| Hint | Explanation | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|---|
| J. K. Rowling | 2003 | Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix | 97%
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| Frederick Forsyth | 1971 | The Day of the Jackal | 66%
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| John Buchan | 1915 | The Thirty-Nine Steps | 56%
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| Ryūnosuke Akutagawa | 1915 (羅生門) | Rashōmon | 48%
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| Graham Greene | 1940 | The Power and the Glory | 48%
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| Jean Racine | 1677 | Phèdre | 44%
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| Sigrid Undset | 1920-1922 | Kristin Lavransdatter | 42%
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| Orhan Pamuk | 1998 (Benim Adım Kırmızı) | My Name Is Red | 34%
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| Nathanael West | 1939 | The Day of the Locust | 31%
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| Vladimir Nabokov | 1969 | Ada or Ardor | 26%
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| Colm Tóibín | 2004 | The Master | 24%
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| Dorothy L. Sayers | 1934 | The Nine Tailors | 24%
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| André Malraux | 1933 (La Condition humaine) | Man’s Fate | 23%
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| Dino Buzzati | 1940 (Il deserto dei Tartari) | The Tartar Steppe | 21%
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| Yevgeny Zamyatin | 1924 (Мы) | We | 19%
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| anonymous | 1554 (La vida de Lazarillo de Tormes y de sus fortunas y adversidades) | The Life of Lazarillo de Tormes and of His Fortunes and Adversities | 18%
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| William James | 1907 | Pragmatism | 15%
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| João Guimarães Rosa | 1956 (Grande Sertão: Veredas) | The Devil to Pay in the Backlands | 11%
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| Eudora Welty | 1941 | The Petrified Man | 10%
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| Guillermo Cabrera Infante | 1967 (Tres tristes tigres) | Three Trapped Tigers | 6%
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