1. The Poseidon Adventure is an epic by Homer.

2. Anita Desai is the author of Zero Percentile.

3. The author of the Astérix series is J.K. Rowling.

4. The Human Comedy is a book series by Honore de Balzac.

5. The Old Man and the Sea is a novel by Ernest Hemingway.

6. Oliver Twist was written by Mark Twain.