| Hint | Explanation | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|---|
| J. K. Rowling | 2007 | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows | 100%
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| William Shakespeare | c. 1603 | Othello | 100%
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| Charles Dickens | 1843 | A Christmas Carol | 98%
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| Judy Blume | 1970 | Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret | 80%
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| Gustave Flaubert | 1881 (unfinished) | Bouvard et Pécuchet | 76%
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| J. D. Salinger | 1961 | Franny and Zooey | 59%
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| anonymous | c. 1200 | The Nibelungenlied | 46%
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| Iain Banks | 1984 | The Wasp Factory | 46%
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| Willa Cather | 1927 | Death Comes for the Archbishop | 41%
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| Dashiell Hammett | 1929 | Red Harvest | 34%
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| Federico García Lorca | 1928 (Romancero gitano) | Gypsy Ballads | 32%
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| Anthony Trollope | 1875 | The Way We Live Now | 32%
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| Wallace Stegner | 1971 | Angle of Repose | 29%
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| Rosamunde Pilcher | 1987 | The Shell Seekers | 29%
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| William Faulkner | 1931 | Sanctuary | 24%
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| Mario Vargas Llosa | 2000 | The Feast of the Goat | 24%
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| Dorothy L. Sayers | 1935 | Gaudy Night | 22%
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| Comte de Lautrémont | 1868-1869 (Les Chants de Maldoror) | The Songs of Maldoror | 22%
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| J. G. Farrell | 1973 | The Siege of Krishnapur | 15%
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| Pär Lagerkvist | 1950 | Barabbas | 12%
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