| #9083, aired 2024-04-17 | ENDS WITH "B" $400: Don't let your book go out without one of these publicity notices on its jacket a blurb |
| #9059, aired 2024-03-14 | ENDS IN "IX" $1600: This comic book hero who battles the Romans with his pal Obelix was introduced in 1959 Asterix |
| #8887, aired 2023-06-06 | BOOKS & AUTHORS $400: At the start of this Hemingway book, Santiago hasn't caught a fish in a long time; it ends with his fish being eaten by sharks The Old Man and the Sea |
| #8886, aired 2023-06-05 | CLASSIC CHILDREN'S BOOKS $1000: In this picture book by Janell Cannon, a fruit bat ends up in a bird's nest & is adopted by the mama bird Stellaluna |
| #8731, aired 2022-10-31 | BOOK SEQUELS $2000: The title of Jack Higgins' sequel to this World War II-set adventure yarn ends "...has flown" The Eagle Has Landed |
| #8701, aired 2022-09-19 | A HUNGER FOR READING $200: Roald Dahl wrote this book on East 81st Street in New York City, not far from where the journey of the big fruit ends James and the Giant Peach |
| #8170, aired 2020-02-28 | STARTS & ENDS WITH B $800: A short promotional statement found on a book cover blurb |
| #8003, aired 2019-05-29 | A LITTLE TROUBLE WITH NAMES $2000: (Finger snap)--1800s author wrote a book about a kid who runs with pickpockets--so the gal in that book, the one who ends up dead Nancy |
| #7907, aired 2019-01-15 | WOMEN WRITERS $1600: This Ayn Rand book ends with the line "Then there was only the ocean and the sky and the figure of Howard Roark" The Fountainhead |
| #7720, aired 2018-03-16 | BOOK TALK $200: Term for the shallow center trough between the pages of a book, & where my bowling ball usually ends up the gutter |
| #7491, aired 2017-03-20 | STARTS & ENDS WITH "F" $1600: If you've written a book & are autographing a copy, this blank page is a good one to use the flyleaf |
| #7321, aired 2016-06-13 | BOOK ENDS $200: "The scar had not pained Harry for 19 years. All was well" Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows |
| #7321, aired 2016-06-13 | BOOK ENDS $400: "Before the night has come, have I lived to see the last warrior of the wise race..." The Last of the Mohicans |
| #7321, aired 2016-06-13 | BOOK ENDS $600: "(John Galt) raised his hand and over the desolate earth he traced in space the sign of the dollar" Atlas Shrugged |
| #7321, aired 2016-06-13 | BOOK ENDS $800: "I got onto the bed with her and put my arms around her. 'Thanks, Ollie'. Those were her last words" Love Story |
| #7321, aired 2016-06-13 | BOOK ENDS $1000: "This was a base libel on Badger, who... was rather fond of children; but it never failed to have its full effect" The Wind in the Willows |
| #7309, aired 2016-05-26 | ROME ANTICS $1600: This Bible book ends with Paul arriving in Rome & starting to preach there Acts (of the Apostles) |
| #7225, aired 2016-01-29 | WHERE'S THAT BOOK? $400: "Where the Sidewalk Ends" is a collection of his poems & drawings Shel Silverstein |
| #7183, aired 2015-12-02 | WORKING BOOK TITLES $200: Tolstoy focused more on a major part of Russian history & changed "All's Well That Ends Well" to this title War and Peace |
| #7075, aired 2015-05-22 | SOUVENIRS OF SOUTH DAKOTA $1000: (Sarah of the Clue Crew gives the clue from Wall Drug in South Dakota.) Book ends made of agate, the state gemstone!--it's a banded type of this common silica mineral quartz |
| #6950, aired 2014-11-28 | THE BIBLE $200: The book of Acts begins with Jesus' ascension & ends with the story of this apostle Paul |
| #6849, aired 2014-05-29 | ENDS IN "SS" $800: In the title of a beloved book by Charles Schulz, this "Is a Warm Puppy" Happiness |
| #6763, aired 2014-01-29 | CELEBRITIES' FAVORITE BOOKS $600: (I'm New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman.) My favorite book is this Pat Conroy novel in which Tom Wingo leaves South Carolina to help his troubled twin sister in New York & ends up confronting his own dark past The Prince of Tides |
| #6695, aired 2013-10-25 | STATE OF THE BOOK $1000: "The Grapes of Wrath"--2 states please, where the story begins & ends Oklahoma & California |
| #5848, aired 2010-02-03 | TAKE THE FIFTH $600: This fifth book of the Bible ends with the death of Moses Deuteronomy |
| #5781, aired 2009-11-02 | BOOK ENDS $200: This Twain hero is going to the territory because he doesn't want Aunt Sally to civilize him Huckleberry Finn |
| #5781, aired 2009-11-02 | BOOK ENDS $400: In this Orwell book, looking from pig to man & man to pig, it's impossible to say which is which Animal Farm |
| #5781, aired 2009-11-02 | BOOK ENDS $600: In his "The House at Pooh Corner", "A little boy and his bear will always be playing" (A.A.) Milne |
| #5781, aired 2009-11-02 | BOOK ENDS $800: He wrote, "It is not often... someone comes along who is a true friend and a good writer. Charlotte was both" (E.B.) White |
| #5781, aired 2009-11-02 | BOOK ENDS $1000: In this Norton Juster novel, Milo wants to drive his car through the title entry but it's gone because others need it The Phantom Tollbooth |
| #5652, aired 2009-03-17 | BOOK REVIEW $800: It ends, "His... throat a-bellow as he sings a song of the younger world, which is the song of the pack" The Call of the Wild |
| #5652, aired 2009-03-17 | BOOK REVIEW $1200: "The Last Chronicle of Barset" ends this Victorian author's Barsetshire series Anthony Trollope |
| #5608, aired 2009-01-14 | THAT'S NOT HOW THAT BOOK ENDS! $200: The orphan stared, in shock--Sikes & Fagin stood smiling at the door. they'd escaped! & now, they were mad Oliver Twist |
| #5608, aired 2009-01-14 | THAT'S NOT HOW THAT BOOK ENDS! $400: Fletcher held up his hand. "Y'know, taking out Bligh is a bad idea, let's go have espressos & talk out our feelings" Mutiny on the Bounty |
| #5608, aired 2009-01-14 | THAT'S NOT HOW THAT BOOK ENDS! $600: Jones thought, wait, Napoleon's a pig & I'm human! He's become way too powerful! Tonight, I'm having pork! Animal Farm |
| #5608, aired 2009-01-14 | THAT'S NOT HOW THAT BOOK ENDS! $800: "Let's go, old sport", he said, Daisy Buchanan on his arm, she'd left Tom for him, & he was happy, Dreams do come true! The Great Gatsby |
| #5608, aired 2009-01-14 | THAT'S NOT HOW THAT BOOK ENDS! $1000: ...All perfume no & his heart was going like mad & no I said no I won't no then I kicked him no Ulysses |
| #5406, aired 2008-02-25 | THROWING THE BOOK AT YOU $2000: "...All perfume yes and his heart was going like mad and yes I said yes I will Yes" ends this book Ulysses |
| #5309, aired 2007-10-11 | BOOK REPORT $400: J.K. Rowling ends a magical series with lucky number 7, "Harry Potter and" this the Deathly Hallows |
| #5223, aired 2007-05-02 | ENDS WITH "UM" $1200: A synonym for an appendix to a book an addendum |
| #5152, aired 2007-01-23 | BEGINS & ENDS IN "G" $800: The New Book of Knowledge says that it's the most familiar marmot in eastern North America a groundhog |
| #5102, aired 2006-11-14 | "NEW" YORK $600: It starts with the Book of Matthew & ends with the Book of Revelation the New Testament |
| #4916, aired 2006-01-16 | OF THE END $1200: The "Companion" book for this game says it ends "when all players are bankrupt, save one. That player wins. Period" Monopoly |
| #4801, aired 2005-06-20 | BOOK ENDS $200: The "Adventures" of this character end when he tells us Tom's okay & he doesn't want to be adopted Huckleberry Finn |
| #4801, aired 2005-06-20 | BOOK ENDS $400: "Darcy, as well as Elizabeth, really loved" the Gardiners is found in the final paragraph of this 1813 novel Pride and Prejudice |
| #4801, aired 2005-06-20 | BOOK ENDS $600: The last paragraph of this 1908 novel mentions "the gallant water rat" & "the famous Mr. Mole" The Wind in the Willows |
| #4801, aired 2005-06-20 | BOOK ENDS $1000: This classic ends with the narrator on a river pier in New Jersey, with thoughts of God, Pooh Bear, & Old Dean Moriarty On the Road |
| #4801, aired 2005-06-20 | BOOK ENDS $1,500 (Daily Double): "They found... a splendid portrait of their master", him, "in all the wonder of his exquisite youth and beauty" The Picture of Dorian Gray |
| #4747, aired 2005-04-05 | I REMEMBER... $2000: ...the book by this author that ends, "And the music of the pearl drifted to a whisper and disappeared" John Steinbeck |
| #4746, aired 2005-04-04 | ENDS IN "X" $200: A surgeon might be tempted to remove this collection of supplementary material at the end of a book appendix |
| #4567, aired 2004-06-15 | LAST WORDS $800: Book that ends, "...Aunt Sally, she's going to adopt me and sivilize me and I can't stand it. I been there before" The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn |
| #4537, aired 2004-05-04 | BIBLE BASICS $200: The Old Testament ends with the book of Malachi & starts with this book Genesis |
| #4492, aired 2004-03-02 | NOVEL ENDINGS $1200: In this book's conclusion, we learn that Lara, who vanishes, probably ends up dying in a Russian camp Doctor Zhivago |
| #4417, aired 2003-11-18 | CLIFFS NOTES $2000: Finally, a Hardy book that (sorta) ends happily! Bathsheba marries Gabriel! (everyone else is dead or institutionalized) Far from the Madding Crowd |
| #4360, aired 2003-07-11 | ODDS & ENDS $600: The book "Heave Ho" describes this June 1944 event as perhaps the greatest mass bout of seasickness ever D-Day |
| #4229, aired 2003-01-09 | BOOK REPORT $800: I wish more poems were as funny as the ones in Shel Silverstein's "Where" this happens the Sidewalk Ends |
| #4074, aired 2002-04-25 | IT'S A GIRL! $400: In this 1900 book a farm girl encounters some rough weather & ends up, well, not in Kansas anymore The Wizard of Oz |
| #4065, aired 2002-04-12 | ENDS IN "TH" $600: Something enormous in size, such as the land animal mentioned in the book of Job a behemoth |
| #3948, aired 2001-10-31 | TORAH! TORAH! TORAH! $500: The Torah ends with this book Deuteronomy |
| #3473, aired 1999-10-13 | ORIGINAL BOOK TITLES $300: He originally wanted to title his 1860s classic "All's Well That Ends Well", but settled for "War And Peace" Leo Tolstoy |
| #3316, aired 1999-01-25 | ENDS IN "TH" $1000: The book of Job says this large animal's "bones are like bars of iron" Behemoth |
| #3285, aired 1998-12-11 | FICTIONAL CHARACTERS $1000: Tom & Maggie Tulliver's epitaph, "In their death they were not divided", ends this George Eliot book The Mill On The Floss |
| #3238, aired 1998-10-07 | ENDS IN "LOW" $500: This author has won 3 National Book Awards, the first for "The Adventures of Augie March" in 1954 Saul Bellow |
| #3070, aired 1997-12-26 | "B"s ON BOTH ENDS $600: A tell-all book might have this kind of short publicity notice on its cover Blurb |
| #2245, aired 1994-05-13 | THE NEW TESTAMENT $800: This last book ends with "The Grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen" Revelation |
| #1938, aired 1993-01-27 | THE BIBLE $600: The Book of Acts begins at the same point that this third gospel ends Luke |
| #1746, aired 1992-03-16 | TOMORROW $300: This 1936 book ends "After all, tomorrow is another day" Gone with the Wind |
| #1702, aired 1992-01-14 | NOVELS $600: His book "North and South" ends with a 1787 antislavery quote by George Mason of Virginia (John) Jakes |
| #1309, aired 1990-04-19 | LITERATURE $800: Ayn Rand book that ends with "Then there was only the ocean and the sky and the figure of Howard Roark" The Fountainhead |
| #1168, aired 1989-10-04 | MYSTERIES $400: No one knows how "The Mystery of Edwin Drood" ends since this author died while writing the book Charles Dickens |
| #1077, aired 1989-04-18 | GENESIS $1000: The book ends with his death at age 110 & his burial in Egypt Joseph |
| #966, aired 1988-11-14 | "A" IN LITERATURE $1000: Booth Tarkington book that ends as the title character enters the stairway to Frincke's business college Alice Adams |
| #911, aired 1988-07-18 | ODDS & ENDS $100: "The Holiday Song Book" lists "Turkey In The Straw" under this holiday Thanksgiving |
| #838, aired 1988-04-06 | RELIGION $200: Religion whose Bible begins with the Book of Genesis & ends with II Chronicles Judaism |
| #486, aired 1986-10-20 | ODDS & ENDS $200: Book most commonly produced by a lexicographer a dictionary |
