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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"]

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"]

On account of certain content  within the pages of book, some book were stumbled in controversies or banned or censored. The common reasons behind banning or censoring certain books are: Racial Theme or Dialogues: The books with a story or dialogue that can encourage racism towards one or more group of people. Example:  The Adventure of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain, Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell Encouragement to Destruct Lifestyle: Some books encourage lifestyle choices that are not standard or could be threatening or destructive. This include Drug use, Co-habitation without marriage or Homosexuality. Example: The Perks of being Wallflower by Stephen chboski. Blasphemous Subject: The book, with subject that is sacrilegious against god or sacred things, had often attracted controversies. Example: Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, Mobi Dick by Herman Melville, The Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie. Intimacy Issues: Many Books with content of sexual situation or dialog were ba...

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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