People who read almost always can name influential authors, but can we spot them in a line up? Here’s the test. I’ve picked the top ten authors from the Best 100 Authors site (link at end to prevent cheating). What follows is simply a picture and a number. Can you correctly guess all ten?

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Then wait a moment before scrolling down for the answers.

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Answers:

1. William Shakespeare
2. Charles Dickens
3. Fyodor Dostoevsky
4. J.R.R. Tolkien
5. Leo Tolstoy
6. Ernest Hemingway
7. Jane Austen
8. George Orwell
9. John Steinbeck
10. Mark Twain

Here’s the link to the Best 100 Writers

Tim Kane