| Hint | Explanation | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moll Flanders | 1722 | Daniel Defoe | 83%
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| Tarzan of the Apes | 1912 | Edgar Rice Burroughs | 82%
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| The Maltese Falcon | 1930 | Dashiell Hammett | 76%
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| I Ching | late 9th century BCE | anonymous | 67%
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| The Poisonwood Bible | 1998 | Barbara Kingsolver | 65%
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| The Red Badge of Courage | 1895 | Stephen Crane | 59%
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| Possession | 1990 | A. S. Byatt | 50%
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| A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius | 2000 | Dave Eggers | 48%
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| The Persians | 472 BCE | Aeschylus | 47%
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| Philoctetes | 409 BCE | Sophocles | 39%
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| The Frontier in American History | 1920 | Frederick Jackson Turner | 35%
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| The Omnivore's Dilemma | 2006 | Michael Pollan | 33%
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| The Killer Angels | 1974 | Michael Shaara | 33%
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| A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier | 2007 | Ishmael Beah | 27%
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| Up in the Old Hotel | 1992 | Joseph Mitchell | 26%
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| Nature and Destiny of Man: A Christian Interpretation | 1943 | Reinhold Niebuhr | 26%
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| In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex | 2000 | Nathaniel Philbrick | 21%
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| Aspasia | 1834 | Giacomo Leopardi | 17%
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| Common Ground: A Turbulent Decade in the Lives of Three American Families | 1985 | J. Anthony Lukas | 17%
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| Main Currents in American Thought | 1927 | Vernon L. Parrington | 15%
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