Across
- 3. Desert-set sci-fi classic with a very sandy plot
- 4. Literary comparison that skips the word “like”
- 10. What readers do when a perfectly good page needs their thoughts in the margins
- 12. Author who gave us 1984
- 13. Flexible book format — excellent for tossing into an overstuffed bag
- 14. The voice telling you what is going on
- 15. Fourteen-line poem, traditionally — Shakespeare was a fan
- 17. Toni Morrison novel with a haunting title
- 20. The list that somehow grows faster than it gets finished
- 21. Author of Emma and master of matchmaking
- 23. Mark who wrote Tom Sawyer
- 24. Mary who brought a certain monster to literary life
Down
- 1. “It was the best of times…” author
- 2. Tiny lifesaver that prevents “Where was I?” panic
- 3. Bram Stoker's famous count
- 5. Writer's subtle hint that you probably missed the first time
- 6. Place where “just one book” is a dangerous promise
- 7. Reader who considers a stack of books a perfectly reasonable weekend plan
- 8. Tolkien's small-footed adventurer
- 9. Shakespeare tragedy featuring a very indecisive prince
- 11. What happens after the main story has technically ended
- 16. Ancient poet credited with The Odyssey
- 18. Austen heroine with a talent for matchmaking — whether asked or not
- 19. The story's main character — usually the one causing all the plot problems
- 22. The “Great” character throwing extravagant parties