Litclues — August 16, 2026
Novels whose hero is an orphan
Jane Eyre, Oliver Twist, Anne of Green Gables, James and the Giant Peach
Novels driven by a stolen object
The Maltese Falcon, The Moonstone, The Goldfinch, The Great Train Robbery
Novels that borrow their names from children's verse
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, A Pocket Full of Rye, Crooked House, Hickory Dickory Dock
Novels by writers who covered wars as reporters
For Whom the Bell Tolls, The Quiet American, Scoop, Dispatches