When authors refer to other great works, people, and events, it’s usually not accidental. Put on your super-sleuth hat and figure out why.
Literary and Philosophical References
- Fyodor Dostoyevsky, The Brothers Karamazov (2.48)
- William Shakespeare, Macbeth (3.60)
- The Brontë sisters (5.60)
- Cesare Pavese (poet) (6.2)
- Sylvia Plath, The Bell Jar (7.4)
- J.D. Salinger, Catcher in the Rye (7.4)
- Virginia Woolf, The Waves (8.56)
- Emily Brontë, Wuthering Heights (9.4)
- C.S. Lewis, The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe (11.140)
- Dr. Seuss, Oh, the Places You'll Go! (20.31)
- J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings (21.36)
- Pearl S. Buck (26.78)
- Ernest Hemingway, For Whom the Bell Tolls (27.33)
- Ivan Turgenev, Fathers and Sons (30.14)
- Vladimir Mayakovski (poet) (41.24)
- Robert Louis Stevenson, Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (41.36)
- Robert Lowell (49.1)
- Herman Melville (57.28)
Historical References
- Al Capone (21.33)
- John Dillinger (21.33)
Pop Culture References
- Split Enz (3.50)
- Sigmund Freud (5.60)
- Depeche Mode (8.42)
- The Talking Heads (8.42)
- Johnny Cash (8.42)
- Pink Floyd (8.48)
- Keith Richards (10.22)
- The Beatles (10.23)
- The Sex Pistols (10.26)
- Joy Division (10.26)
- Jimi Hendrix (15.15)
- Die Hard (15.38)
- Jimmy Page (17.11)
- The Incredible Hulk (21.5)
- Larry Bird (21.30)
- Norman Rockwell (21.35)
- American Girl dolls (21.59)
- Michelangelo (26.78)
- Emma Watson (29.47)
- Sir Patrick Moore (34.15)
- MythBusters (37.3)
- Vampire Diaries (44.10)
- The Slow Club (band) (48.16)
- The Wizard of Oz (48.20)
- The Guinness Book of World Records (56.12)
- The Clash (57.28)