| Hint | Explanation | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roald Dahl | 1961 | James and the Giant Peach | 98%
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| Thomas More | 1516 (Libellus vere aureus, nec minus salutaris quam festivus, de optimo rei publicae statu deque nova insula Utopia) | Utopia | 88%
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| P. G. Wodehouse | 1925 | Carry On, Jeeves | 86%
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| Charles Dickens | 1855-1857 (published serially) | Little Dorrit | 80%
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| Plato | c. 385 - 370 BCE | Symposium | 73%
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| Edmund Spenser | 1590 | The Faerie Queen | 57%
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| W. Somerset Maugham | 1944 | The Razor’s Edge | 51%
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| Carlos Fuentes | 1962 | The Death of Artemio Cruz | 45%
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| Arthur Golden | 1997 | Memoirs of a Geisha | 37%
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| Thornton Wilder | 1927 | The Bridge of San Luis Rey | 37%
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| Susanna Clarke | 2004 | Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell | 31%
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| Joy Kogawa | 1981 | Obasan | 31%
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| Gertrude Stein | 1909 | Three Lives | 31%
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| Peter Carey | 1988 | Oscar and Lucinda | 27%
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| P. D. James | 1992 | The Children of Men | 24%
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| Max Beerbohm | 1911 | Zuleika Dobson | 24%
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| Tobias Smollett | 1771 | The Expedition of Humphry Clinker | 22%
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| Gwendolyn Brooks | 1953 | Maud Martha | 20%
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| Beryl Markham | 1942 | West with the Night | 10%
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| Raymond Carver | 1982 | Where I’m Calling From | 8%
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