| #9045, aired 2024-02-23 | 1960s FICTION $200: The Mrs. W's (Whatsit, Who & Which) are guides through the universe in this Madeleine L'Engle classic A Wrinkle in Time |
| #9040, aired 2024-02-16 | FICTION & NONFICTION $600: She worked as a librarian before writing classic kids' books like "The Mouse & the Motorcycle" Cleary |
| #8777, aired 2023-01-03 | FICTION'S FICTIONAL PLACES $1000: Macondo is a town that's originally isolated from the outside world in this 1967 Gabriel García Márquez classic One Hundred Years of Solitude |
| #8772, aired 2022-12-27 | FICTION $600: From chapter 1 of this classic: "On a bright may morning in 1888, John, Lord Greystoke, and Lady Alice sailed from Dover..." Tarzan (of the Apes) |
| #8635, aired 2022-05-06 | HISTORICAL FICTION $1200: The title of this Henryk Sienkiewicz classic that takes place during Nero's reign is Latin for "Where are you going?" Quo Vadis |
| #8552, aired 2022-01-11 | BOOK ALIKES $400: "All The King's Men" is fiction about corrupt politics; so is this similarly titled nonfiction classic published 28 years later All the President's Men |
| #8545, aired 2021-12-31 | NEW YORK-SET FICTION $400: Chaim Potok's classic "The Chosen" tells of 2 Jewish young men growing up in the Williamsburg area of this borough Brooklyn |
| #8545, aired 2021-12-31 | NEW YORK-SET FICTION $4,000 (Daily Double): There are sinister goings on at the Bramford apartment building, including Mrs. Woodhouse's pregnancy, in this Ira Levin classic Rosemary's Baby |
| #8524, aired 2021-12-02 | FICTION $1,600 (Daily Double): Emily is imprisoned in a gloomy castle--that tells you "The Mysteries of Udolpho" is a classic of this big 1790s genre gothic fiction (a gothic romance) |
| #8467, aired 2021-09-14 | RECENT FICTION $200: In Salman Rushdie's "Quichotte", a spin on this classic novel, a salesman travels the U.S. with his imaginary son Sancho Don Quixote |
| #8038, aired 2019-07-17 | FICTION $800: The island of Pianosa is the setting of this classic by Joseph Heller Catch-22 |
| #7644, aired 2017-11-30 | HISTORICAL FICTION $400: This classic began in 1844 as a serial for the magazine Le Siecle but later became a book, one for all of them The Three Musketeers |
| #7382, aired 2016-10-18 | WHAT CAN YOU BUY FOR A BUCK? $1000: For your Kindle a "megapack" of 15 classic stories in this genre by Philip K. Dick science fiction |
| #7283, aired 2016-04-20 | PULP FICTION $400: Raymond Chandler wrote, "You were dead, you were sleeping" this, the title of a detective classic The Big Sleep |
| #7283, aired 2016-04-20 | PULP FICTION $1200: Chapter 4 of this classic of detective fiction is "The Black Bird" The Maltese Falcon |
| #7204, aired 2015-12-31 | 1940s FICTION $1600: A classic of African-American literature, his 1940 novel "Native Son" was adapted into a play the following year Richard Wright |
| #6754, aired 2014-01-16 | SCIENCE FICTION MOVIES $1600: This antagonist from a 1968 classic got its name from being a computer that's heuristic & algorithmic HAL |
| #6000, aired 2010-10-15 | 6,000 $200: In a classic of American fiction, these 2 boys get a $6,000 reward each after finding money that Injun Joe hid in a cave Huckleberry Finn & Tom Sawyer |
| #5402, aired 2008-02-19 | FICTION $800: This classic by Aldous Huxley takes place in the year 632 A.F. (after the birth of Henry Ford) Brave New World |
| #4457, aired 2004-01-13 | PIRATES: FACT & FICTION $400: Pew was an evil pirate in this classic 1883 novel "Treasure Island" |
| #4014, aired 2002-01-31 | SCIENCE FICTION $1200: A classic 1967 Harlan Ellison story is titled "I Have No Mouth and I Must" do this Scream |
| #3657, aired 2000-06-27 | SIR ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE $800: Science fiction works by Sir Arthur include "The Poison Belt", "Land of the Mist" & this "Lost" classic The Lost World |
| #3054, aired 1997-12-04 | AMERICAN LITERATURE $1000: He wrote the short story "Nightfall", a science fiction classic, in 1941 when he was 21 years old Isaac Asimov |
| #2636, aired 1996-02-05 | CLASSIC TELEVISION $500: Mid-1960s science fiction series in which you'd hear The Robot exclaim, "Warning. Warning." Lost in Space |
| #2408, aired 1995-02-08 | FICTION $2,100 (Daily Double): A volcano in Iceland provides the entryway in this Jules Verne classic Journey to the Center of the Earth |
| #2176, aired 1994-02-07 | SCIENCE FICTION $600: This author's 1896 classic "The Island of Dr. Moreau" inspired the 1980 novel "Moreau's Other Island" H.G. Wells |
| #1745, aired 1992-03-13 | SCIENCE FICTION LITERATURE $1000: The classic horror film "Island of Lost Souls" was based on this H.G. Wells novel The Island of Dr. Moreau |
| #1256, aired 1990-02-05 | FICTION $200: Harriet Beecher Stowe classic subtitles "Life Among the Lowly" Uncle Tom's Cabin |
| #916, aired 1988-09-05 | FICTION $1000: It's both the setting & the title of Dickens' classic about Little Nell The Old Curiosity Shop |
| #900, aired 1988-07-01 | FICTION $100: 1818 classic in which a Swiss student is ultimately destroyed by his own creation Frankenstein |
| #900, aired 1988-07-01 | FICTION $200: This classic centers on a story-telling contest among pilgrims vying for a free meal at Tabard Inn The Canterbury Tales |
| #444, aired 1986-05-22 | FICTION $200: Lewis Carroll classic banned in China in 1931 because "animals should not use human language" Alice in Wonderland |
| #87, aired 1985-01-08 | FICTION $400: "Alice-In-Wonderland" animal featured in title of Jefferson Airplane's acid rock classic the White Rabbit |
