+10 Best American Novel Trivia and Quizzes in United States

"Call me Ishmael" is the famous opening line of which novel?

Which of these novels was written by American author Ernest Hemingway?

In the poem by Edgar Allan Poe, what did the raven say?

What is Mark Twain considered the father of?

For which book is American author Jack Kerouac most known?

Herman Melville wrote which famous oceanic novel?

Which American author wrote "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn"?

Who wrote the short Gothic horror story "The Tell-Tale Heart"?

Which of the following was a key American writer of the 20th century?

Which American author famously lived in a cabin in the woods?

The Starbucks coffee chain took its name from what classic novel?

Which of these authors is known as the "Father of American Poetry"?

What NFL team is named after a poem by Edgar Allan Poe?

Which of these famous authors wrote The Murders in the Rue Morgue?

Hester Prynne is the main character in which Hawthorne novel?

Which animal was featured in Mark Twain's first successful short story?

What kind of whale is Moby Dick in the eponymous novel?

Which aunt does Tom Sawyer live with in the Mark Twain novels?

Which Faulkner's novel portrays the decline of the Compson family?

Which president inspired Walt Whitman's "O Captain! My Captain!" verse?

Which of these American novels takes place during the Roaring Twenties?

Who wrote "The Shining" original book?

Which author, writer of The Raven, is buried in Baltimore?

Which of these was a novelist, short-story writer, and journalist?

Who wrote The Old Man and the Sea?

What was Stephen King's first known published novel?

Which of the following literary figures is a renowned poet?

The cosmic entity called Cthulhu was imagined by what American author?

Which of the following was a popular author during the 19th century?

What is the opening line of "Moby-Dick"?

"The Shawshank Redemption" movie is based on a story by which author?

Which of these authors was known for their "beige prose"?

Which of these American authors wrote the short story "The Black Cat"?

Which of these novels was written by William Faulkner?

Scout Finch is the main character of which iconic American novel?

Which iconic American author wrote, "As I Lay Dying"?

Which of these books was written by Harper Lee?

Which writer set his stories in the fictional Yoknapatawpha County?

Which of these is a character of "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn"?

Which of these classic American novels features a great white whale?

Jay Gatsby is a popular character from which famous novel?

What is Huckleberry's surname in the books by Mark Twain?

Who pursues the titular Moby Dick in Herman Melville's novel?

Which of these novels was written by F. Scott Fitzgerald?

The Overlook Hotel is the setting for which Stephen King's novel?

Who is the author of the novel "Of Mice and Men"?

Who wrote "Moby Dick"?

Who is the author of "The Game of Thrones" series of books?

What type of work is A Streetcar Named Desire?

Tom Clancy has written many books in which genre of fiction?

Which mountain is in Hemingway's short story "The Snows of ..."?

What character serves as the narrator of "Moby Dick"?

Which of these novels was written by Dan Brown?

Who is the author of the novel "On The Road"?

Who is the author of "The Catcher In The Rye"?

Which of these is a popular character from the novel Little Women?

In which Edgar Allan Poe horror story is a man walled inside a tomb?

Rhett Butler is a character in which famous American novel?

The 1851 novel 'Moby Dick' is about which type of animal?

Which of these novels is set during the Great Depression?

What symbol is prominently featured in the novel "The Scarlet Letter"?

What is the surname of the sisters in the novel "Little Women"?

Who is the author of "Walden; or, Life in the Woods"?

What comes after "Fahrenheit" in the name of a famous novel?

"The Invisible Man" is a 1933 film based on a novel by whom?

What's the name of the protagonist of Salinger's Catcher in the Rye?

Which popular American author wrote the book "Slaughterhouse-Five"?

Who was the writer of the non-fiction novel In Cold Blood?

Who is Jay Gatsby's love interest in "The Great Gatsby"?

Ignatius J. Reilly is the main character of which iconic novel?

"Beloved" is a 1987 Pulitzer-winning novel by whom?

Scarlett O'Hara is a character from which 1936 novel?

From which novel is the main character Holden Caulfield?

Robert Langdon is the main character in which of these novels?

Blanche DuBois is a character from which play turned film?

Nick Carraway is the main character in which famous novel?

Who is the main character in "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow"?

John Irving wrote a book about the world according to which character?

Which of these is the hero in the 1981 novel Red Dragon?

George Milton and Lennie Small are the main characters in which novel?

Which of these is a character in the 1960 novel "To Kill a Mockingbird"?

Celie is the main character in which American novel?

In which novel is Daisy Buchanan a character?

Tom Joad was the main character in which John Steinbeck's novel?

Which of these is a 1968 novel told from the perspective of a woman?

Ashley Wilkes is a character in which famous book?

Which American author wrote the detective novel "The Maltese Falcon"?

Which writer is credited with writing the first modern detective story?

Based on a real crime, "An American Tragedy" is a novel by whom?

Which of these is a novel by John Grisham?

Who created the fictional private investigator Philip Marlowe?

When did Nancy Drew, the character of the mystery novels, first appear?

Who wrote the novel "The Silence of the Lambs"?

Chester Gould created which detective?

"The Lost Symbol" was a 2009 best-selling thriller by which author?

"American Psycho" is a 1991 novel by which of these authors?

Which of the following is a top selling novel by John Grisham?

Who wrote mystery novels about a struggling female professional golfer?

Which of these novels belongs to the Robert Langdon series?

Before becoming a novelist, what was John Grisham's job?

"L.A. Confidential" is a 1997 crime film based on a novel by whom?

Who wrote the novel Psycho?

What American writer is best known for her Aimee Leduc mystery novels?

Which of these classic American novels is set in Boston?

What was the Boston Tea Party?

In what year was the city of Boston founded?

Boston is home to which baseball stadium?

Ted Danson ran a Boston bar in which classic comedy?

Which group founded Boston in 1630?

Which of these iconic crime movies takes place in the city of Boston?

What was the original name of the city of Boston?

Which U.S. state has the Boston Terrier as its state dog?

In which year did The Boston Tea Party take place?

The city of Boston receives a Christmas tree annually from where?

Who led the Boston Tea Party in 1773?

From which US city is the rock band Boston?

What major holiday was banned in Boston in 1659?

What were the names of the ships taken over during the Boston Tea Party?

Which of these started in Boston in 1897?

The arrival of which tea ship led to the Boston Tea Party of 1773?

Who is credited with coining Boston's "Hub of the Universe" nickname?

How many seasons did Boston Legal have?

Which famous American novelist has rarely shown his face in public?

What is J. D. Salinger's only novel?

Who wrote the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel "The Old Man and the Sea"?

In which city is the novel "The Great Gatsby" set in?

What happened to the original manuscript of Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men?

In which U.S. city is the novel "A Confederacy of Dunces" located?

Which book by Harper Lee was adapted into an award-winning 1962 movie?

What anti-slavery novel played a role in the Civil War?

"The Sound and the Fury" is a novel released in 1929 and written by whom?

Moby Dick was based on the real life story of what ship?

Who wrote "The Grapes of Wrath"?

In which US state is the novel "Little Women" set?

Who wrote the novel 'East of Eden' (1952)?

Which of these novels was written by Cormac McCarthy?

Which 1972 film by Francis Ford Coppola is based on a best-selling novel?

Which American author wrote the best-selling memoir "Eat, Pray, Love"?

Which American best-selling author wrote "The Hunt for Red October"?

Which author wrote the legal thriller "The Firm"?

Jason Bourne was created by which novelist?

Who is the author of the top-selling novel "The Da Vinci Code"?

Which bestselling author has a videogame franchise named after him?

What Cormac McCarthy's novel revolves around a drug deal gone bad?

Who's the bestselling author of the "Odd Thomas" book series?

Who wrote the bestselling book "Are you there God? It's me, Margaret"?

According to the World Guinness Record which is the best-selling book?

Which politician wrote the 2003 bestselling book 'Living History'?

Who is the author of the Hunger Games book series?

What is Dan Brown's "Robert Langdon" series' first book?

What is the title of Barack Obama's second book, published in 2006?

Every year from 1994-2000, who had the best-selling new fiction work?

Which bestselling author first tried to become a pop star?

Which of these American authors wrote the novel "The Turn of the Screw"?

Who wrote the famous historical fiction novel The Scarlet Letter?

Which American author won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1949?

Which American author wrote a book about Hell's Angels?

Who wrote 'Leaves of Grass'?