| 100% | OTTER | 5 | "Bear, ___, and the Kid" (novel by T.J. Klune) |
| 54% | EDSON | 5 | J T —, author of the novels Trail Boss and Waco's Debt |
| 52% | AMYDORRIT | 9 | Title character of an 1857 novel by Charles Dickens born and raised in the Marshalsea debtors' prison |
| 50% | SHIP | 4 | "___ of Theseus," novel by J.J. Abrams and Doug Dorst where the story includes notes in the margins and hidden letters |
| 47% | JAMES | 5 | "___ and the Giant Peach," novel by Roald Dahl |
| 47% | SOFI | 4 | "___ and the Bone Song," novel by Adrienne Tooley |
| 46% | TOLKIEN | 7 | The Hobbit, novel by J.R.R __ |
| 45% | PLAN | 4 | The —, 1995 novel by Stephen J Cannell |
| 45% | CITADEL | 7 | The —, 1937 novel by A J Cronin |
| 45% | THEHOBBIT | 9 | Novel by J.R.R. Tolkien subtitled "There and Back Again" (2 wds.) |
| 44% | SEA | 3 | "The Old Man and the ___," novel by Ernest Hemingway |
| 43% | PETULENGRO | 10 | Jasper —, character in novels by George Borrow including The Romany Rye and Lavengro |
| 43% | EDSON | 5 | J T —, author of novels Trail Boss and Waco's Debt |
| 43% | HOBBIT | 6 | The —, 1937 novel by J R R Tolkien |
| 43% | LIGHT | 5 | "The Mirror and the ___," 2020 novel by Hilary Mantel which is a sequel to 44a |
| 43% | STATEFAIR | 9 | 1932 novel by Phil Stong adapted for the cinema and as a Broadway musical |
| 42% | TALISMAN | 8 | The —, 1984 novel by Stephen King and Peter Straub |
| 42% | SURVIVOR | 8 | 1999 satirical novel by Chuck Palahniuk in which the chapters and pages are numbered backwards |
| 42% | DANIELDERONDA | 13 | 1876 novel by 42-Across featuring the characters Hugo Mallinger and Gwendolen Harleth (2 wds.) |
| 42% | STATE | 5 | & 20D 1932 novel by Phil Stong adapted for the cinema and as a Broadway musical |
| 42% | STATE | 5 | & 15A 1932 novel by Phil Stong adapted for the cinema and as a Broadway musical |
| 42% | THELUCKOFTHE | 12 | & 8A 1935 novel by P G Wodehouse featuring the characters Lotus Blossom and Gertrude Butterwick |
| 42% | WRONGBOX | 8 | The —, 1889 novel by R L Stevenson and Lloyd Osbourne |
| 41% | OCONNOR | 7 | Flannery —, author of novels The Violent Bear It Away and Wise Blood |
| 41% | JANE | 4 | "___ Eyre," 1847 novel by Charlotte Bronte which depicts the story of Mr. Rochester and the eponymous heroine |