Thinking about which book to read? Our rapid test will help you make a quick choice. Answer just two questions.
Test questions
What genre do you prefer?
1 science fiction novel
2 love story
3. A detective with an unexpected ending
4. Something dark, frightening
What era do you want to read about?
A. Middle Ages
B. Romantic 19th century
B. Recent past (20th century)
D. Our time
Test results
So which book to read?
1A - Michael Flynn "Eifelheim: a ghost town"
A gripping fantasy novel about space aliens whose ship crashed and landed in a remote German village. The year is 1348 …
1B - HG Wells "The Invisible Man"
The famous novel tells the story of the fascinating adventures of an ambitious young physicist who invented a machine that makes a person invisible.
1B - Alexander Belyaev "Ariel"
A fascinating novel by Alexander Belyaev about the adventures of a young man who learned to fly as a result of a scientific experiment.
1G - Claire North "Fifteen Lives of Harry August"
Harry August is a Kalachakra, a man who remembers everything about his previous lives. He is preparing to die for the eleventh time, then to be born again, when a girl appears at his bed, which sends him a terrible message that a monstrous catastrophe is impending on the world. Harry tries to prevent her and change the course of history.
2A - Lyon Feuchtwanger "Spanish Ballad"
The novel takes place in Medieval Spain. King Alfonso VIII of Castile falls in love with the beautiful Jewess Raquel. His love is above prejudice, national strife and political intrigue …
2B - Emil Zola "Love Page"
Full of passion and pain, the love story of the widow Helene and the young doctor Henri Deberl. This novel has little chance of a happy ending, because Henri is married, and Helen has a seriously ill daughter, who is madly jealous of her mother for her lover …
2B - Chingiz Aitmatov "Jamilya"
A small but surprisingly beautiful and poetic love story from Chingiz Aitmatov.
2G - 50 shades of gray
A love-erotic bestseller about the relationship between an ordinary girl Anastacia and billionaire Christian Gray with unusual sexual addictions.
3A - Executioner's daughter
1659 … In the German city of Schongau, a series of mysterious murders takes place. Locals suspect that the killer is a local healer. The executioner Jacob Kuizl does not believe in her guilt and decides to get to the bottom of the truth himself. His daughter, the beautiful Magdalena, helps him.
3B - Boris Akunin "Pelageya and the White Bulldog"
A fascinating detective novel about the adventures of nun Pelageya - Russian Miss Marple.
3B - Agatha Christie "Death on the Nile"
A classic detective story from Agatha Christie. A young millionaire is killed on a luxurious ship sailing along the Nile. But the killer has no chance, because Hercule Poirot is taken on the investigation.
3G - Marisha Pesl "Night Cinema"
The cult director of the scariest films Stanislav Cordova has not appeared in public for over 30 years. There are many ominous rumors about him and his family. Suddenly, the young daughter of Cordoba is found dead. According to the official version, she committed suicide. Journalist McGrath is trying to find out the cause of the girl's death, and at the same time unravel the tangle of dark secrets surrounding the mysterious director.
4A - Diana Udovichenko "Bloody illusions"
A gripping historical novel about the life of the Hungarian serial killer Elizabeth Bathory, known in history as the "Bloody Countess", with very unexpected plot twists.
4B - Edgar Poe "The Fall of the House of Usher"
One of the most terrifying stories of the famous writer. The main character comes to visit a friend of his youth, to a dark tarin estate …
4B - Howard Loughcraft "Ridges of Madness"
The famous horror movie from Loughcraft. The scientific expedition arrived in Antarctica. Here its members meet with primal, chilling horror.
4G - Joe Hill "Christmas Land"
Joe Hill is Stephen King's son, writing in the same genre as his father. "Christmas Land" is a horror film about 13-year-old Vic McQueen, who was taken by the maniac-psychopath Charles Manx to the imaginary Land of Christmas, where monstrous things happen …
