| 100% | INTRODUCING | 11 | & 16D 1938 novel by John Creasey whose protagonist is the Honourable Richard Rollison |
| 37% | TOLLGATE | 8 | The —, 1954 novel by Georgette Heyer novel whose protagonist is Captain John Staple |
| 37% | REDPONY | 7 | The —, 1937 novella by John Steinbeck whose protagonist is Jody Tiflin |
| 37% | TOLLGATE | 8 | The —, 1954 novel by Georgette Heyer novel whose protagonist is Captain John Staple (4-4) |
| 33% | DIARY | 5 | 2003 novel by Chuck Palahniuk whose protagonist is Misty Wilmot |
| 33% | GOINGPOSTAL | 11 | 2004 novel by Terry Pratchett whose protagonist is Moist von Lipwig |
| 32% | THECONSTANT | 11 | & 14D 2001 novel by John le Carre whose central character is Justin Quayle |
| 32% | ITHEJURY | 8 | 1947 debut novel by Mickey Spillane whose protagonist is Mike Hammer |
| 31% | MEETTHEBARON | 12 | 1937 novel by John Creasey also published as The Man in the Blue Mask |
| 30% | REBECCA | 7 | 1938 novel by Daphne du Maurier featuring an unnamed protagonist that was adapted into an eponymous Oscar-winning film |
| 30% | ORFEO | 5 | Novel by Richard Powers which was on the longlist for the 2014 Man Booker Prize |
| 30% | MALTESE | 7 | “The ___ Falcon” (novel whose protagonist is the detective Sam Spade) |
| 30% | REDHEAD | 7 | 1933 novel by John Creasey |
| 29% | WOBEGONBOY | 10 | 1997 novel by Garrison Keillor whose central character is John Tollefson |
| 29% | USA | 3 | Novel trilogy by John Dos Passos whose second volume is 1919 |
| 29% | THEFOURWINDS | 12 | & 15A Six-volume novel series by Compton Mackenzie whose main protagonist is John Ogilvie |
| 29% | USA | 3 | Novel trilogy by John Dos Passos whose second volume is 1932's 1919 |
| 28% | WOBEGON | 7 | & 12D 1997 novel by Garrison Keillor whose central character is John Tollefson |
| 28% | GIFT | 4 | The —, Vladimir Nabokov novel originally published in serial form in 1938 whose central character is Fyodor Godunov-Cherdyntsev |
| 27% | FERMATA | 7 | The —, 1994 novel by Nicholson Baker whose central character is Arno Strine |
| 27% | HOLYGHOST | 9 | Book by John Sandford which was part of the "Virgil Flowers" novel series and became a NYT 2018 Bestseller: 2 wds. |
| 27% | BLONDE | 6 | Novel by Joyce Carol Oates whose character "The Ex-Athlete" is based on Joe DiMaggio |
| 27% | PELICAN | 7 | "The ___ Brief," novel by John Grisham which was made into a movie starring Julia Roberts |
| 27% | ANTIQUARY | 9 | The —, 1816 novel by Sir Walter Scott whose central character is Jonathan Oldbuck |
| 27% | MENLIKEGODS | 11 | 1923 novel by H G Wells whose protagonist is Mr Barnstaple |
| 27% | BOOKOFDAVE | 10 | The —, 2006 Will Self novel whose protagonist is a London cab driver |
| 27% | RYE | 3 | "The Catcher in the ___," novel whose protagonist is Holden Caulfield |
| 27% | EUPHUES | 7 | 1578 novel by John Lyly subtitled The Anatomy of Wit |