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Try your knowledge on our literature quiz. You have total 100 seconds to complete the quiz that is 10 seconds for each question. So answer these randomly chosen literature question as soon as possible because time is running out. All The Best [WpProQuiz 1] For more quiz click here. [WpProQuiz_toplist 1]

It's easy to guess the book after having a full description of the plot, or the name of a character. The books that really make an impact on us, however, are the ones that we can recognize from an extremely obscure hazy one-lined description. Take our quiz and test your knowledge on literature to find out if you have what it takes to figure out what book is being referred to! All The Best.   [WATU 2]

Test your literary knowledge with our opening lines quiz. “ It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.”– Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen classic . And who can forget the “Call Me Ishmael” beginning of Herman Melville’s maritime classic Moby Dick .  But can you remember the opening line from Kurt Vonnegut’s Breakfast of Champions ? Take our quiz and push your literary knowledge to its limit.  We have printed the opening sentences from 20 books, see if you can guess the title of each one. [os-widget path="/thebookishelf/opening-lines-quiz-by-the-bookish-elf" comments="false"]

Here is a small list of the most challenging books which gave me hard time to reach last page of the book. No matter how hard your heart wants to read these books till the end but at certain point your mind will take over the will of your heart and convince it to drop the book once and for all. These books will test your patience and control over your mind. Give yourself a round of applause if you’ve also made it through any of these books. And if you get it what was written or what you’ve read then you deserve a standing ovation. One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez (1967) What makes it challenging: Few family sagas stretch as wide as that of the Buendía clan - there are seven generations depicted here. As if that's not confusing enough, names are frequently repeated (basically ever character is named Aureliano). And oh yeah, try reading it in Spanish. Excerpt: "He sank into the rocking chair, the same one in which Rebecca had sat during the early days of...

Dan Brown Books are the best in mystery and conspiracy fiction.  Dan Brown, (born June 22, 1964, Exeter, New Hampshire , U.S.), American author who wrote well-researched novels that centred on secret organizations and had intricate plots. Here is a list of Books by Dan Brown . Choose your favorite book and also comment why do you like it most over other books by Dan Brown. [socialpoll id="2497426"]

J K Rowling, George Orwell, Vladimir Nabokov , E L James, Salman Rushdie or Arundhati Roy, There is a myriad list of the authors who landed in trouble or created controversies and banned, at the time of Book launch or after release, for writing down their unorthodox and free-spirited thoughts and stories which were far advanced of their time. Here is a list of books, you must add to your reading pile, which were declared scandalous or were banned either for talking about intimacy or portraying women as strong character or blasphemy and religious affiliation, but later they were embraced and announced as path-breaking literature. 1. The Harry Potter Series by J K Rowling J K Rowling’s fantasy world of witchcraft and wizardry for children, Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s stone - The first book of The Harry Potter Series, was landed in a controversy and criticized by many religious groups and parents for inspiring kids to try occult and witchcraft, taking them deep in the unwanted and ...

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To make a Book Club successful and growing, it is important to adhere certain rules and standards for behavior which prevents pointless arguments or even oblivious offences and helps to run Book Club more efficiently and smoothly. Most of the rules and standards are basic and common sense but it is necessary to remind rules frequently to all members of the club. It can be a diplomatic way to deal with one member who may be annoying other members or flouting certain rule and correct their behavior for future. Take some time when starting a book club to sit down and draw up a list of rules and standards of behavior which all starting members agree upon. It may seem a chore when all you want to do it get to the meaty literary discussions but it is well-worth the time and effort and will prevent a lot of time-wasting (and potential conflict) later from people arguing over how things should be done. Make sure that everyone is agreed on what is acceptable behavior within the club – tak...

Born: June 22, 1964, in Exeter, New Hampshire, US. Dan Brown’s books are paramount encounter of excitement and ecstasy for the fan of secrets, codes, symbols and conspiracies. The books are set in 24 hours period story that swallow up the mind, soul and heart of the readers completely. A musician by profession, Dan Brown switched to the vocation of writing full-time later on. However, his move was just the perfect one as he mastered the skill that thriller-based novels demanded and went on to become one of the most celebrated writers of the genre. In his writing career, Brown has come up with classic novels some of which are ‘ Angels & Demons ’, ‘ The Da Vinci Code ’, ‘ The Lost Symbol ’ and ‘ Inferno ’. Amusingly, all the aforementioned novels have the same protagonist, Robert Langdon, a Harvard symbology expert. Additionally, they share historical themes and Christianity as motifs. Most of his works have garnered immense positive response from the public and the critics. Also, h...