Can you name the books from their plot haikus?

Haiku	Book title	Author
Stuck in asylum / Big Nurse versus a cowboy / who's bull goose loony?		Ken Kesey
Child war prodigy / chosen to defeat Buggers / mournful xenocide		Orson Scott Card
Bomber dislikes war / not quite jaundiced so no luck / chocolate cotton		Joseph Heller
Man makes a monster / family is terrorized / pressured to make wife		Mary Shelley
Delusional man / partner rides on a donkey / terrorist windmills		Miguel de Cervantes
Fogey is haunted / his bitterness shown to him / happy holidays		Charles Dickens
Laboratory babes / Soma calms fears after Ford / Malthusian drills		Aldous Huxley
Victim of malice / finds an enormous treasure / exacts cold revenge		Alexander Dumas
Forever youthful / ages vicariously / tries hedonism		Oscar Wilde
Lawyer and father / prejudice in the courthouse / hero of Maycomb		Harper Lee
Revolt: two legs bad / Success: enact five year plan / Conclude: two legs good?		George Orwell
Flunked out of his school / wandering around New York / tired of phonies		J.D. Salinger
Russian murderer / psychological thriller / haunted by the deed		Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Leaves abusive aunt / governess in a manor / wife in the attic?		Charlotte Bronte
Preacher in pursuit / son lost in Johannesburg / apartheid era		Alan Paton
O my brothers, droogs / brainwashed, Beethoven ruined / ultraviolence		Anthony Burgess
Pilgrim is unstuck / millions die in conflict / bird says, 'Poo tee weet?'		Kurt Vonnegut
Crashed on an island / A boyish power struggle / Who has the conch shell?		William Golding
In San Lorenzo / tropical island now tundra / boko-maru time?	William Golding
Hero going home / obstacles along the way / Poseidon angered	William Golding

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Books by Haiku Quiz

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Created Dec 28, 2009 in Literature
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	when_flies_pig:	May 17th, 2010 at 19:35 GMT		38 points
	Takes a Sporcle quiz / And thoroughly enjoys it / Gives it five Sporcles

	Detektor:	May 17th, 2010 at 19:35 GMT		15 points
	I'm pretty darn sure "prejudices in the courthouse" is eight syllables.

	Coleman_Slawski:	May 17th, 2010 at 19:39 GMT		10 points
	@Detektor - I agree. It should be changed to just "prejudice"

	ShepherdBook:	May 17th, 2010 at 20:10 GMT		31 points
	Picture, not portrait / Really bummed I missed that one / English degree cries

	atoratzy:	May 17th, 2010 at 20:12 GMT		2 points
	i need to read more of the classics. Definitely heard of all the books, but got less than half of them correct.

	pbrown:	May 17th, 2010 at 20:15 GMT		5 points
	I didn't even read the second one....I just saw the word "phonies" and knew it was the catcher in the rye. Great Quiz.

	LtDogg:	May 17th, 2010 at 20:16 GMT		10 points
	Looks like we read all the same books in high school.

	kane2742:	May 17th, 2010 at 21:08 GMT		30 points
	I finally found / A use for my lit. degree / Now to find a job...

	kypzethdurron:	May 17th, 2010 at 21:24 GMT		4 points
	I enjoy haikus / I hope that we see more of / this type of question

	robinguy19:	May 17th, 2010 at 21:29 GMT		3 points
	I said the portrait of Dorian Gray as well. poo

	Fitz:	May 17th, 2010 at 21:51 GMT		3 points
	Enjoyed the quiz. Nice job. Not sure I'd categorize Crime and Punishment as a thriller...but that just may be another English degree crying in the wilderness.

	willowwillow:	May 17th, 2010 at 22:18 GMT		2 points
	Haikus hurt my brain, and I am somewhat disgusted with myself at how few of these books I have read...

	elasticpretzel:	May 17th, 2010 at 22:38 GMT		16 points
	There once was a girl from Peru/ who could not write a haiku/ So she just used her head/ and wrote a lim'rick instead/ Oh, what a strange thing to do!

	caramba:	May 17th, 2010 at 23:06 GMT		2 points
	@Fitz: C & P is definitely a psychological thriller - I kept having to remind myself it was almost 150 years old!

	NotBurt:	May 17th, 2010 at 23:12 GMT		26 points
	every fool can / write haiku; just stop at the / seventeenth syllab

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	marcusaurelius20:	May 18th, 2010 at 00:38 GMT		3 points
	i was surprised count of monte cristo wasn't guessed more

	jefrunner:	May 18th, 2010 at 00:38 GMT		10 points
	Mmmm, Monte Cristo. / Alex Dumas Sandwiches / with strawberry jam.

	mrgenova:	May 18th, 2010 at 00:48 GMT		8 points
	Escape from Peter / obsess with fantasy game / enemy's gate down

	Helixer:	May 18th, 2010 at 00:53 GMT		5 points
	just btw, it's "The Catcher in the Rye". you're missing the first "The".

	Imthatguy:	May 18th, 2010 at 01:23 GMT		3 points
	has anyone read Enders Game in school? because its one of my favorite books and if i found out it was a common school book, i might actually read the book our teacher assigns :)

	ensiform:	May 18th, 2010 at 01:33 GMT		2 points
	Excellent quiz. Got them all. Read all the books except for Cry, the Beloved Country.

	MovieDynamic:	May 18th, 2010 at 01:37 GMT		20 points
	SPORCLE RULE #1: Either "1984" or "Animal Farm" must be included in every literature quiz.

	chikka2:	May 18th, 2010 at 02:26 GMT		5 points
	Rule #2:To Kill a Mockingbird" and/or "A Clockwork Orange" must appear. Still, a brilliant quiz

	raspberrywine:	May 18th, 2010 at 02:28 GMT		2 points
	``Leaves abusive aunt / governess in a manor / wife in the attic?'' I really wanted this to be Great Expectations... but upon looking it up, Mrs. Joe was his older sister not his aunt, Estella wasn't a governess, and Haversham as "wife in the attic" is kind of a stretch because she never actually got married (hence the wedding dress). But man, I never realized how much it (almost) has in common with Jane Eyre.

	jtrichey:	May 18th, 2010 at 04:39 GMT		6 points
	Thank you, thank you, thank you for including Ender's Game. My favorite book ever.

	JAJDH:	May 18th, 2010 at 07:28 GMT		5 points
	Congratulations / goes to MovieDynamic / ...you've been voted up!

	Novy:	May 18th, 2010 at 07:36 GMT		1 point
	I'm glad this got published, thanks everyone :) I agree, marcusaurelius20, "The Count of Monte-Cristo" is one of my favorites; I'm shocked it is not guessed more often. "Ender's Game" is sometimes assigned for high school reading (it was at my school, but I had already read it at that time so I read "A Speaker for the Dead" instead, going with another Orson Scott Card).

	BonnieH:	May 18th, 2010 at 12:52 GMT		2 points
	Very much enjoyed this one but took it way too early in the morning, apparently. The WHAT of Monte Cristo? Adventures of? The Tale of? Cask of...no wait, that's Amontillado. Good lord, I loved the book, too. So not awake this morning.

	Logic:	May 18th, 2010 at 15:02 GMT		1 point
	Does it not take frankenstein with a lowercase f? By the way, using Catch 22 earns you a 5.

	Scurra:	May 18th, 2010 at 19:41 GMT		3 points
	Thank you for a fun quiz; not too hard but some neat ones. p.s. @elastic girl - my favourite version of that idea goes "There was an old man/ from Peru, whose limericks/ looked like haiku. When// asked why this was, he/ answered "because the pay is/ much better for two."

	laughing_mariner:	May 18th, 2010 at 21:09 GMT		3 points
	Great, great idea - but the canon used in these literature quizzes can be a bit narrow. I got some of these without looking at the haiku and just guessing at titles because they've appeared in so many other quizzes.