QUIZ: Beach Reads In Tweets - Can You Guess The Book From 140 Characters?

If you ever struggle with time to read a book, a leading English language expert has managed to condense the nation’s favourite beach reads to the length of a tweet.

In just 140 characters, former Booker Prize Chairman Professor John Sutherland has set out the entire plot to 25 classic books for the Twitter generation.

He decided to carry out the project after a poll by Samsung Galaxy S6 edge which suggests young Brits are ditching books for social media.

Professor Sutherland said: ”This breakdown of the 25 most popular beach reads of all time is the truest representation of modern day pulp fiction allowing today’s easily distracted young holidaymakers to enjoy the most popular summer books in an instant and who knows, maybe they may just inspire some people to pick up an old fashioned book at some point.”

But we want to know how well YOU know your reads - can you guess the books from these tweet summaries? Answers below… (warning - mini-spoilers ahead)

1. Orphan 11yo Harry = wizard! Off 2wizard skool. Temp defeats Lord Voldie (whohe?) + 3 headed dog 2 bag the stone

2. Katniss+Peeta r ‘tributes’ in dystopian TVised fite2death. P <3 K. K goes wiv it, as luv story=$$$4survival. They win 2getha

3. Amy&Nick r married. Amy fakes own murder 2 frame N. (who is rite?) A manipul8s every1, killz her ex. Evil A makes N stay w/ her 4 baby ?

4. 30s U.S,6yo Scout+bro Jem try2c recluse Boo. Dad=lawyer4Tom, innocent black victim2racist trial. S+J attackd, saved by B & lern life-lessn

5. Holly+Gerry r married. G dies> H is :’( ? But yay! 10 letters frm G each mnth (all end w/ PS. I Love You) makes her ? ++

6. Sweden: Man hired 2 find missing niece. Girl w/tattoo also investig8s. Find rape+murder conspiracy in $$$clan> exposed. Revenge=sweet

7. Corpse in Louvre=coded msg! Symbologist man + cryptologist wman (chased by killer Xtian sect). Solve it: rveals truth bout Jesus!

8. Shy meek virgin Ana meets V rich control freak + BDSM dom: Christian Grey. Mild erotica + Xtreme wealth in feminism-free zone

9. 20thC Pride+Prej:Bridget’s 30+, sgl <3 booze+cigs+frends. Troubles w/diet,job+men + Y are guys crzy abt a grl’s 4XXXL undrpnts??

10. Noah reads lifestory 2 sum1: Bak frm WW2, tries 2get bak w/Allie tho now Lon’s fianc?e. Sum1=Allie now w/Alzheimer’s but 2gether @last! :’(

11. V.rich, enigmatic Jay Gatsby finds 1st luv Daisy, Tom’s wife. But it’s selfish D+T’s fault ends w/ Jay shot. Also “Gr8"Gatsby was bootlegger

12. Hobbit Bilbo <3 home but wizard Gandalf selects him 2 help dwarfs win back gold+kingdom stolen by dragon. Epic w/ elves, orcs, etc

13. Nobles of Westeros fight/plot for throne of 7 kingdms, while icy zombie types threaten from North + girl frm deposed family gets dragons.

14. Henry+Clare happily married w/nrmal life xcept H sumtimes transported thru time.?Problems wen he interfere in future and 4sees C’s death ?

15. Dr.Dolittle on Noahs ark w/magic realism: Pi’s family own zoo, sail4Canada but Pi lost@sea alone except God…and animals incl. tiger!

16. Bella is nu grl @skool. Who’s this mysterious guy? A nice shiny vampire! He saves B from van, men + evil vamp. They fall in <3 + go 2 prom.

17. 15yo w/Asperger, gr8 @maths. Idol=Sherlock. Solves mystery of y Mum+Dad broke up, somehow connected 2 pitchforked poodle in garden

18. Mythic epic: Sauron made ring2rule them all but loses it in battle. Mny yrs + a murder l8r, hobbit Frodo must destroy it w/ wizard+elves

19. Shopaholic Bex has 6k debt! Cook4self + wear same clothes for +1mth?! :-O Mebbe rich men help? No but TV job will! Can shop again - phew!

20. Insignificant blu-green planet w/ primitive apelike life demolished 2 make way 4 bypass. Arthur rescued by alien hitchhiker + wanders galaxy

21. Kabul. Amir + Hazara = Kite-fly buddies.
Foe=Assef. Soviet invasion worsens, Amir unfrnds Hazara. Amir+dad go to US, all wrks out?

22. Fantasy:Lyra+daemon in quest4Dust+other worlds. But Church=enemy. Also must stop plot2cut Dmons frm ppl (like removing souls)! Also, bears

23. NY divorcee down in dumps goes 2 Italy 4 gourmet food, India 4 spirituality. Then 2 Bali where she finds balance + love

24. 9yo Satsu + sis are sold 2 Geisha school. Frnd Pumpkin, unfriend plus Geisha Hatsumomo. WW2 begins with Satsu = winnr, Japan = losr.

25. 1day thru yrs. 15jul, Dextr+Emma gradu8+hav 1nitestnd. Life promising. Then: marriage, loss, breakdown :’(

How well did you do? Here’s the answers:

1. Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (JK Rowling)
2. The Hunger Games (Suzanne Collins)
3. Gone Girl (Gillian Flynn)
4. To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
5. P.S. I Love You (Cecelia Ahern)
6. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Stieg Larsson)
7. The Da Vinci Code (Dan Brown)
8. Fifty Shades of Grey (EL James)
9. Bridget Jones’s Diary (Helen Fielding)
10. The Notebook (Nicholas Sparks)
11. The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
12. The Hobbit (J.R.R. Tolkien)
13. A Game of Thrones (George R.R. Martin)
14. The Time Traveller’s Wife (Audrey Niffenegger)
15. Life of Pi (Yann Martel)
16. Twilight (Stephenie Meyer)
17. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time (Mark Haddon)
18. The Lord of the Rings (J.R.R. Tolkien)
19. Confessions of a Shopaholic (Sophie Kinsella)
20. The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Douglas Adams)
21. The Kite Runner (Khaled Hosseini)
22. The Golden Compass (Philip Pullman)
23. Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman’s Search for Everything (Elizabeth Gilbert)
24. Memoirs of a Geisha (Arthur Golden)
25. One Day (David Nicholls)