Books I Wish to Read Trivia Quiz

Answer: Sandford, John

John Sandford began writing the Prey series in 1989. In 2015, the 25th in the series, "Gathering Prey", was released. The series follows a police detective from Minnesota named Lucas Davenport. If you are interested in murder and crime novels, I suggest you add this series to your reading list as well.

Answer: Uglies

Scott Westerfeld wrote the "Uglies" series from 2005-2007. It began with "Uglies" in 2005, and it was followed by "Pretties", "Specials", and finally with "Extras". The story follows Tally Youngblood who rebels against a world where everyone becomes "pretty" at 16 due to cosmetic surgery. I won't tell you any more about the book, because I wish to read the series and don't want to spoil anything for myself either.

Answer: Robb, J.D.

Eleanor Robertson has written dozens and dozens, even hundreds, of books in her lifetime. However, not all of these books have been written using the same name. For the "In Death" series, Nora Roberts decided to use the pseudonym of J. D. Robb. "In Death" follows the New York City Police and Security Department lieutenant Eve Dallas (as well as her husband Roarke) as they solve murders and do other police work.

In 2014, the 49th novel was published, and at the time, Roberts/Robb made a famous statement that the series would continue to be written until she was tired of it, at which point it would end with Eve's pregnancy.

The series would never feature one of her children, as the pregnancy would be the finale of the series.

Answer: Run for Your Life

"Run For Your Life", though a Patterson novel, is not one from the "Alex Cross" series. "Along Came a Spider" was the first book in the very successful series, and it was published in 1993. The book was also adapted into a film starring Morgan Freeman as Alex Cross.

The series has continued; the 20th novel was released in 2013. Interestingly, nearly every single one of the novels in this series has made it to the bestsellers' list.

Answer: Eragon

"Eragon" was first published in 2002 by Paolini's parent's publishing company, and in 2003 it was republished by another company. Interestingly enough, Paolini was only 18 when his novel was first published, and he had started writing it when he graduated from high school at 15. Now, as I was researching the novel to write this without giving myself any spoilers, I discovered something that I had never known before; Eragon isn't actually the name of the dragon. Eragon is a farm boy, and his dragon is named Saphira.

Answer: N is for Napalm

In 1998, Sue Grafton released her "N" novel (the fourteenth in the series), but it was actually entitled "N is for Noose". The mystery series began in 1982 with the release of "A is for Alibi". At the time in the series, Kinsey Millhone was 32; she was 38 when "V is for Vengeance" was released in 2011. I found this aging interesting because she was, according to the novels, born in 1950, which does indeed place her age to 32 when the first novel was released.

However, though the first novel was in "real time", Kinsey Millhone apparently lived a lot slower than the rest of us, because 19 years later, only six years had passed.

Answer: DuPrau, Jeanne

Jeanne DuPrau released the first novel in the "City of Ember" series in 2003; it was simply called "The City of Ember". The second book was "The People of Sparks", and this was followed by "The Prophet of Yonwood". The 2008 novel "The Diamond of Darkhold" concluded the series.

As I am a fan of post-apocalyptic literature, this is a series that interests me. "The City of Ember" is about an underground city that is running out of power and supplies. The main characters in the book find and decode clues to lead them out of the city - clues left by the original builders of the underground world.

Answer: Espionage

"The Bourne Identity" was published by Robert Ludlum in 1980, and it was the first in the original trilogy featuring Jason Bourne. It was also adapted into a film starring Matt Damon, who also portrayed Jason Bourne in the two sequels also based on Ludlum's original trilogy ("The Bourne Supremacy" and "The Bourne Ultimatum").

In 2004, Eric Van Lustbader took over the series when he released "The Bourne Legacy". Jeremy Renner starred in the film adaptation, though the movie barely followed the book, not even centering itself on Jason Bourne (it, essentially, just used the name of the novel for the film).

Answer: Rescue, The

"The Rescue" was released in 2000, and debuted at number two on the New York Times Best Sellers list (it reached the top position the very next week). Though the book met with such success, it was not adapted into a film. "The Notebook", "The Best of Me", and "The Lucky One", however, were all adapted into films.

Answer: Surrender

"Surrender" was released in 2005 by Sonya Hartnett. The story is narrated by Gabriel, a twenty-year-old man who is dying, and also by his only friend, a homeless boy named Finnigan. In the novel, Gabriel looks back on his short life, but when arson attacks begin, he realizing how dangerous Finnigan is, and, according to the author's summary, 'only the most extreme measures will rid Gabriel of him for good'.

Gabriel's only other friend is his dog, Surrender, which, as I have yet to read this book, I can only assume is the namesake of the novel.