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The books quiz of 2025 – set by Mick Herron, Bernardine Evaristo, Ali Smith and more

The romantic proclivities of the Shelleys, a notable corpse and a diner delight – test your knowledge with questions posed by favourite authors

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© Composite: Phil Hackett; Ali Smith, Antonio Olmos, Andy Hall/The Guardian

© Composite: Phil Hackett; Ali Smith, Antonio Olmos, Andy Hall/The Guardian

© Composite: Phil Hackett; Ali Smith, Antonio Olmos, Andy Hall/The Guardian

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Yael van der Wouden : ‘The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy cured my fear of aliens’

19 décembre 2025 à 11:00

The Safekeep author on her secret childhood reading, falling in love with Elizabeth Strout and why she keeps coming back to Zadie Smith

My earliest reading memory
I had a children’s encyclopedia on the shelf above my bed – orange and brown, the cover old flaking plastic – but I retain nothing of what I read. I do remember a book of dirty jokes I was obsessed with at the age of eight. I was convinced it was off limits to me (it wasn’t) and so I waited until my parents were at work to shamefully steal it from the bookshelf. One time, my mother found it under my pillow and I was mortified. I recall her being confused and putting it back with a mumbled “I don’t judge” as she left the room.

My favourite book growing up
That must have been one of Thea Beckman’s novels, most likely Hasse Simonsdochter. Beckman was the author for young adults in 80s and 90s Netherlands.

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© Photograph: Alicia Canter/The Guardian

© Photograph: Alicia Canter/The Guardian

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