‘It was the worst of times…’ this may be the year we all want to forget but there have been some brilliant reads to see us through all the months of lockdowns and restrictions. Silver lining, and all that!
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What is the title of Barack Obama’s bestselling biography?
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A Promised Land
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Dreams of My Father
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In which decade does The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett begin?
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1950s
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1970s
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Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stewart won the Booker Prize this year. Which Scottish city is it set in?
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Glasgow
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Edinburgh
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Finish the title of the Kiley Reid best seller: Such a — Age
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Fun
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Great
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In American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins which border are Lydia and Luca trying to cross?
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US-Mexico
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US-Canada
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Which wonderful novel (my favourite of the year!) won the Women’s Prize for Fiction?
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Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell
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The Mirror and the Light by Hilary Mantel
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The Guest List by Lucy Foley is set on an island off which country?
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Ireland
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Greece
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Which bestselling children’s writer wrote The Ickabog?
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JK Rowling
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David Walliams
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In which country does The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by VE Schwab begin?
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France
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America
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Finish the title of the novel by Emily St John: The — Hotel
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Glass
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Dark
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Who wrote The Midnight Library?
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Matt Haig
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Mark Haddon
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Finish the title of Mary Trump’s book: Too Much and — Enough
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Never
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Not
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In The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins what is the Shakespearean name of the protagonist?
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Coriolanus
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Pericles
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The Pulitzer Prize winning The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead is set in which American state?
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Florida
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Illinois
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The Novel Prize for Literature was won by American Louise Glück. What genre does she write in?
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Poetry
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Feminist fiction
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What is the name of Abi Daré’s The Girl with the Louding Voice?
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Adunni
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Gifty
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Finish the title of Robert Kolker’s bestselling non-fiction book: — Valley Road
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Hidden
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Secret
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Who wrote The Book of Two Ways?
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Jodi Picoult
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Marian Keyes
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Finish the title of the award winning non-fiction book by Caroline Criado Perez that exposes the data bias in a world designed for men: — Women
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Invisible
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Forgotten
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What one word title was this year’s offering on Whitehouse shenanigans by Bob Woodward?
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Rage
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Fear
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