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So You Think You're a Bookworm? - Test Your Book Smarts

The Strand Bookstore has included a literary matching quiz in its job application form since the 1970s. Here are the titles from some of the quizzes from years past.
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The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (Carson McCullers)
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
1
Carson McCullers
Animal Farm (George Orwell)
Animal Farm
2
George Orwell
To the Lighthouse (Virginia Woolf)
To the Lighthouse
3
Virginia Woolf
A House for Mr. Biswas (V.S. Naipaul)
A House for Mr. Biswas
4
V.S. Naipaul
Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
Invisible Man
5
Ralph Ellison
A Confederacy of Dunces (John Kennedy Toole)
A Confederacy of Dunces
6
John Kennedy Toole
Dead Souls (Gogol)
Dead Souls
7
Gogol
Waiting for Godot (Samuel Beckett)
Waiting for Godot
8
Samuel Beckett
Gulliver's Travels (Jonathan Swift)
Gulliver's Travels
9
Jonathan Swift
The Unbearable Lightness of Being (Milan Kundera)
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
10
Milan Kundera
White Noise (Don Delillo)
White Noise
11
Don Delillo
The Second Sex (Simone De Beauvoir)
The Second Sex
12
Simone De Beauvoir
Metamorphoses (Ovid)
Metamorphoses
13
Ovid
Kindred (Octavia Butler)
Kindred
14
Octavia Butler
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (Betty Smith)
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
15
Betty Smith
The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
The Handmaid's Tale
16
Margaret Atwood
A People's History of the United States (Howard Zinn)
A People's History of the United States
17
Howard Zinn
Naked Lunch (William S. Burroughs)
Naked Lunch
18
William S. Burroughs
Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut)
Slaughterhouse-Five
19
Kurt Vonnegut
The Tipping Point (Malcom Gladwell)
The Tipping Point
20
Malcom Gladwell
The Histories
The Histories
21
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World
22
Aldous Huxley
The Poisonwood Bible (Barbara Kingsolver)
The Poisonwood Bible
23
Barbara Kingsolver
A Wrinkle in Time (Madeleine L'engle)
A Wrinkle in Time
24
Madeleine L'engle
Wise Blood (Flannery O'Connor)
Wise Blood
25
Flannery O'Connor
Infinite Jest (David Foster Wallace)
Infinite Jest
26
David Foster Wallace
White Teeth (Zadie Smith)
White Teeth
27
Zadie Smith
What We Talk About When We Talk About Love (Raymond Carver)
What We Talk About When We Talk About Love
28
Raymond Carver
The Sound and the Fury (William Faulkner)
The Sound and the Fury
29
William Faulkner
The Wind Up Bird Chronicle (Haruki Murakami)
The Wind Up Bird Chronicle
30
Haruki Murakami
Native Son (Richard Wright)
Native Son
31
Richard Wright
Of Human Bondage (W. Somerset Maugham)
Of Human Bondage
32
W. Somerset Maugham
Cantos
Cantos
33
Silas Marner (George Eliot)
Silas Marner
34
George Eliot
Poetics
Poetics
35
Labyrinths (Jorge Luis Borges)
Labyrinths
36
Jorge Luis Borges
A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (Mary Wollstonecraft)
A Vindication of the Rights of Woman
37
Mary Wollstonecraft
The Master and Margarita (Mikhail Bulgakov)
The Master and Margarita
38
Mikhail Bulgakov
The Golden Notebook (Doris Lessing)
The Golden Notebook
39
Doris Lessing
The Trial (Franz Kafka)
The Trial
40
Franz Kafka
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