| 100% | APAIROF | 7 | & 13D 1873 novel by Thomas Hardy whose heroine is Elfride Swancourt |
| 53% | EYES | 4 | "A Pair of Blue ___," 1873 novel by Thomas Hardy about the love triangle of Elfride Swancourt and her two suitors |
| 37% | MADDINGCROWD | 12 | "Far from the ____," 1874 novel by Thomas Hardy which is about the farming community in Victorian England: 2 wds. |
| 36% | TWO | 3 | "___ on a Tower," 1882 novel by Thomas Hardy which is a love story of Lady Constastine and Swithin St. Cleeve |
| 35% | WOODLANDERS | 11 | The —, 1887 novel by Thomas Hardy |
| 35% | FARFROMTHE | 10 | & 22A 1874 novel by Thomas Hardy |
| 35% | TRUMPETMAJOR | 12 | The —, 1880 novel by Thomas Hardy |
| 34% | ALAODICEAN | 10 | 1881 three-volume novel by Thomas Hardy |
| 34% | TRUMPETMAJOR | 12 | The —, 1880 novel by Thomas Hardy (7-5) |
| 34% | FAR | 3 | "___ From The Madding Crowd," novel by Thomas Hardy |
| 32% | DISTRICTOF | 10 | & 13D Novel trilogy by John Dos Passos whose first part was 1939's Adventures of a Young Man |
| 31% | THEEUSTACE | 10 | & 13D 1873 three-volume novel by Anthony Trollope |
| 30% | TOMBRAIDER | 10 | Game whose heroine was played by Angelina Jolie in a 2001 film |
| 30% | UTOPIA | 6 | 1516 socio-political satirical novel by Thomas More that is set on an island |
| 29% | TESS | 4 | "___ of the d'Urbervilles" (novel by Thomas Hardy) |
| 29% | MENLIKEGODS | 11 | 1923 novel by H G Wells whose protagonist is Mr Barnstaple |
| 29% | LASONNAMBULA | 12 | 1831 opera by Vincenzo Bellini whose heroine is Amina |
| 29% | THECATCHERIN | 12 | & 12A 1951 novel by J D Salinger whose protagonist is Holden Caulfield |
| 29% | JUDE | 4 | "___ the Obscure," novel by Thomas Hardy about, published in 1895 a working-class young man who dreams of becoming a scholar |
| 28% | DIARY | 5 | 2003 novel by Chuck Palahniuk whose protagonist is Misty Wilmot |
| 28% | BLONDE | 6 | Novel by Joyce Carol Oates whose character "The Ex-Athlete" is based on Joe DiMaggio |
| 28% | TOLLGATE | 8 | The —, 1954 novel by Georgette Heyer novel whose protagonist is Captain John Staple |
| 28% | ANTIQUARY | 9 | The —, 1816 novel by Sir Walter Scott whose central character is Jonathan Oldbuck |
| 28% | THECONSTANT | 11 | & 14D 2001 novel by John le Carre whose central character is Justin Quayle |
| 28% | THEMOONAND | 10 | & 1D 1919 novel by W Somerset Maugham whose central character is Charles Strickland |
| 28% | HAND | 4 | "The ___ of Ethelberta: A Comedy in Chapters," 1876 novel by Thomas Hardy about Ethelberta who reinvents herself to find a perfect match |