Book Anatomy: Ask the book now sits at the top of every book, with example questions · Ask any classic book about the craft that made it great · 50 tools · Updated 16 Oct 2026 · My list

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C3. Speech fingerprint: line length, pet words, questions, exclamations. Count

Dialogue and voice. One line per book. Open a book for the full answer, charts and cited lines.

BookGenreResult
Treasure IslandThriller and adventureTop speaker Long John Silver (63%)
The Thirty-Nine StepsThriller and adventureTop speaker General Royer (45%)
The Prisoner of ZendaThriller and adventureTop speaker Colonel Sapt (50%)
Around the World in Eighty DaysThriller and adventureTop speaker Phileas Fogg (28%)
King Solomon's MinesThriller and adventureTop speaker Sir Henry Curtis (39%)
The Hound of the BaskervillesCrime and mysteryTop speaker Sherlock Holmes (63%)
A Study in ScarletCrime and mysteryTop speaker Sherlock Holmes (50%)
The Adventures of Sherlock HolmesCrime and mysteryTop speaker Sherlock Holmes (91%)
The MoonstoneCrime and mysteryTop speaker Sergeant Cuff (39%)
The Woman in WhiteCrime and mysteryTop speaker Count Fosco (24%)
Pride and PrejudiceRomanceTop speaker Elizabeth Bennet (38%)
PersuasionRomanceTop speaker Anne Elliot (39%)
EmmaRomanceTop speaker Emma Woodhouse (50%)
Jane EyreRomanceTop speaker Mr. Rochester (26%)
DraculaGothic and horrorTop speaker Professor Abraham Van Helsing (47%)
FrankensteinGothic and horrorTop speaker Elizabeth Lavenza (42%)
Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr HydeGothic and horrorTop speaker Mr. Utterson (42%)
The Picture of Dorian GrayGothic and horrorTop speaker Lord Henry Wotton (51%)
Wuthering HeightsGothic and horrorTop speaker Catherine Earnshaw (38%)
The Turn of the ScrewGothic and horrorTop speaker Mrs. Grose (72%)
The Time MachineScience fictionTop speaker Time Traveller (48%)
The War of the WorldsScience fictionTop speaker The Narrator's younger brother (51%)
The Invisible ManScience fictionTop speaker Dr. Kemp (30%)
Alice's Adventures in WonderlandFantasy and children'sTop speaker Alice (62%)
The Wonderful Wizard of OzFantasy and children'sTop speaker Dorothy (28%)
The Secret GardenFantasy and children'sTop speaker Mary Lennox (35%)
The Wind in the WillowsFantasy and children'sTop speaker Rat (42%)
Great ExpectationsLiteraryTop speaker Joe Gargery (30%)
A Christmas CarolLiteraryTop speaker Ebenezer Scrooge (84%)
The Great GatsbyLiteraryTop speaker Tom Buchanan (31%)
Heart of DarknessLiterary
KidnappedThriller and adventureTop speaker Alan Breck Stewart (66%)
The Count of Monte CristoThriller and adventureTop speaker Edmond Dantès (23%)
The Three MusketeersThriller and adventureTop speaker D'Artagnan (31%)
The Riddle of the SandsThriller and adventureTop speaker Davies (83%)
The Scarlet PimpernelThriller and adventureTop speaker Chauvelin (24%)
The Lost WorldThriller and adventureTop speaker Professor George Edward Challenger (38%)
Captain BloodThriller and adventureTop speaker Peter Blood (62%)
Lady Audley's SecretCrime and mysteryTop speaker Robert Audley (49%)
The Murders in the Rue MorgueCrime and mysteryTop speaker C. Auguste Dupin (100%)
The Innocence of Father BrownCrime and mysteryTop speaker Father Brown (58%)
The Big Bow MysteryCrime and mysteryTop speaker Denzil Cantercot (34%)
The Leavenworth CaseCrime and mysteryTop speaker Mr. Gryce (40%)
The Red Thumb MarkCrime and mysteryTop speaker Dr. Thorndyke (56%)
The Amateur CracksmanCrime and mysteryTop speaker A. J. Raffles (85%)
The Secret AgentCrime and mysteryTop speaker Ossipon (29%)
Sense and SensibilityRomanceTop speaker Elinor Dashwood (36%)
North and SouthRomanceTop speaker Margaret Hale (48%)
Far from the Madding CrowdRomanceTop speaker Gabriel Oak (21%)
The Enchanted AprilRomanceTop speaker Mrs. Wilkins (34%)
The SheikRomanceTop speaker Diana Mayo (33%)
Daddy Long LegsRomance
CarmillaGothic and horrorTop speaker Laura's father (51%)
The Castle of OtrantoGothic and horrorTop speaker Manfred (28%)
The Phantom of the OperaGothic and horrorTop speaker Raoul de Chagny (32%)
The Great God PanGothic and horrorTop speaker Villiers (55%)
The Yellow WallpaperGothic and horror
The Call of CthulhuGothic and horror
The Island of Doctor MoreauScience fictionTop speaker Montgomery (40%)
Journey to the Centre of the EarthScience fictionTop speaker Professor Hardwigg (93%)
A Princess of MarsScience fictionTop speaker Tars Tarkas (26%)
HerlandScience fictionTop speaker Terry O. Nicholson (45%)
FlatlandScience fictionTop speaker Sphere (54%)
ErewhonScience fictionTop speaker Yram (100%)
The Last ManScience fictionTop speaker Raymond (32%)
Through the Looking GlassFantasy and children'sTop speaker Alice (64%)
A Little PrincessFantasy and children'sTop speaker Sara Crewe (46%)
The Jungle BookFantasy and children'sTop speaker Mowgli (29%)
Five Children and ItFantasy and children's
The Railway ChildrenFantasy and children'sTop speaker Roberta (29%)
The Princess and the GoblinFantasy and children's
Peter and WendyFantasy and children'sTop speaker Wendy Darling (27%)
The Worm OuroborosFantasy and children'sTop speaker Lord Juss (19%)
Anne of Green GablesFantasy and children'sTop speaker Anne Shirley (49%)
Black BeautyFantasy and children'sTop speaker John Manly (32%)
MiddlemarchLiteraryTop speaker Dorothea Brooke (16%)
Tess of the d'UrbervillesLiteraryTop speaker Tess Durbeyfield (28%)
Mrs DallowayLiteraryTop speaker Clarissa Dalloway (25%)
To the LighthouseLiteraryTop speaker William Bankes (37%)
Anna KareninaLiteraryTop speaker Konstantin Levin (26%)
Crime and PunishmentLiteraryTop speaker Raskolnikov (26%)
Madame BovaryLiteraryTop speaker Emma Bovary (25%)
The Age of InnocenceLiteraryTop speaker Newland Archer (31%)
Silas MarnerLiteraryTop speaker Godfrey Cass (18%)
Adventures of Huckleberry FinnLiteraryTop speaker Jim (52%)
HamletPlaysTop speaker Hamlet (41%)
MacbethPlaysTop speaker Macbeth (34%)
Romeo and JulietPlaysTop speaker Romeo (18%)
OthelloPlaysTop speaker Iago (32%)
A Midsummer Night's DreamPlaysTop speaker Helena (12%)
Twelfth NightPlaysTop speaker Sir Toby (15%)
Doctor FaustusPlaysTop speaker Faustus (56%)
The Importance of Being EarnestPlaysTop speaker Jack (22%)
A Doll's HousePlaysTop speaker Nora (46%)
Hedda GablerPlaysTop speaker Mrs (50%)
PygmalionPlaysTop speaker Higgins (28%)
The School for ScandalPlaysTop speaker Sir Peter (18%)
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