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Hidden books game 2024

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InMySpareTime · 13/11/2024 07:48

The Hidden Books game is back tomorrow, here's a thread in anticipation for sharing hints of the book titles.
Happy hunting!
Link for when the countdown finishes:
https://hiddenbooks.nationalbooktokens.com/default.aspx

Hidden books game 2024
OP posts:
Dreamtickets · 21/11/2024 16:35

My teenage DD says thanks for all the clues. First time she did it herself. Normally helps me. She’s too nervous to post. But was reading everything.

Retiredgrandmother · 21/11/2024 17:59

no one seems to be struggling with the ghost, and that’s the one I’m stuck on🤦‍♀️
anyone got any clues? Please!

EineReiseDurchDieZeit · 21/11/2024 18:00

You already have half the title, what's the ghost doing ?

Interested in this thread?

Then you might like threads about this subject:

katsnmouse · 21/11/2024 18:47

Wow 😳 that was an odd one this year! Hadn’t heard of at least 1/3rd - thanks for all the clues : i’d never have finished otherwise!

Retiredgrandmother · 21/11/2024 22:28

Got it! Thanks 🙏
completed( managed to get quite a few on my own, but grateful for the clues!)

autienotnoughty · 22/11/2024 21:40

Please can anyone help with the workshop one? I have googled many things including-

Female
Women
Comedian
Autobiography
2024
Hero
Heroine

I have nothing!!

JassyRadlett · 23/11/2024 11:07

autienotnoughty · 22/11/2024 21:40

Please can anyone help with the workshop one? I have googled many things including-

Female
Women
Comedian
Autobiography
2024
Hero
Heroine

I have nothing!!

Are you a Taskmaster fan? The author wore pretty much that outfit when she was on Taskmaster.

autienotnoughty · 23/11/2024 11:20

@JassyRadlett thank you!!

wrongthinker · 23/11/2024 17:33

OMG. I would never have finished without a lot of help from this thread! Some of those clues were ridiculous!

Boopear · 24/11/2024 18:37

I am horrified to admit that I have them allm apart from the flaming panda 😪. Can I please have a clue? I really have no idea at all😳

Tarkan · 24/11/2024 18:46

Boopear · 24/11/2024 18:37

I am horrified to admit that I have them allm apart from the flaming panda 😪. Can I please have a clue? I really have no idea at all😳

Its non-fiction and about punctuation. There's a panda on the cover as the title is a line from a joke about a panda and bad punctuation.

EineReiseDurchDieZeit · 24/11/2024 18:47

@Boopear

Firstly, what do Panda's eat? Secondly, it's an older book about grammar that sold well

Boopear · 24/11/2024 18:48

Oh yes! Of course! Thanks so much @Tarkan

drspouse · 27/11/2024 23:05

Nousernameforme · 14/11/2024 11:24

Oh, lol I was sure i had tried that

There's a book called that??

TinyTear · 28/11/2024 09:17

drspouse · 27/11/2024 23:05

There's a book called that??

Waterstones book of the Year it was just announced

drspouse · 28/11/2024 13:47

I have 15/20.
Still missing
Angel (thought I knew this so maybe I've just got one worse wrong)
Blooming box
Child with animals (are the specific animals important?)
Bee man (I have got the name of the band as it's actually on the book cover too)
Barbershop (I tried putting the flavours down in turn!)

EineReiseDurchDieZeit · 28/11/2024 14:03

@drspouse

Bee Man has nothing to do with the band The Police and everything to do with the individual singer. You have one word already.

The Box is about what it contains being hidden!

Specific animals are important

A mix of flavours ice cream commonly found in supermarkets

Angie290 · 28/11/2024 15:32

The soldier, what else is he?

wrongthinker · 28/11/2024 16:00

Box - rephrase "the entirety of illuminations we are unable to view"

drspouse · 28/11/2024 17:09

Done!
I swear I put the animals one in as it is supposed to be - if you are struggling, it's a well known author but I'd never, ever heard of the book.
The angel one - I was fooled by a different series which IS on Netflix and has a very similar title.

Chuzzle92 · 30/11/2024 14:40

Ohwhatfuckeryitistoride · 14/11/2024 14:21

Just bastarding Sting to go.
I was positive the girls was Even cowgirls get the blues, because they are and the books are about blues. I think my answer is better.
But Sting-pleeeeeeease people!

What is he dressed as? sting

cariadlet · 30/11/2024 15:13

Finally completed it - thanks to some heavy duty googling and the clues on this thread. Thanks to everyone who has posted clues. No way I would have ever got the barber shop quartet without the clues in here.

I thought I would never get that bloody comedy one. What a relief to finally crack it. More by luck than skill or even skilful cheating.

AgathaLioness · 30/11/2024 19:30

Just sat down to do this this evening - thanks for all the clues everyone!

bettbburg · 01/12/2024 02:55

I got the dripping table as I just bought that book

cariadlet · 01/12/2024 07:35

Have those who finished, completed the survey afterwards?
I found it tricky to choose my favourite clue but had no problem with the anything else box st the end - I used it to have a little grumble about the 4 singers.

It was annoying that the first question was my gender not my sex. That nonsense gets everywhere. But the other questions were good.