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Book Titles by Synonyms #1

Guess these book titles, where most of the words have been replaced by synonyms.
Includes plays
Not all synonyms are exact
Quiz by Quizmaster
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Last updated: June 17, 2019
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First submittedMay 14, 2013
Times taken63,872
Average score60.0%
Rating4.67
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Synonyms
Book Title
Ruler of the Insects
Lord of the Flies
Vanished with the Breeze
Gone With The Wind
The Temporality Device
The Time Machine
The Rainforest Tome
The Jungle Book
Conflict & Concord
War & Peace
Ego & Bias
Pride & Prejudice
Felony & Retribution
Crime & Punishment
A Goodbye to Weapons
A Farewell to Arms
The Geriatric Male
and the Ocean
The Old Man and
the Sea
Charles and the
Cocoa Plant
Charlie and the
Chocolate Factory
Synonyms
Book Title
To Murder a Mimicking Avian
To Kill a Mockingbird
Abattoir Quintet
Slaughterhouse Five
The Scarlet Token of Bravery
The Red Badge of Courage
A Trolley Entitled Lust
A Streetcar Named Desire
Pete Skillet
Peter Pan
Heaven Misplaced
Paradise Lost
Romance's Work's Misplaced
Love's Labour's Lost
Weep, the Cherished Nation
Cry, the Beloved Country
Jimmy and the
Humongous Nectarine
James and the
Giant Peach
Courageous
Contemporary Planet
Brave New World
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Level 92
May 20, 2013
That was hilarious--I will never be able to watch Pete Skillet again without that coming to mind...
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Level 74
May 27, 2013
that was seriously entertaining!
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Level 77
Oct 5, 2018
Agreed - probably one of my favorite quizzes of the hundreds I have taken. I giggled several times. Bravo.
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Level 45
Nov 3, 2013
17/20, but I admit I had to cheat and Google 'abbatoir'. (In my defense, if I hadn't given up too early, I would've figured out Brave New World).
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Level 66
Jul 24, 2019
I know what an abbatoir is, didnt know what a skillet was.. (somehow I was thinking of knife...)
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Level 76
Nov 3, 2013
Missed Cry, the Beloved Country. Great quiz
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Level 58
Dec 26, 2016
Never heard of it but I substituted words and it popped up. Much to my surprise.
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Level 35
Oct 18, 2017
I thought it was Cry Beloved Country but it would not work--so I admit I googled it. But got others by logic, not because I knew them well enough. Great quiz to make us think.
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Level 72
Jul 25, 2019
That's the one I missed too, don't know the book
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Level 37
Jul 26, 2019
Refused to accept "Cry, the Beloved Country" for me.
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Level 68
Oct 8, 2021
I'm happy it made it on. It's a good book, worth reading.
+5
Level 33
Nov 3, 2013
Great pun in Charles and the Cocoa plant, loved it
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Level 55
Nov 3, 2013
I had no idea what an abattoir was, but I knew quintet was five, and that's the only book I could think of that had five at the end of the title.
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Level 75
Apr 25, 2016
Same here.
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Level 58
Dec 26, 2016
Knew abattoir from Monty Python's Architect Sketch.
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Level 58
Apr 10, 2018
So it goes
+2
Level 86
Jun 25, 2018
Knew it from the Simpsons episode where Homer accidentally gets the vocabulary builder tape.
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Level 75
Nov 3, 2013
Got them all except Cry the beloved Country - I knew it but missed the word 'the' out.
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Level 27
Nov 3, 2013
Why, please tell, did it refuse me "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" and "James and the Giant Peach?"
+11
Level ∞
Nov 3, 2013
Spontaneous failure of your computer? It works for everyone else.
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Level 85
Apr 25, 2016
you probably forgot "the"
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Level 66
Jul 24, 2019
because you spelled something wrong
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Level 56
Nov 3, 2013
Got 'em all with 1:04 to spare. Great quiz. Can't wait for Part 2!
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Level 44
Nov 3, 2013
Would have had them all, but I kept trying "Red Ribbon of Courage", I blame dragonball.
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Level 39
Nov 4, 2013
Whee!!! That was FUN!!
+1
Level 77
Nov 4, 2013
Only got slaughterhouse 5 because of "quintet." Couldn't think of many books that had the word '5' in them, so having no clue what an abbatoir was, i took a shot.
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Level 47
Jan 19, 2014
This was clever. I laughed when I jimmy and the humongous apricot and laughed at myself for missing peter pan
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Level 28
Mar 6, 2014
Slaughterhouse five was actually there!
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Level 88
Jul 24, 2019
You must be one of the last survivors.
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Level 25
Apr 20, 2014
pete skillet was the best!
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Level 65
Mar 21, 2020
I was baffled by the clue and actually lol'd when I saw the answer
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Level 67
Apr 26, 2014
I'm still in awe that I got Cry the beloved country - I have never heard of this book before, but I just wrote the equivalent words that came to my mind, and it worked! Didn't quite work as well with Brave New World and The Red Badge of Courage though, because I don't equate contemporary with New so I didn't think of it, and I wasn't sure enough what "token" meant in the context to find a synonym. Oh well. Very entertaining quiz idea BTW!
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Level 66
Jul 24, 2019
I did land instead of country :/ did get the other ones though. But did chip for the token first and then ah badge of courage clicked in my head. Still haven heard of the book though
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Level 77
Jun 9, 2014
I am pretty sure neither "works" nor "labours" is supposed to have an apostrophe in them. It's not a genetive!
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Level 45
Jul 17, 2014
No, but it's a contraction. Love's(thing belonging to love) labour's(labour is) lost. Romance's(thing belonging to romance) work's(work is) misplaced. Therefore, the labour belonging to love is lost, or the work belonging to romance is misplaced. Or, I suppose, the labour of love is lost, and the work of romance is misplaced.
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Level 88
Jul 24, 2019
Just listen to one smart cookie.
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Level 70
Sep 3, 2015
Fun quiz! 100%.
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Level 69
Dec 1, 2015
This was awesome!!
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Level 79
Apr 25, 2016
Kept trying to figure our a book ending in 5, then got The Jackson 5 stuck in my head and I knew it was over after that.
+3
Level 47
Apr 28, 2016
very funny and entertaining quiz
+1
Level 69
Aug 8, 2016
This was just awesome. Thanks for the smiles!
+1
Level 68
Nov 27, 2016
All these synonym quizzes remind me of that "me, an intellectual" meme
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Level 58
Dec 26, 2016
Damn. Pride and Prejudice came to me with 2 second left so it was the only one missed.
+2
Level 90
Dec 28, 2016
Way too Dahl-centric. Epic failure.... Jut kidding
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Level 66
Jul 24, 2019
I read Dali..
+6
Level 82
Mar 20, 2018
I used to love reading about the adventures of Pete Skillet and the Disoriented Lads in Not Ever Country, fighting the dastardly corsair, Commander Sickle.
+6
Level 86
Jun 25, 2018
"Pete Skillet and the Disoriented Lads" would be a brilliant band name.
+1
Level 71
Mar 21, 2018
Cry the beloved country that describes the system of apartheid in South Africa
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Level 88
Jul 31, 2018
I so badly want somebody to start writing novels that go with these titles.
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Level 14
Sep 17, 2018
Ha, I got 'Cry, the Beloved Country' and I had never heard of it before! :D
+1
Level 48
Oct 14, 2018
got 100% through knowing the books, but The Temporality Device threw me at first, kept seeing temporary ...
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Level 66
Jul 24, 2019
same, well about the temporary... skipped it first, then came back to it and read it right
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Level 63
Jul 24, 2019
Don't want to be annoying, but "A Streetcar Named Desire" and "Love's Labour's Lost" are not actually books per the quiz's title.

Good quiz though! :)

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Level 84
Jul 24, 2019
"Includes plays"
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Level 44
Jul 24, 2019
Hahahaha these are amazing, love it! :D
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Level 72
Jul 24, 2019
Fun quiz! But, seems a bit inconsistent about whether or not you need to type "the" to get the answer. I tried typing cry beloved country, but it wouldn't take it. Can you streamline some of the answers a little?
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Level 74
Jan 17, 2024
Only articles at the beginning of the title can be omitted, in the same way you would skip past them to alphabetize the titles.
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Level 32
Jul 24, 2019
I got some by guessing!
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Level 66
Jul 30, 2020
I couldn't get it to accept Cry, the beloved country and I own the book. Forgot Streetcar, but wasn't thinking of plays.

Fun quiz!

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Level 78
Mar 3, 2021
Very amusing and enjoyable, thanks QM.
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Level 64
Jun 27, 2021
My favourite of all the quizzes I've done on this site. Beats 'most common's and 'scrabble' hands down
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Level 64
Nov 9, 2021
I've never heard of Cry, the Beloved Country but I still managed to figure it out.
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Level 68
Nov 9, 2021
I loved, "To Murder a Mimicking Avian"
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Level 67
Nov 10, 2021
Same
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Level 67
Nov 10, 2021
16, apparently I got 8 when I took this a long time ago but this time most were quite easy even though I don't read
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Level 56
Mar 3, 2022
Ah yes, my favourite book, Jimmy and the

Humongous Nectarine.

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Level 43
Jul 9, 2023
I didn't get Cry, the Beloved Country because I swapped Beloved out for Precious and assumed it was something random I didn't knwo
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Level 33
Jan 7, 2024
Hi quizmaster, nervous to talk to you becayuse youre so legend on the site lol but hope you see this and take heed. I hoenstly dont think that necartine is synonym for peach. "Jimmy and the large stonefruit" would be much mroe accurate. thank you for the awesome quiz(once again lol!). you literally know how to knock em out every tiem. thank you again. this was the best. always a good time taking your quizes. seriously, thanks. its my pleasure to take the quizzes and help male them better. thanks.
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Level 33
Jan 7, 2024
pls upvot3 so that he/she/zer can see thanks