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This category is for fiction published in the 20th and 21st centuries. Quizzes are found under the names of the individual authors. Science Fiction and Mystery and Detective fiction have their own categories.
category Adams, Richard category Allende, Isabel
category Andrews, V.C. category Angelou, Maya
category Atwood, Margaret category Auel, Jean M.
category Barry, Dave category Binchy, Maeve
category Blackstock, Terri category Bradford, Barbara Taylor
category Burgess, Anthony category Capote, Truman
category Clancy, Tom category Collins, Jackie
category Cornwell, Bernard category Crichton, Michael
category Cussler, Clive category Dailey, Janet
category Dart, Iris Rainer category Davies, Robertson
category De Bernieres, Louis category DuMaurier, Daphne
category Elton, Ben category Fielding, Helen
category Fitzgerald, F. Scott category Follett, Ken
category Forster, E. M. category Forsyth, Frederick
category Fraser, George Macdonald category Giffin, Emily
category Golding, William category Grisham, John
category Haddon, Mark category Haley, Alex
category Hamilton, Laurell K. category Harris, Robert
category Harris, Thomas category Heller, Joseph
category Hemingway, Ernest category Herriot, James
category Irving, John category Jakes, John
category Jeffrey Archer category Johnstone, William W.
category Jonker, Joan category Kay, Susan
category Keyes, Marian category Kidd, Sue Monk
category Kingsolver, Barbara category Knowles, John
category Koontz, Dean category Lamb, Wally
category Le Carre, John category Lee, Harper
category Leroux, Gaston category Letts, Billie
category Marquez, Gabriel Garcia category McCafferty, Megan
category McCourt, Frank category McCullough, Colleen
category McEwan, Ian category Mitchell, Margaret
category Morrison, Toni category Nabokov, Vladimir
category Orwell, George category Palahniuk, Chuck
category Paton, Alan category Pendleton, Don
category Picoult, Jodi category Plath, Sylvia
category Potok, Chaim category Rand, Ayn
category Salinger, J. D. category Sebold, Alice
category Sheldon, Sidney category Sparks, Nicholas
category Steel, Danielle category Steinbeck, John
category Tartt, Donna folder The Beat Generation (2)
category Townsend, Sue category Tyler, Anne
category Vonnegut, Kurt category W.E.B. Griffin
category Weiner, Jennifer
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1 trivia quiz  Olympia Press icon
Olympia Press was a 1950s-1960s publishing house that published various controversial American and European books. Although many of its publications are considered simply pornographic, others are renowned as modern classics.
 Average 10Q
147 plays
 Jan 16 07
echomikeromeo
2 trivia quiz  The Beat Generation icon
In the early 1950's, a new movement called the "Beat Generation" was born. The Beat Generation writers told of everyday life and struggles. Their poetry and lifestyle became a springboard for a new stance on literature and social views.
 Average 10Q
315 plays
 May 13 03
wilco_usa
3 trivia quiz  Literature of the last 50 years
This quiz exclusively contains questions on American literature of the last 50 years
 Very Difficult 15Q
879 plays
 Apr 26 01
gnossos
4 trivia quiz  Very Recent Authors icon
As someone who works in a bookstore, I thought I deserved to do a quiz about this. And to those of you who shop in bookstores, please remember that just because you think a book is well known does not mean it is.
 Tough 15Q
744 plays
 Jun 30 01
SarahJC
5 trivia quiz  New-Age Writers are Great Fun icon
Yes, indeed they are!
 Tough 10Q
324 plays
 May 16 01
sweetwheat
6 trivia quiz  Fiction from the last 20 years (roughly!) icon
These are some questions based on my favourite recent novels. Some of them might be a bit random!
 Very Difficult 10Q
396 plays
 Sep 15 02
vh219
7 trivia quiz  Remo And Chiun icon
Some questions from the Destroyer series of books (by various authors).
 Very Difficult 15Q
153 plays
 Jun 01 00
awkins
8 trivia quiz  Contemporary Fiction
Questions about several different novels, all written in the Mid Eighties through current. Enjoy, and if there's anything here you haven't read, CHECK IT OUT!
 Impossible 10Q
537 plays
 Sep 24 00
curve66

Some sample questions from this category:

* Who is the 'Walt Disney' character who appears in a number of the books?
* Who is Remo's biological father?
* What singer was Chiun infatuated with?
* What is the name of the killer software?
* Who was Remo's fiancee before he was 'executed'?
* What is the name of Remo's daughter?
* Who was Remo's biological mother?
* What was the name of Chiun's son?
* What does CURE stand for?
* At what prison was Remo executed?
* Who or what is Rambo?
* At what orphanage was Remo left as a baby?
* In what book does 'Shiva' first make an appearance?
* What is the name of Robert Kiyosaki's first and best-known book in his series of wealth-creating books?
* A well-known book of 1991 by motivational speaker Tony (Anthony) Robbins shows us how to take control of our lives. What is this best-seller called?
* David Schwartz wrote a 1959 best-seller for getting the most out of your job, family life, marriage and community through having high aspirations. What is it called?
* What is the name of Norman Vincent Peale's most famous personal development/ motivational book, published in 1952 and one of the forerunners to the late 20th century surge in such books?
* One of my all-time favourites is a book by Stephen Covey that teaches skills for organising yourself and getting on with others. What is the name of the original book in what went on to become a series?
* Dale Carnegie's famous book was written over 50 years ago, and most people have heard its title. What is the name of this timeless self-development classic?
* Which author is best known for his ideas on lateral thinking and his concept of "the six thinking hats"?

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