Match the 21st Century Book with its Setting Quiz

Answer: London suburb

Rachel is "The Girl on the Train" and one of three narrators of the novel, which was written by Paula Hawkins and published in 2015. This thriller was an immediate best-seller and was translated into over a dozen languages.

Answer: Unnamed Latin American country

Ann Patchett wrote "Bel Canto", which means "beautiful singing", in 2001. In this story, a group of terrorists hold hostage a group of people attending a private party that featured a famous opera singer. The country is never named, though Patchett revealed in interviews that she was inspired by the real-life 1996 Japanese embassy hostage crisis that took place in Lima, Peru.

Answer: Chicago, including the Newberry Library

Henry Tamble is the dashing librarian of "The Time Traveler's Wife", a man with a genetic difference that causes him to jump around in time. This novel was written by Audrey Niffenegger, who has also made her home in the Windy City.

Answer: Sweden

Set in Sweden, "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" was written by author and journalist Stieg Larsson, who did not live long enough to enjoy the huge success of his books; "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo," as well as its sequels, was published posthumously. The first novel is a murder mystery that introduces the compelling, brilliant Lisbeth Salander.

Answer: Baltimore, Maryland

American writer Anne Tyler sets most of her stories in Baltimore, so it's no surprise that historical city is the setting for her 2001 novel "Back When We Were Grown-Ups". Centering on the life of an active, widowed grandmother trying to manage multiple branches of her family tree, the novel, Tyler's fifteenth, was well-received by critics.

Answer: Traveling circus

The setting of "Water for Elephants" is one that moves with the plot -- a circus train. When a young veterinarian student suddenly loses his loving parents, he impulsively joins a circus, where he falls in love with a beautiful acrobat. The 2006 novel by Sara Gruen was made into a movie in 2011 starring Reese Witherspoon and Robert Pattinson.

Answer: Paris, Westminster Abbey, Scotland

"The Da Vinci Code" burst onto the literary scene with a thrilling plot and a somewhat controversial portrayal of the Catholic Church. The story opens in Paris, where a curator at the Louvre is murdered. Visiting Harvard professor Robert Langdon and police cryptographer Sophie Neveu are put on the case, which takes to England and to Scotland. "The Da Vinci Code" was published in 2003 and was written by Dan Brown.

Answer: Mostly Missouri

"Gone Girl" is a thriller about Amy, a wife who abruptly disappears from her Missouri home which she shares with her husband, Nick. Although Amy's diary entries are set in New York, where the couple met and married, most of the action takes place around their not so happy home in North Carthage, Missouri.

Answer: Chatham Islands, Belgium, California....

"Cloud Atlas" follows multiple plot lines, each with its own setting and time period. They include the Chatham Islands off New Zealand; Bruges, Belgium; and a fictional city in California, among others. Published in 2004 and written by British author David Mitchell, "Cloud Atlas" was made into a film in 2012.

Answer: Kabul, Afghanistan

"The Kite Runner" is a powerful story that begins in Kabul, Afghanistan. It explores a number of themes, including class conflict, the power of family and friendship, and immigration to a new land. It was author Khaled Hosseini's first novel.