[Bookpossum]

1. A translation of Roman poet Juvenal’s quote “Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?” inspired the title of what book, the only one of its kind in Time’s 2005 list of all-time greatest novels? Graphic novel Watchmen - Shayne

2. The 1994 murder of a 14 year old girl for ritualistic purposes in Botswana inspired the first book of what best-selling series? The No 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith - Shayne

3. If 221B Baker Street is to Sherlock Holmes, 9 Bywater Street Chelsea is to whom?

4. Which 1961 novel set on the island of Pianosa in the Mediterranean was written after its author was influenced by the classic 1923 anti-war satire The Good Soldier Svejk by Jaroslav Hasek? Catch 22 - Hamlet

5. What is the title of the acclaimed tetralogy of novels by Lawrence Durrell that are set in an African port city? Alexandria Quartet - poohbear

6. Arrakis is a fictional desert planet that is featured prominently in which classic science fiction series? Dune series - Hamlet

7. Roland Deschain is the protagonist of which series of seven fantasy books that were written between 1970 and 2004?

8. Shakespeare and Company, a famous independent bookstore that specialises in English literature is in which city? Paris - poohbear

9. Which 1989 Spanish novel follows the story of young Tita, who longs her entire life for Pedro but is only able to express her feelings through her cooking, which causes the people who taste it to experience what she feels? Like Water for Chocolate - Hamlet

10. In which 1924 book of English literature does the plot revolve around an incident in Marabar caves in India? A Passage to India - Hamlet

11. Which 1966 postcolonial parallel novel by Jean Rhys acts as a prequel to Charlotte Bronte’s 1847 novel Jane Eyre? Wide Sargasso Sea - poohbear

12. Which English trio comprised “The Lake Poets”? Wordsworth, Coleridge, Southey - poohbear

So I make that:

poohbear - 5 points
Hamlet - 4 points
Shayne - 4 points - 3 plus a bonus point for knowing Watchmen was a graphic novel.

So that leaves 3. and 7. without answers so far, and authors still to be nominated for 1., 4., 6., 9. and 10.