Quest: Inside the Writer's Mind

Storygazer Quest

What is going through a writer's mind? Stories can give us a pretty good idea. But what is truly, deeply going through a writer's mind? Ah! That is extremely complex, to say the least. Stories about writers can give us a much better clue. What kind of adventures do they go through? What is their life like? What sparks their creativity? Authors are some of the most creative people on Earth, so be prepared! Expect the unexpected in this quest, for writers undergo all kinds of strange occurrences.

Add books you've read that feature a writer as one of the main characters. Books about real life writers (that have written more than an autobiography or memoir) count too.

5 occurrences

The Great Gatsby

by F. Scott Fitzgerald

Historical FictionRomance

122 PagesApril 1925

Read by 51 people

4 occurrences

Little Women

by Louisa May Alcott

Little Women #1

Historical FictionRomance

586 PagesSeptember 1868

Read by 25 people

4 occurrences

Misery

by Stephen King

HorrorSuspenseThriller

384 PagesJune 1987

Read by 15 people

3 occurrences

'Salem's Lot

by Stephen King

ParanormalFantasyThriller

653 PagesOctober 1975

Read by 21 people

3 occurrences

Oathbringer

by Brandon Sanderson

The Stormlight Archive #3

High/Epic FantasyAdventure

1306 PagesNovember 2017

Read by 29 people

3 occurrences

The Shining

by Stephen King

The Shining #1

ParanormalSuspenseThriller

659 PagesJanuary 1977

Read by 23 people

3 occurrences

Kindred

by Octavia E. Butler

Historical FictionScience FictionFantasy

295 PagesJune 1979

Read by 15 people

2 occurrences

David Copperfield

by Charles Dickens

Historical Fiction

950 PagesNovember 1850

Read by 7 people

2 occurrences

The Glass Castle

by Jeannette Walls

Memoir & Autobiography

304 PagesMarch 2005

Read by 12 people

2 occurrences

Bunny

by Mona Awad

Magical RealismContemporary FictionLiterary Fiction

373 PagesJune 2019

Read by 9 people

2 occurrences

Beach Read

by Emily Henry, Emīlija Henrija

Contemporary RomanceContemporary Fiction

359 PagesMay 2020

Read by 15 people

2 occurrences

Breakfast at Tiffany's

by Truman Capote

RomanceContemporary Fiction

158 PagesOctober 1958

Read by 6 people

1 occurrence

Haunting Adeline

by H.D. Carlton

Cat and Mouse Duet #1

Contemporary RomanceContemporary FictionSuspense

551 PagesAugust 2021

Read by 12 people

1 occurrence

The Bell Jar

by Sylvia Plath

PoetryPsychologyLiterary Fiction

224 PagesJanuary 1963

Read by 12 people

1 occurrence

The Shadow of the Wind

by Carlos Ruiz Zafón

The Cemetery of Forgotten Books #1

Magical RealismHistorical FictionGothic

524 PagesMay 2001

Read by 12 people

1 occurrence

30 Days of Night Omnibus

by Ben Templesmith, Steve Niles

30 Days of Night #1-2,4

ParanormalFantasy

352 PagesNovember 2009

Read by 1 person

1 occurrence

Rhythm of War

by Brandon Sanderson

The Cosmere

High/Epic FantasyAdventure

1296 PagesNovember 2020

Read by 24 people

1 occurrence

Martin Eden

by Jack London

Historical FictionAdventure

304 Pages1908

Read by 3 people

1 occurrence

The Outsiders

by S.E. Hinton

Contemporary Fiction

180 PagesApril 1967

Read by 21 people

1 occurrence

Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries

by Heather Fawcett

Emily Wilde #1

Fantasy

336 PagesJanuary 2023

Read by 29 people

1 occurrence

I am AI

by Ai Jiang

DystopiaCyberpunk

52 PagesJune 2023

Read by 2 people

1 occurrence

The Pale Blue Eye

by Louis Bayard

Historical FictionGothicInvestigator

448 PagesMay 2006

Read by 2 people

1 occurrence

The Book of Living Secrets

by Madeleine Roux

ParanormalGothicFantasy

400 PagesMarch 2022

Read by 2 people

1 occurrence

Piranesi

by Susanna Clarke

Magical RealismMythologyLiterary Fiction

365 PagesSeptember 2020

Read by 34 people

1 occurrence

Gwendy’s Button Box

by Richard Chizmar, Stephen King

The Button Box #1

MysteryParanormalFantasy

171 PagesMay 2017

Read by 9 people

1 occurrence

You Should Have Left

by Daniel Kehlmann, Ross Benjamin

Contemporary FictionThrillerHorror

111 PagesOctober 2016

Read by 1 person

1 occurrence

Cage of Souls

by Adrian Tchaikovsky

ApocalypticPost-ApocalypticDystopia

602 PagesApril 2019

Read by 1 person

1 occurrence

The Well of Loneliness

by Radclyffe Hall

Historical FictionRomance

608 PagesJanuary 1928

Read by 4 people

1 occurrence

Hopscotch

by Julio Cortázar

Magical Realism

576 PagesJanuary 1963

Read by 2 people

1 occurrence

The Kite Runner

by Khaled Hosseini

Historical FictionDramaContemporary Fiction

340 PagesMay 2003

Read by 23 people

1 occurrence

Dreams From My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance

by Barack Obama

Memoir & AutobiographyHistoryPolitics

442 PagesJuly 1995

Read by 1 person

1 occurrence

Fire Spells Between Friends

by S.O. Callahan, Sarah Wallace

FantasyRomance

400 PagesNovember 2024

Read by 1 person

1 occurrence

Billy Summers

by Stephen King

Contemporary FictionSuspenseThriller

514 PagesAugust 2021

100

Read by 2 people

1 occurrence

Book Lovers

by Emily Henry

Contemporary RomanceContemporary Fiction

384 PagesMay 2022

Read by 18 people

1 occurrence

The Dark Half

by Stephen King

ParanormalSuspenseThriller

431 PagesOctober 1989

Read by 6 people

1 occurrence

Into Thin Air

by Jon Krakauer

Memoir & AutobiographyAdventure

434 PagesMay 1997

Read by 7 people

1 occurrence

Verity

by Colleen Hoover

Contemporary FictionSuspenseThriller

336 PagesDecember 2018

Read by 20 people

1 occurrence

Yellowface

by R.F. Kuang

Contemporary Fiction

336 PagesMay 2023

Read by 17 people

1 occurrence

Gang Leader for a Day

by Reg Rogers, Stephen J. Dubner, Sudhir Venkatesh

Memoir & AutobiographyEconomicsAnthropology & Sociology

302 PagesJanuary 2008

Read by 1 person

1 occurrence

The Know-It-All: One Man's Humble Quest to Become the Smartest Person in the World

by A.J. Jacobs

HumorMemoir & AutobiographyHistory

386 PagesJanuary 2004

Read by 1 person

1 occurrence

Sometimes the Magic Works: Lessons from a Writing Life

by Terry Brooks

ArtMemoir & AutobiographySelf-Help

208 PagesJanuary 2003

100

Read by 1 person

1 occurrence

Matrix

by Lauren Groff

Historical FictionLiterary FictionReligion & Spirituality

September 2021

Read by 2 people

1 occurrence

Things My Son Needs to Know About The World

by Fredrik Backman

HumorMemoir & AutobiographyParenting & Family

208 PagesAugust 2012

Read by 2 people

1 occurrence

Bedside Manor

by Jack Townsend

HorrorScience Fiction

Read by 1 person

1 occurrence

Fangirl

by Rainbow Rowell

RomanceContemporary Fiction

433 PagesSeptember 2013

Read by 22 people

1 occurrence

The Shambler from the Stars

by Robert Bloch

HorrorScience Fiction

1935

Read by 1 person