Literature

Put the seven Harry Potter novels in reading order, from the Philosopher's Stone, first published in 1997, to the Deathly Hallows.

Put them in order / 7 to sort

Name all 27 books of the New Testament, from Matthew to Revelation. Each one drops into its group: Gospels, Acts, letters or Revelation.

Type them all / 27 answers

Name the six completed novels of Jane Austen, from Sense and Sensibility in 1811 to Northanger Abbey and Persuasion. Type them in any order.

Type them all / 6 answers

Fourteen famous first lines from classic novels. Read the opening sentence and pick the book it begins, from Moby-Dick to The Great Gatsby.

Pick the answer / 14 questions

Give the Roman name of each of the twelve Olympian gods: Zeus is Jupiter, Hera is Juno. Ten more to go, and one of them kept his name.

Type them all / 12 answers

Name all 46 books of the Old Testament as found in the Catholic Bible, from Genesis to Malachi. Each one drops into its group as you type.

Type them all / 46 answers

Put ten of J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-earth books in order of publication, from The Hobbit in 1937 through The Lord of the Rings to The Fall of Gondolin.

Put them in order / 10 to sort

Name every winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature from 1980 to 2025, Czesław Miłosz to László Krasznahorkai. Surnames are enough.

Type them all / 46 answers

Who wrote The Secret Garden, Heidi or The Wind in the Willows? Sixteen classic children's books: pick the author of each one.

Pick the answer / 16 questions

Name the author of every Booker Prize winning novel from 1969 to 2025. The year and the winning book are shown; surnames are enough.

Type them all / 60 answers

A novel's title appears one word at a time. Complete, or more to come? Ten Booker and Pulitzer winners a round, with three lives.

Longer or stop / 10 titles

Name all 64 Stephen King novels, from Carrie in 1974 to Never Flinch in 2025, the Richard Bachman books included, with the month of each beside its blank.

Type them all / 64 answers

Name the author of every Pulitzer Prize for Fiction winner from 1980 to 2026. The year and the winning book are shown; surnames are enough.

Type them all / 47 answers

Who was George Orwell really, and who hid behind Robert Galbraith? Eight questions on famous authors and the pen names they wrote under.

Pick the answer / 8 questions

Thirteen famous first sentences, from Call me Ishmael to the best of times. Read the line and click the novel it opens.

Pick the match / 13 to match

Name all 33 Hercule Poirot novels by Agatha Christie, from The Mysterious Affair at Styles in 1920 to Curtain in 1975. Each drops into its decade.

Type them all / 33 answers

Three characters, one play. Pick the Shakespeare play that Benvolio, Tybalt and Mercutio, or Regan, Kent and Oswald, all speak in. Ten plays a round.

Pick the match / 10 to match

Nine statements about books and authors, one line of three truths. Find the winning line on six boards of prize winners, classics and myths.

Tic tac trivia / 6 boards

In 2003 the BBC's Big Read asked Britain for its best loved novel. Name the 21 that topped the poll; the place and the author of each are shown.

Type them all / 21 answers

Name all 41 Discworld novels by Terry Pratchett, from The Colour of Magic to The Shepherd's Crown. Each drops into its place in the order.

Type them all / 41 answers

Zeus became Jupiter and Hera became Juno. A Greek god appears and you click the Roman name for the same god, eleven in all.

Pick the match / 11 to match

Murder, Murder on, Murder on the: an Agatha Christie title grows one word at a time. Say when it is complete. Ten novels a round.

Longer or stop / 10 titles

Who's there? The first line spoken in a Shakespeare play appears; pick the play it opens. Ten openings a round, from Hamlet to Henry V.

Pick the match / 10 to match

Name the nine Sherlock Holmes books by Arthur Conan Doyle: the four novels and the five collections of short stories.

Type them all / 9 answers

Name all seven novels written by Charlotte, Emily and Anne Brontë. Each title drops under the sister who wrote it, from Jane Eyre to Agnes Grey.

Type them all / 7 answers

Name the author of every Hugo Award for Best Novel winner from 1953 to 2026. The year and the winning novel are shown; surnames are enough.

Type them all / 75 answers

Thirty six novels, three authors. Sort every title into the right box: Stephen King, Agatha Christie or Terry Pratchett. A wrong drop is marked.

Sort into groups / 36 to sort

Name all twelve Miss Marple novels by Agatha Christie, from The Murder at the Vicarage in 1930 to Sleeping Murder in 1976, in any order.

Type them all / 12 answers

Name the author of every Newbery Medal winner from 1922 to 2026. The year and the winning book are shown; surnames are enough.

Type them all / 105 answers

An Agatha Christie novel appears: is it a Hercule Poirot case or a Miss Marple one? Fifteen titles a round from the 45 novels the two detectives share.

Sort into groups / 15 to sort

Name the illustrator of every Caldecott Medal winner from 1938 to 2026. The year and the winning book are shown; surnames are enough.

Type them all / 89 answers

Four facts, one Hugo winner. Each prompt gives a decade and three more clues; pick the only winning novel on the list that fits them all.

Pick the match / 10 to match

One word is missing from each novel title. Pick it from the bank of 15 words before the clock runs out. A miss shows the full title.

Pick the match / 15 to match

28 Shakespeare characters, four comedies. Sort each one into the play they speak in: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Twelfth Night, Much Ado About Nothing, As You Li

Sort into groups / 28 to sort

28 Shakespeare characters, four tragedies. Sort each one into the play they speak in: Hamlet, Macbeth, Othello, King Lear.

Sort into groups / 28 to sort

Was it the 1970s or the 2010s? Sort twelve Stephen King novels a round into the decade each was published, from Carrie's 1970s to the 2020s.

Sort into groups / 12 to sort

A novel from the BBC's Big Read top 100 appears with its place in the poll. Pick the author from the bank. Twelve novels a round.

Pick the match / 12 to match

Four facts, one Newbery winner. Each prompt gives a decade and three more clues; pick the only winning book on the list that fits them all.

Pick the match / 10 to match

Click the 8 characters who speak in A Midsummer Night's Dream and leave the 8 from other Shakespeare plays alone. One wrong click ends the game.

Click the grid / 8 to click

Four facts, one Caldecott winner. Each prompt gives a decade and three more clues; pick the only winning book on the list that fits them all.

Pick the match / 10 to match

Sixteen children's classics, from Peter Pan to Little Women. A book appears and you click its author in the bank, against the clock.

Pick the match / 16 to match

Click the 8 characters who speak in Hamlet and leave the 8 from other Shakespeare plays alone. One wrong click ends the game.

Click the grid / 8 to click

A Hugo Award for Best Novel winner appears with its year. Pick its author from the bank. 12 winners a round, drawn from 1953 to 2026.

Pick the match / 12 to match

Click the 8 characters who speak in King Lear and leave the 8 from other Shakespeare plays alone. One wrong click ends the game.

Click the grid / 8 to click

Click the 8 characters who speak in Macbeth and leave the 8 from other Shakespeare plays alone. One wrong click ends the game.

Click the grid / 8 to click

Click the 7 characters who speak in Othello and leave the 8 from other Shakespeare plays alone. One wrong click ends the game.

Click the grid / 7 to click

Click the 8 characters who speak in Romeo and Juliet and leave the 8 from other Shakespeare plays alone. One wrong click ends the game.

Click the grid / 8 to click

One word is missing from each of 15 Stephen King novels titles. Pick it from the bank before the clock runs out. A miss shows the full title.

Pick the match / 15 to match

Click the 8 characters who speak in The Tempest and leave the 8 from other Shakespeare plays alone. One wrong click ends the game.

Click the grid / 8 to click

Click the 8 characters who speak in Twelfth Night and leave the 8 from other Shakespeare plays alone. One wrong click ends the game.

Click the grid / 8 to click

A Newbery Medal winner appears with its year. Pick its author from the bank. 12 winners a round, drawn from 1922 to 2026.

Pick the match / 12 to match

Put the ten best loved novels of the BBC's Big Read in the order Britain voted them, from The Lord of the Rings at number one down to number ten.

Put them in order / 10 to sort

A Caldecott Medal winner appears with its year. Pick its illustrator from the bank. 12 winners a round, drawn from 1938 to 2026.

Pick the match / 12 to match

Click all 41 Discworld novels in the order they were published, oldest first. The buttons sit in A to Z order, and one wrong click ends the run.

Click the grid / 41 to click

Name the author of every Women's Prize for Fiction winner from 1996 to 2026. The year and the winning novel are shown; surnames are enough.

Type them all / 31 answers

Name the nine Muses of Greek mythology, the daughters of Zeus who inspire song and poetry, as the poet Hesiod listed them.

Type them all / 9 answers

6 groups that need 6, 5, 4, 3, 2 and 1 picks, all from one bank of 21. A wrong pick costs that group a slot.

Pick for each group / 21 to pick

Put the eight Cormoran Strike crime novels by Robert Galbraith in order of publication, from The Cuckoo's Calling in 2013 to The Hallmarked Man.

Put them in order / 8 to sort

One word is missing from each of 15 Discworld novels titles. Pick it from the bank before the clock runs out. A miss shows the full title.

Pick the match / 15 to match

In which decade did it win the Hugo Award for Best Novel? Sort 12 winners a round into 8 decades, from the 1950s to the 2020s.

Sort into groups / 12 to sort

Name the 20 books that people most often tried to have removed from American libraries and schools from 2010 to 2019. The author of each is shown.

Type them all / 20 answers

Which book is the story in? Sort twelve Sherlock Holmes short stories a round into the five collections, from the Adventures to the Case-Book.

Sort into groups / 12 to sort

In which decade did it win the Newbery Medal? Sort 12 winners a round into 11 decades, from the 1920s to the 2020s.

Sort into groups / 12 to sort

Name a Nobel Prize in Literature laureate for every prize from 1901 to 1979, Sully Prudhomme to Odysseus Elytis. Surnames are enough.

Type them all / 72 answers

In which decade did it win the Caldecott Medal? Sort 12 winners a round into 10 decades, from the 1930s to the 2020s.

Sort into groups / 12 to sort

Twelve Miss Marple novels, one minute. Type the titles in any order, five seconds a book, from The Murder at the Vicarage to Sleeping Murder.

Type them all / 12 answers

Name all 25 US Poets Laureate, from Robert Penn Warren in 1986 to Arthur Sze, appointed in 2025. The years of each term are shown.

Type them all / 25 answers

A Women's Prize for Fiction winner appears with its year. Pick its author from the bank. 12 winners a round, drawn from 1996 to 2026.

Pick the match / 12 to match

Click the twelve stories of The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and leave the twelve from later collections alone. One wrong click ends the game.

Click the grid / 12 to click

A Booker Prize winning novel appears with its year. Click the author in the bank. Fifteen books a round from the full list of winners.

Pick the match / 15 to match

Seven novels, three sisters. A Brontë novel appears and you click the sister who wrote it: Charlotte, Emily or Anne.

Sort into groups / 7 to sort

A book from the 50 most challenged of 2010 to 2019 appears. Pick its author from the bank. Twelve books a round, from Brave New World to Captain Underpants.

Pick the match / 12 to match

Name the author of every Pulitzer Prize for Poetry winner from 1922 to 2026. The year and the winning collection are shown; surnames are enough.

Type them all / 104 answers

7 groups that need 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2 and 1 picks, all from one bank of 28. A wrong pick costs that group a slot.

Pick for each group / 28 to pick

A Pulitzer Prize winning novel appears with its year. Click its author in the bank. Fifteen books a round from the winners since 1980.

Pick the match / 15 to match

20 words from 5 novel titles, all mixed up. Swap the tiles until every title reads correctly from its first word to its last.

Match the labels / 20 to place

In which decade did it win the Women's Prize for Fiction? Sort 12 winners a round into 4 decades, from the 1990s to the 2020s.

Sort into groups / 12 to sort

A Pulitzer Prize for Poetry winner appears with its year. Pick its author from the bank. 12 winners a round, drawn from 1922 to 2026.

Pick the match / 12 to match

Forty six books, five sections. A book of the Old Testament appears and you click its section, from the Pentateuch to the prophets.

Sort into groups / 20 to sort

In which decade did it win the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry? Sort 12 winners a round into 11 decades, from the 1920s to the 2020s.

Sort into groups / 12 to sort