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Literature

Easy · 11×11 · 15 words
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  1. 1. Person or figure represented in a literary work
  2. 4. Writing instrument filled with ink
  3. 5. Dramatic work performed on stage
  4. 6. Short tale with animals teaching a moral
  5. 8. Written account of a real person's life
  6. 11. Time and place where a story occurs
  7. 13. Central idea or underlying meaning of a story
  8. 14. Principal good character in a story

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  1. 1. Struggle between opposing forces in a plot
  2. 2. Repetition of similar sounds in poetic verse
  3. 3. Long narrative poem about heroic deeds
  4. 7. Main division or numbered section of a book
  5. 9. Short piece of non-fiction writing on a single topic
  6. 10. Long fictional book
  7. 12. Fictional story or narrative

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BookTok Reading Tropes

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  1. 3. Overly protective and possessive male lead
  2. 5. Type of burn that takes 400 pages to ignite
  3. 6. Extraterrestrial love interest with unusual anatomy
  4. 8. An ending that forces you to buy the sequel immediately
  5. 10. The ultimate goal for any romance couple, initially
  6. 11. Fated partners who cannot escape destiny
  7. 12. What some romantasy books rely on instead of a strict storyline

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  1. 1. Pointy-eared romantasy love interest
  2. 2. The agonizingly gradual pace of a 'slow' romance
  3. 4. Forced ___: trapped in a cabin during a snowstorm
  4. 6. A moody aesthetic involving old libraries and murders
  5. 7. They start out hating each other before falling hard
  6. 9. The explicit chapters readers might skip directly to

Epic Fantasy Adventures

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  1. 4. Tavern musician ready to sing of your epic deeds
  2. 6. Staff-wielding master of the arcane arts
  3. 8. The chosen one destined to save the realm from darkness
  4. 10. Underground labyrinth filled with loot and lurking monsters
  5. 13. The deep, expansive backstory of a mythical universe
  6. 14. A brave knight's trusty steel companion
  7. 15. A verbal incantation that makes things go boom

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  1. 1. The unseen force powering the Cosmere and beyond
  2. 2. A spellcaster's slender focusing tool
  3. 3. Two-legged, winged reptilian cousin to the dragon
  4. 5. Royal headgear fought over in a treacherous game of thrones
  5. 7. Enchanted necklace worn to ward off evil spirits
  6. 9. Monstrous creature that a witcher might be hired to hunt
  7. 11. Pointy-eared archer of the ancient woodland
  8. 12. Hulking, regenerative brute often found guarding a bridge

crime fiction

Easy · 5×5 · 4 words
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  1. 4. A claim that someone was elsewhere during a crime

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  1. 1. The crime of deceiving someone for money
  2. 2. The state of having committed an offense
  3. 3. A place where criminals are kept

Classic Books

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  1. 1. A book with a flexible thin cover
  2. 4. A story centered on love and relationships
  3. 9. A person who actively opposes the main character
  4. 10. An account of imaginary or real people and events
  5. 11. A long fictional story in book form
  6. 12. The main events of a story

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  1. 2. The leading character in a fictional text
  2. 3. To look at and understand written words
  3. 5. A person who corrects and prepares a manuscript for publication
  4. 6. A numbered section of a book
  5. 7. The person who wrote the book
  6. 8. Literature that describes imaginary events and people

National Book Lovers Day

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  1. 1. Mightier than the sword, proverbially
  2. 2. Enemies-to-lovers is a popular one
  3. 4. Short profile on the dust jacket
  4. 5. Slang for the romantic heat level in modern novels
  5. 9. Devoted community analyzing every chapter
  6. 11. The narrative arc that thickens
  7. 12. Format narrated by voice actors
  8. 13. Sci-fi, mystery, or historical fiction

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  1. 1. Writing that isn't structured as poetry
  2. 2. A yarn spun by a storyteller
  3. 3. Grand in scale, like the Odyssey
  4. 6. A milestone to reach before turning off the lamp
  5. 7. Dictionary found at the back of a textbook
  6. 8. The mind behind the manuscript
  7. 10. Nonfiction's alphabetical reference section
  8. 11. It might be dog-eared by a careless reader

lord of the rings

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  1. 2. The vast body of water crossed to reach the Undying Lands
  2. 3. The hobbit tasked with destroying the jewelry

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  1. 1. An immortal being with pointed ears
  2. 2. A weapon used by Aragorn in battle
  3. 4. A corrupted soldier serving the dark lord

Throne of glass deep lore crosswords

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  1. 1. A mountain of iron and shadow where wings were bred
  2. 2. A river that flows through the heart of the empire
  3. 3. The title of the yellowlegs leader
  4. 5. A princess of flowers and flames who sacrificed all
  5. 9. The goddess of the hearth and home
  6. 10. A healer who used a sun-spark to cleanse the dark
  7. 11. The element of the lost queen
  8. 15. A city of stone and glass on the Avery
  9. 17. The middle brother of the dark triumvirate
  10. 18. A princess of light who made a terrible bargain
  11. 19. An empire built on the bones of magic
  12. 23. The city of light and snow in the north
  13. 24. A name for the god of the sun
  14. 25. The sword of the king that sings of ice

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  1. 1. The wing-leader with eyes of gold and a heart of iron
  2. 2. The desert where the assassins train
  3. 4. The lion of Doranelle with a son of the north
  4. 6. A queen of the Fae who became a goddess
  5. 7. A queen who stole a sister's skin and a kingdom's heart
  6. 8. The force that binds the stars and the marks
  7. 12. The first king of the north who carried the flame
  8. 13. The spiders that weave with silk and secrets
  9. 14. The demons of the dark realm
  10. 16. The sword that speaks only the truth
  11. 20. A torturer who met his end in a coffin of iron
  12. 21. A thief from the north who escaped the glass castle
  13. 22. The element of the hawk prince

reading

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  1. 1. Creative writing arranged in lines and stanzas
  2. 5. The person who writes a book
  3. 7. A set of written pages bound together

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  1. 2. A person who corrects and prepares text
  2. 3. The material that pages are made of
  3. 4. A large book size
  4. 6. The colored liquid used for printing words

liebes kahaniyan

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  1. 3. A deep feeling of intense affection
  2. 5. Very loving or loyal to someone
  3. 6. A social meeting between two people

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  1. 1. For all future time
  2. 2. A person who is dearly loved
  3. 4. The organ often associated with feelings of romance
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