Puzzles for readers
Original book trivia, word puzzles, and character challenges for readers who like a little resistance between chapters.
Warm-up
These nine tiles rearrange into a novel published in 1897.
Bram Stoker, published in 1897 and told through letters, diary entries, and newspaper clippings.
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Pick of the week
Fifteen classic novels and the places that define them, from the Yorkshire moors to the deck of a whaling ship, presented as numbered clue cards you can check one at a time.
Checkable facts, first lines, and settings. Answers arrive with the reason attached.
Fifteen real opening lines from novels old enough to be in the public domain. Some are instantly recognizable; a few hide a famous title behind an unremarkable first sentence.
Fifteen classic novels and the places that define them, from the Yorkshire moors to the deck of a whaling ship, presented as numbered clue cards you can check one at a time.
Letters only. Nothing to look up, everything to rearrange.
Fifteen classic titles with every letter still present, just rearranged within each word. Word-length patterns are given so you know…
Difficulty: EasyFifteen anagrams built from author names and literary figures. Every scrambled phrase uses exactly the same letters as the answer…
Difficulty: HardFifteen classic titles hidden in a fifteen-by-fifteen grid, running in any of eight directions. Built to print cleanly if you'd…
Difficulty: MediumClue-led puzzles about who wrote it and who lived in it.
Fifteen classic works and the authors who wrote them, including a few pairings that are trickier than they first look.
Twelve classic characters, three clues each, arranged from hardest to easiest. Guess after the first clue if you dare, or wait for all three.
Five readers, five novels, five nights, five bookmark colors. Thirteen clues, one verified unique solution, and a worked first step if you get stuck.
Three questions
Three short questions about books whose copyright has long since expired. Open each panel to check yourself. Nothing is scored and nothing is recorded.
Which novel opens on the Yorkshire moors with a tenant calling on his landlord?
Emily Bronte published it in 1847 under the pen name Ellis Bell. The narrator Lockwood is the tenant.
Which author used the pen name Currer Bell?
Jane Eyre appeared in 1847 as the work of Currer Bell. Her sisters used Ellis Bell and Acton Bell.
Under what title was Moby-Dick first published in Britain in 1851?
The London edition came out first, in three volumes, as The Whale. The New York edition followed weeks later as Moby-Dick; or, The Whale.
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