Across
- 2. Lee Child protagonist
- 4. The prequel to The Lord of the Rings (3,6)
- 8. Irish TV presenter & novelist (6,6)
- 13. Author of The Thursday Murder Club books (7,5)
- 15. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle classic "The - of the Baskervilles
- 16. Hilary Mantel novel turned into a BBC series (4,4)
- 17. Booker Prize winning author 2023 (4,5)
- 18. Main character from The Hunger Games series (7,8)
- 19. Horror author of "The Shining" and "It" (7,4)
Down
- 1. Shakespeare's last play (3,7)
- 3. Gabriel García Márquez book - One Hundred Years of
- 5. American novelist of "The old man and the sea" (6,9)
- 6. To Kill a Mockingbird author (6,3)
- 7. Oscar Wilde novel "The Picture of ..."
- 9. Poets and novelists Charlotte, Emily and Anne
- 10. Don Quixote's friend (6,5)
- 11. Creator of Inspector Rebus (3,6)
- 12. Surname of the writer of the Game Of Thrones books
- 14. Writer of Normal People - Sally