| Hint | Explanation | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|---|
| P. G. Wodehouse | 1923 | The Inimitable Jeeves | 78%
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| various anonymous authors | beginning c. 800 BCE (उपनिषद्) | The Upanishads | 67%
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| Jean-Jacques Rousseau | 1762 (Émile, ou De l’éducation) | Émile | 61%
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| Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin | 1880 (Господа Головлёвы) | The Golovlyov Family | 56%
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| William S. Burroughs | 1953 | Junkie | 44%
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| Prosper Mérimée | 1845 | Carmen | 39%
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| Denis Diderot | 1792 (La Religieuse) | Memoirs of a Nun | 28%
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| Olaudah Equiano | 1789 | The Interesting Narrative of the Life of _____ _____ | 28%
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| Henry James | 1897 | What Maisie Knew | 28%
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| Sheridan Le Fanu | 1872 | In a Glass Darkly | 22%
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| Robert W. Chambers | 1895 | The King in Yellow | 22%
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| Patrick White | 1955 | The Tree of Man | 22%
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| Mervyn Peake | 1959 | Titus Alone | 22%
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| Romain Gary | 1956 (Les Racines du ciel) | The Roots of Heaven | 17%
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| Noel Streatfeild | 1936 | Ballet Shoes | 11%
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| Nikolai Leskov | 1872 (Соборяне) | The Cathedral Folk | 11%
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| Michel Butor | 1957 (La Modification) | Second Thoughts | 6%
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| Arthur Machen | 1906 | The House of Souls | 6%
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| Isaac Babel | 1925 (История моей голубятни) | The Story of My Dovecote | 6%
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| E. F. Benson | 1974 | The Horror-Horn | 0%
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