Books by Plot

Guess these legendary (most of them, at least) novels by their plot outlines. Have fun!
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A British expedition led by a big game hunter embarks on a journey to an uncharted region of Africa to find the expedition member's brother.
King Solomon's Mines
In preparation of a ball for the souls confined to Hell, Satan and his troupe arrive in Stalinist Moscow, turning the lives of every person they encounter upside down.
The Master and Margarita
The experiences of a World War I ambulance driver during the Italian campaign.
A Farewell to Arms
In 19th century France, a wrongfully convicted man escapes prison years later to take revenge on the conspirators who caused his imprisonment.
The Count of Monte Cristo
A nobleman who's read nothing but romances about knights all his life embarks on a quest with his faithful squire (his overweight servant) to win the heart of a princess (an unattractive peasant woman) by slaying "dragons" (windmills).
Don Quixote
1930s British Burma. An ivory merchant attempts to save his Indian friend from prison by making him a member of an all-white club.
Burmese Days
While aiming to meet his father in his hometown, the hero instead finds himself in an abandoned city haunted by spirits.
Pedro Páramo
In a dystopian future, a hacker enters an alliance with a female mercenary and a war veteran who ask for his services in exchange for surgical procedures necessary to fulfil his dream - entering cyberspace.
Neuromancer
An LA private detective attempts to solve a case involving a frivolous young woman, her more cunning older sister and a dirty book racket.
The Big Sleep
A castaway is rescued and taken to an island where he encounters a mad scientist who's creating human-cat hybrids.
The Island of Dr. Moreau
In the early 1900s Chicago, a Lithuanian immigrant tries to expose the corruption and worker abuse in the meat-packing industry.
The Jungle
An impoverished student kills his greedy loan shark out of revenge and desperation; afterwards, he is wracked with guilt and torn between confessing and suffering consequences or protecting himself from possible life in prison.
Crime and Punishment
1960s Tulsa, Oklahoma; a conflict between the greaser and soc subcultures reaches its peak while two of the greasers try to evade the police after one of them kills a soc in self-defense.
The Outsiders
An seemingly inconspicuous boy playing computer games turns out to be humanity's possible savior and the key to preventing its destruction.
Ender's Game
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