 2026
There’s no direct evidence that anyone named Homer ever existed, never mind that he was blind…
Quizmaster
+1
Level ∞
May 12, 2026
Yeah, everyone knows that.
mf3
+2
Level 90
May 13, 2026
I think homonym should be accepted for homophone. In fact I think it's an even better answer.
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