| 100% | SAGA | 4 | "The Forsyte ___" (novel series) |
| 100% | GALSWORTHY | 10 | John —, author of novel series The Forsyte Saga |
| 74% | RIORDAN | 7 | Rick —, author of novel series Percy Jackson & the Olympians |
| 72% | RIORDAN | 7 | Rick —, author of novel series Percy Jackson and the Olympians |
| 70% | KINSELLA | 8 | Author of the Shopaholic novel series, Sophie |
| 68% | TRIPODS | 7 | The —, 1980s BBC TV series based on novels by John Christopher |
| 67% | TOLET | 5 | "The Forsyte Saga" novel |
| 67% | OWLY | 4 | Pantomime graphic novel series for kids which follows the life of the titular bird |
| 67% | POWELL | 6 | Anthony —, author of twelve-volume novel series A Dance to the Music of Time |
| 66% | DOME | 4 | "Under the ___" (TV series based on a Stephen King novel) |
| 66% | CANNOTSEE | 9 | All the Light We __, 2023 series based on a novel |
| 65% | JOHNREBUS | 9 | Protagonist of the detective novel series by Ian Rankin: 2 wds. |
| 65% | SEEK | 4 | "Hide and ___" (Ian Rankin novel in the Inspector Rebus mystery series) |
| 64% | MEET | 4 | "___ the Austins" (first novel in Madeleine L'Engle's Austin Family Chronicles series) |
| 64% | DOME | 4 | "Under the ___" (Stephen King novel that was made into a CBS series) |
| 64% | MAD | 3 | "___ About the Boy" (third novel in Helen Fielding's "Bridget Jones" series) |
| 64% | BALTHAZAR | 9 | 1958 novel by Lawrence Durrell; second volume of series The Alexandria Quartet |
| 64% | STAR | 4 | "Daughter of the Morning ___" (2021 novel in Craig Johnson's "Longmire" series) |
| 64% | LADY | 4 | "___ in the Lake" (Apple TV+ series based on a Laura Lippman novel) |
| 64% | PRATCHETT | 9 | Terry —, late fantasy writer best known for the Discworld series of novels |
| 64% | TESSGERRITSEN | 13 | Writer whose novels inspired the "Rizzoli & Isles" TV series (2 wds.) |
| 63% | NEWMOON | 7 | Second novel in the "Twilight" series (2 wds.) |
| 62% | THEHUNGERGAMES | 14 | Dystopian novel/film series … or what the answers to the starred clues are? |
| 62% | HEAVENSRIVER | 12 | Fourth novel in the "Bobiverse" science-fiction series by 32-Across (2 wds.) |
| 62% | FORWEAREMANY | 12 | Second novel in the "Bobiverse" science-fiction series by 32-Across (4 wds.) |
| 62% | TASTE | 5 | "A ___ for Vengeance" (Martin Walker novel in the Bruno, Chief of Police series) |
| 62% | DEAD | 4 | "___ Until Dark" (first novel in the "Sookie Stackhouse" vampire series by Charlaine Harris) |
| 62% | THELAST | 7 | & 17D 1956 novel in The Chronicles of Narnia series by C S Lewis |