10 Questions about The Worldwide Wizards' Recommended Reads! | Literature

Answer: The Hunger Games

"The Hunger Games" is actually a trilogy, written by Suzanne Collins, and has been made into a bestselling film starring Jennifer Lawrence as the main character, Katniss Everdeen. In the story, Northern America has been split into twelve Districts, and a Capitol. Each year, The Capitol chooses one boy and one girl from each district to send into the arena.

The last one standing is pronounced the victor, and is set for life. The reason the games exist is that, years before, the Districts rebelled against the Capitol.

Answer: What Do You Say After You Say Hello?

"A Monetary History of the United States" was the shelf-bending tome by Milton Friedman which won him the Nobel Prize for Economics. "John Adams" was an excellent biography of America's first revolutionary and second president by David McCullough. (Note: It's the only biography I ever read that starts in the middle of someone's life rather than at the beginning or end.) "The Mystery of Edwin Drood" was Charles Dickens' last book and was fictional. "WDYSAYSH" was life-changing for me. I don't just recommend it, I URGE you to read it.

It starts off talking about Transactional Analysis, but it goes much much further than that. It's deep, powerful, painful, eye-opening, and in the end, liberating. Read it. Go now.

Answer: My Family and Other Animals

Gerald Durrell, a naturalist, is somewhat overshadowed as a writer by his older brother, Lawrence ("The Alexandria Quartet"), but I suspect he had a larger audience of faithful readers for his many books detailing his travels around the world as he collected animals for different zoos, including the one he eventually established on the Channel Island of Jersey. "A Zoo in My Luggage" was another one of his 40 plus books.

Answer: Through the Looking Glass

The full title is, of course, "Through the Looking Glass, And What Alice Found There". The first book written by Dodgson, better known as Lewis Carroll, about this heroine was "Alice's Adventures In Wonderland". It is widely believed that Dodgson was inspired to write both books by Alice Liddell, the daughter of his dean at Christ Church College.

Answer: Eleanor Roosevelt: A Life of Discovery

She championed civil rights, she was against the Japanese Internment, she fought against abuse of children and animals as well as drafting the UN Declaration on Human Rights.

Answer: Divergent

~SPOILER ALERT!~
Divergent is a book by Veronica Roth. The five factions are Dauntless, Abnegation, Erudite, Amity, and Candor. The protagonist of this series is Tris Prior. This book will undoubtedly captivate you with the views of Tris. Please do me a favor. Go read this book. It will be worth your while. ^_^

Answer: "Madame Bovary" by Gustave Flaubert

Published first in 1865, "Madame Bovary" is the story of Emma, the daughter of a well-to-do farmer. Emma is educated in a convent and reads romances, which make her long for a more exciting life. Bored with her marriage to Charles, a rather unsuccessful doctor, she has an affair first with her neighbor, Rodolphe Boulanger, and then with a young student, Leon Dupuis.

Answer: The Lord of the Rings

"The Lord of the Rings" was not actually written as a trilogy, but has six 'books,' plus prologues and appendices, published in three volumes in the 1950s. J.R.R. Tolkien's masterpiece about Middle-earth, with its hobbits and elves, dwarves and wizards, is consistently ranked as among the most popular books of the twentieth century.

Answer: When Pride Still Mattered

"When Pride Still Mattered" goes into great depth about legendary coach Vince Lombardi. The book covers not only Vince as a coach, but also his relationships with family, players and friends. This book reveals how some characteristics that Vince displayed may have made him a great coach, but caused personal strife in his life.

Answer: Contact

Carl Sagan was a leading cosmological scientist and science educator of his time. His works include "Pale Blue Dot", "Demon Haunted World", "Cosmos" and "Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors." He is well-known for hosting the original television series "Cosmos," which has recently been rebooted and is being hosted by Neil Degrasse Tyson.