# The Daily Feud: Fiction & Fiction Authors by 5-4-Fighting \[Closed\] **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [August 12, 2008, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-fiction-fiction-authors-by-5-4-fighting-closed/459739 "2008-08-12T15:36:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![jali](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecae2f/32.png) [@jali](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jali)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2008, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-fiction-fiction-authors-by-5-4-fighting-closed/459739/21 "2008-08-12T17:18:54Z")
**Colleen McCollough** was the author I was straining to remember. The novel about the beginnings of Australia was really very good. **Rita Mae Brown** (one of my favs) wrote “Dolly” which I didn’t really like. ---
**Author:** ![Yorikke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yorikke/32/4335_2.png) [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2008, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-fiction-fiction-authors-by-5-4-fighting-closed/459739/22 "2008-08-12T17:20:55Z")
1. Mark Twain 2. The Red Badge of Courage 3. Chronicles of Narnia 4. Forrest Gump 5. Grapes of Wrath 6. Alexandre Dumas Father and Son 7. James Michener 8. The Shining 9. The Good Earth 10. The Old Man and the Sea Joe ---
**Author:** ![Queen\_Tonya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/4491bb/32.png) [@Queen\_Tonya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Tonya)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2008, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-fiction-fiction-authors-by-5-4-fighting-closed/459739/23 "2008-08-12T17:24:25Z")
1. Mark Twain 2. The Red Badge of Courage 3. To Kill a Mockingbird 4. Primary Colors 5. Who moved my cheese 6. pass 7. James Michener 8. Carrie 9. The Day the Earth Stood Still 10. Moby Dick ---
**Author:** ![Fretful\_Porpentine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fretful_porpentine/32/2873_2.png) [@Fretful\_Porpentine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fretful_Porpentine)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2008, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-fiction-fiction-authors-by-5-4-fighting-closed/459739/24 "2008-08-12T17:24:22Z")
1. Mark Twain 2. _A Study in Scarlet_ 3. _Twelfth Night_ 4. _Ragtime_ 5. _Like Water for Chocolate_ 6. Kingsley and Martin Amis 7. Philippa Gregory 8. _The Green Mile_ 9. _Gone With the Wind_ 10. _Treasure Island_ ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2008, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-fiction-fiction-authors-by-5-4-fighting-closed/459739/25 "2008-08-12T17:37:48Z")
1. Mark Twain 2. Black Beauty 3. To Kill a Mockingbird 4. Ragtime 5. The Grapes of Wrath 6. M. Dumas\* pere et fils\* 7. Steve Barry 8. Carrie 9. Gone with the Wind 10. Moby-Dick ---
**Author:** ![Beadalin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Beadalin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beadalin)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2008, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-fiction-fiction-authors-by-5-4-fighting-closed/459739/26 "2008-08-12T17:46:02Z")
1. Mark Twain 2. The Hunt for Red October 3. Anne of Green Gables 4. Forrest Gump 5. Like Water for Chocolate 6. Alexandre Dumas (both of 'em!) 7. C. S. Forester 8. The Shining 9. A Wizard of Earthsea 10. Mutiny on the Bounty I am so going to lose this one. ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2008, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-fiction-fiction-authors-by-5-4-fighting-closed/459739/27 "2008-08-12T18:06:29Z")
1. Mark Twain 2. The Scarlett Letter 3. To Kill A Mockingbird 4. Forrest Gump 5. The Grapes of Wrath 6. Alexander Dumas, father and son 7. James Michener 8. Carrie 9. The Good Earth 10.Moby Dick ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2008, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-fiction-fiction-authors-by-5-4-fighting-closed/459739/28 "2008-08-12T18:11:47Z")
1. Mark Twain 2. _Black Beauty_ 3. _The Cat in the Hat_ 4. _Ragtime_ 5. _Like Water for Chocolate_ 6. Mary Higgins Clark and Carol Higgins Clark 7. Gore Vidal 8. _Carrie_ 9. _The Good Earth_ 10. _Moby-Dick_ 11. In **Baker** ’s feud, my pick for “novel with a specific animal’s name in the title” – we’ll see how well-advised this double duty was! 12. For me at least, the toughest of these questions to answer 13. Or, in the original Spanish, _Como agua para chocolate_ 14. [The correct spelling](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moby-Dick_(novel)) ---
**Author:** ![Catamount](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/catamount/32/2840_2.png) [@Catamount](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catamount)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2008, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-fiction-fiction-authors-by-5-4-fighting-closed/459739/29 "2008-08-12T18:22:07Z")
[QUOTE=wheresgeorge04] 3. Chronicles of Narnia [/QUOTE] Dammit dammit dammit! I was looking right at this series on my bookshelf when I answered that question, but my eyes slid right over them and landed on Dune. _stomps off muttering_ ---
**Author:** ![Windwalker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/5e9695/32.png) [@Windwalker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Windwalker)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2008, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-fiction-fiction-authors-by-5-4-fighting-closed/459739/30 "2008-08-12T18:24:36Z")
1. Mark Twain 2. Red Badge of Courage 3. The Hotel New Hampshire 4. Henry IV 5. Charlie & the Chocolate Factory 6. God & Jesus Christ 7. Colleen McCullough 8. The Shining 9. Gone With The Wind 10. The Hunt For Red October Really couldn’t think of a single one for #6. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2008, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-fiction-fiction-authors-by-5-4-fighting-closed/459739/31 "2008-08-12T18:33:55Z")
Really glad I’m not the only one who went with Flowers in the Attic for the sibling question. ---
**Author:** ![fusoya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecccb3/32.png) [@fusoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fusoya)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2008, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-fiction-fiction-authors-by-5-4-fighting-closed/459739/32 "2008-08-12T18:34:33Z")
1. Mark Twain 2. Anne of Green Gables 3. To Kill A Mockingbird 4. The Alienist 5. How To Eat Fried Worms 6. The Tolkiens 7. David McCullough 8. It 9. Bonfire of the Vanities 10. Moby Dick ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2008, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-fiction-fiction-authors-by-5-4-fighting-closed/459739/33 "2008-08-12T18:39:36Z")
1. Mark Twain 2. The Red Badge of Courage 3. Hansel and Gretel 4. Ragtime 5. The Grapes of Wrath 6. Alexandre Dumas, pere and fils 7. John Jakes 8. The Shining 9. The Good Earth 10. Moby Dick ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2008, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-fiction-fiction-authors-by-5-4-fighting-closed/459739/34 "2008-08-12T18:48:28Z")
1. Mark Twain 2. The Green Mile 3. To Kill a Mockingbird 4. Ragtime 5. The Grapes of Wrath 6. Alexander Dumas, _pere et fils_ 7. James Michener 8. Carrie 9. Gone with the Wind 10. Moby Dick ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2008, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-fiction-fiction-authors-by-5-4-fighting-closed/459739/35 "2008-08-12T19:02:06Z")
[QUOTE=Freudian Slit] Really glad I’m not the only one who went with Flowers in the Attic for the sibling question. [/QUOTE] Me, too! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Panurge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/fbc32d/32.png) [@Panurge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Panurge)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2008, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-fiction-fiction-authors-by-5-4-fighting-closed/459739/36 "2008-08-12T19:03:37Z")
1. Mark Twain 2. The Scarlet Letter 3. Hansel and Gretel 4. The Divine Comedy 5. The Grapes of Wrath 6. Alexandre Dumas - both. 7. Umberto Eco 8. The Shining 9. Wind in the Willows 10. Moby Dick ---
**Author:** ![RachelChristine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7ab992/32.png) [@RachelChristine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RachelChristine)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2008, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-fiction-fiction-authors-by-5-4-fighting-closed/459739/37 "2008-08-12T19:51:46Z")
1. Mark Twain 2. The Red Tent 3. The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe 4. Follow the River 5. pass 6. Michael & Jeff Shaara 7. Margaret Mitchell 8. Misery 9. Gone with the Wind 10. Voyage of the Dawn Treader ---
**Author:** ![HongKongFooey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c4cdca/32.png) [@HongKongFooey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HongKongFooey)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2008, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-fiction-fiction-authors-by-5-4-fighting-closed/459739/38 "2008-08-12T20:53:51Z")
1. Mark Twain 2. The Red Badge of Courage 3. To Kill a Mockingbird 4. Gravity’s Rainbow 5. The Grapes of Wrath 6. Kingsley and Martin Amis 7. Umberto Eco 8. It 9. Battlefield Earth 10. Moby Dick _9_ Dammit, that’s all I can think of ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2008, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-fiction-fiction-authors-by-5-4-fighting-closed/459739/39 "2008-08-12T21:04:22Z")
1. Mark Twain 2. The Red Badge of Courage 3. Flowers in the Attic 4. The Alienist 5. Like Water for Chocolate 6. John Cheever/Susan Cheever 7. John Jakes 8. Delores Claiborne 9. The Good Earth 10. Huckleberry Finn 11. How could I forget _To Kill a Mockingbird_, one of my favorites. :smack: 12. I know I’m going to regret not saying, _Besides Green Eggs and Ham_. 13. John Jakes, Colleen McCullough; Colleen McCullough, John Jakes. What to do, what to do. 14. I wasn’t even thinking DR when I wrote this; it better be the conch (along with Mark Twain). ---
**Author:** ![tarragon918](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d26b3c/32.png) [@tarragon918](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tarragon918)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2008, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-fiction-fiction-authors-by-5-4-fighting-closed/459739/40 "2008-08-12T21:19:18Z")
1. Name a well-known fiction author whose first name-last name initials are MT or TM. 2. Besides The Color Purple, name a work of fiction with a color or colors in title. 3. Name a work of fiction in which a brother and sister are among the main characters. 4. Name a work of fiction with people from real life intertwined. 5. Besides Fried Green Tomatoes . . . , name a work of fiction with food in the title. 6. Name a famous Parent-Child pair who are both fiction writers (not necessarily collaborators). 7. Name a historical fiction novel writer. 8. Name a Stephen King book that was made into a movie. 9. Name any book of fiction with Earth, Wind, Fire or Rain in the title. 10. Name a work of fiction that takes place at least in part on a boat(s) or ship(s). 11. Mark Twain 12. Red Badge of Courage 13. Flowers in the Attic 14. Ragtime 15. Grapes of Wrath 16. Mary Higgins Clark and Carol Higgins Clark 17. Umberto Ecco 18. The Shining 19. Gone with the Wind 20. Moby Dick [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-fiction-fiction-authors-by-5-4-fighting-closed/459739.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-fiction-fiction-authors-by-5-4-fighting-closed/459739.md?page=3)