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Guess These 26 Book Titles Written in Only Emoji

Emojis have overtaken my life in a big way. As much I like sending long wordy texts, I appreciate the understatement of my favorite emoticons. Your friend flakes again on your plans for drinks? Hit him with the judgmental face. Another friend complains about her lack of romantic prospects? Comfort her with the dancing twins with antennae doing little Rockette kicks, to say, We'll both be alone forever!

Emojis are idiosyncratic, to say the least. Why is there both a camel with one hump, and a camel with two humps? When will we get emojis with more diverse skin tones ? And when am I going to be able to send mermaids and witches to my friends?

The advent of Emoji has also given birth to my favorite game: Guess this book title. This level of nerdiness appeals to most of my friends (they're poets, OK?) and we can get weirdly obscure (cow, smiling poop, moon, lips, lollipop, buildings: "Another Bullshit Night in Suck City, duh" my friend replied immediately.) You won't find poetry on this quiz, however; it's a mix of classic novels and popular fiction.

So, are you ready? Start guessing, emoji master:

1. The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway; 2. Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen; 3. Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston; 4. Ghost World by Daniel Clowes; 5. To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee; 6. The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne; 7. Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad; 8. The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner; 9. No Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthy; 10. A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess; 11. In Cold Blood by Truman Capote; 12. All the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy; 13. Children of the Corn by Stephen King; 14. Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck; 15. The Magic Mountain by Thomas Mann; 16. Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck; 17. The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt; 18. T he Devil in the White City by Erik Larson; 19. Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel; 20. Catch-22 by Joseph Heller; 21. The Ghost Writer by Philip Roth; 22. Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes; 23. The Portrait of a Lady by Henry James; 24. The Turn of the Screw by Henry James; 25. A Dance to the Music of Time by Anthony Powell; 26. Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace

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Can You Guess These Classic Books from Their Emoji Titles?

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Abby Hargreaves is a New Hampshire native living and working as a Children’s Librarian in Washington, D.C. She fulfills the gamut of the librarian stereotype with a love of cats, coffee, and crocheting (and likes a good run of alliteration). Her MLIS degree enjoys the company of a BA in English from Hollins University, making Abby an advocate of women's universities. Her favorite color is yellow.

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There’s plenty of debate over what qualifies a book to be one of the “classic books.” People can be awfully stuffy about it, but luckily here at Book Riot, we like to think we’re pretty chill. I have a feeling Shakespeare would be down with the idea of emoji book titles, so here are sixteen titles translated to emoji speak for you to decipher. Can you guess these classic books from their emoji titles? Let us know how you do in the comments!

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Emojis were first introduced on Japanese mobile phones in the late 1990s , but have since become a staple to online and mobile communication, adding fun flair to messages. 

July 17 is World Emoji Day, and at the Library we're celebrating by combining emojis and book titles. In honor of our love of books and emojis, we're putting you to the test: can you guess the book titles from the emojis? Take our quiz below and find out!

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They say a picture is worth a thousand words — and in this case, a book title.

In celebration of World Book Day Thursday, UK-based elevator company Stannah put out a tweet challenging followers to identify 10 classic kid’s books by using emojis as clues.

“In celebration of #WorldBookDay, we’ve created a brainteasing #book emoji quiz,” tweeted the stairlift and home lift company. “Our #SilverCensus study saw us ask more than 1,000 over-60s which stories they feel all children should read … and these sequences represent the top 10 answers.”

How many of these classic children’s books can you name? Apparently, most only get six out of 10 answers correct. Put your emoji literacy and book knowledge to the test by solving the riddles below!

Now that you’ve finished guessing, check your answers below!

WARNING: Spoilers

• Winnie-the-Pooh
• The Railway Children
• The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
• The Tale of Peter Rabbit
• The Famous Five
• Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland
• The Wind in the Willows
• The Jungle Book
• Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Stannah’s tweet comes amid uproar from Gen Z about the nature of emojis and their apparent misuses.

One Reddit user caused an online firestorm after demanding that the thumbs-up emoji and nine other emojis be canceled for being too passive-aggressive to use in an office setting.

“For younger people, the thumbs-up emoji is used to be really passive-aggressive,” wrote the user.

“It’s super rude if someone just sends you a thumbs up,” they added. “So I also had a weird time adjusting because my workplace is the same.”

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I tell people that I got a degree in English Literature so I would secure a high paying job at a literary non-profit with an unlimited salad bar, rosé on tap, and a personal chauffeur, but the real reason for my four (very expensive) years in university was to hone my bar trivia skills so I’m acing the book questions and bringing glory to my team (Team Billy, named after my dog, Billy the dog).

I’ve combined my love for bar trivia, my knowledge of literature, and a millennial penchant for communicating solely in emojis to present to you my life’s work: a “Guess the Book Titles Using Only Emoji” quiz. Can’t figure it out? No worries, you’re only a little bit of a doofus and I’m only judging you a a teeny bit for sneaking a peek at the answers listed at the bottom.

1. I Love Dick by Chris Kraus

2. A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess

3. The Princess Bride by William Goldman

4. War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy

5. Fates and Furies by Lauren Groff

6. Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami

7. Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway

8. Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert

9. Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

10. The Waves by Virginia Woolf

11. Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Marcia Marquez

12. Milk and Honey by Rupi Kaur

13. Animal Farm by George Orwell

14. Moby Dick by Herman Melville

15. Watership Down by Richard Adams

16. Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson

17. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep by Philip K. Dick

18. Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan

19. Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie

20. The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake by Aimee Bender

21. The Girl on The Train by Paul Hawkins

22. Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes

23. Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead

24. Swing Time by Zadie Smith

25. The Pisces by Melissa Broder

26. Made for Love by Alissa Nutting

27. Sweet Lamb of Heaven by Lydia Millet

28. Vampires in the Lemon Grove by Karen Russell

29. The Vegetarian by Han Kang

30. The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams

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Quiz: Can You Guess the Book Title From Emojis?

Emojis or emoticons are little pictures that can be used in place of emotions or objects. In this day and age, they add a little bit of flare to our text messages, instant messages, tweets, and everything else on the internet you can think of. We took some famous book titles and converted them into emojis. Test your 21st-century smarts with this emoji quiz!      Featured image courtesy of https://bit.ly/2oVm3Mj

Emojis or emoticons are little pictures that can be used in place of emotions or objects. In this day and age, they add a little bit of flare to our text messages, instant messages, tweets, and everything else on the internet you can think of. We took some famous book titles and converted them into emojis. Test your 21st-century smarts with this emoji quiz!

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Emojis are the modern method of communication .

So what happens when you take a much-loved children's story and re-write it using just smileys and symbols?

Well, that's what online book retailer Book People has done in order to challenge people's ability to interpret the emoji language .

“With emojis becoming such a popular way of writing or enhancing a message, we wanted to see if people could understand their favourite book titles using only pictures. Can a picture really speak 1,000 words?” said Sarah Walden, the group buying and merchandising director at Book People.

Have a look at the emoji passages below and see if you can tell which famous kids' story it is:

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If you want to know the answers to the above emoji brain teasers, just scroll down...

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• Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
• Harry Potter
• The Jungle Book
• Peter Rabbit
• The Secret Garden
• Winnie The Pooh

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