| 100% | SECRETOF | 8 | & 22D The —, 2006 novel by James Herbert |
| 68% | SPEAR | 5 | The —, 1978 novel by James Herbert |
| 65% | LOOKINGGOOD | 11 | & 22D 2006 novel by Peter James |
| 65% | RATS | 4 | The —, 1974 debut novel by James Herbert |
| 60% | ASH | 3 | 2012 novel by James Herbert |
| 59% | THETESTAMENT | 12 | & 22A 2006 novel by James Robertson |
| 54% | FOURTHBEAR | 10 | The —, 2006 novel by Jasper Fforde |
| 54% | AFGHAN | 6 | The —, 2006 novel by Frederick Forsyth |
| 54% | HOUSE | 5 | The —, 2006 novel by Danielle Steel |
| 54% | NIGHTWATCH | 10 | The —, 2006 novel by Sarah Waters |
| 54% | HARDWAY | 7 | The —, 2006 novel by Lee Child |
| 54% | TENDERNESS | 10 | The —, 2006 novel by Stef Penney |
| 54% | TATTOOED | 8 | & 22D The —, 2003 novel by Joyce Carol Oates |
| 53% | FAIREST | 7 | 2006 novel by Gail Carson Levin set in the kingdom of Ayortha |
| 53% | WYANDOTTE | 9 | 1843 novel by James Fenimore Cooper subtitled The Hutted Knoll |
| 52% | OCEAN | 5 | The —, 1941 novel by James Hanley |
| 52% | BLACKDAHLIA | 11 | The —, 1987 novel by James Ellroy |
| 51% | REDROVER | 8 | The —, 1827 novel by James Fenimore Cooper |
| 51% | BUTTERFLY | 9 | The —, 1947 novel by James M Cain |
| 51% | THEECHOMAKER | 12 | 2006 novel by 32-Across that won the National Book Award for Fiction (3 wds.) |
| 51% | SERENADE | 8 | 1937 novel by James M Cain narrated by the character John Howard Sharp |
| 50% | ROAD | 4 | "The ___," 2006 novel by Cormac McCarthy featuring an unnamed protagonist that won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction |
| 49% | RODERICK | 8 | & 6D 1875 novel by Henry James featuring the character Rowland Mallet |
| 49% | BOSTONIANS | 10 | The —, 1886 novel by Henry James |
| 49% | TRAGICMUSE | 10 | The —, 1890 novel by Henry James |
| 49% | ASPERNPAPERS | 12 | The —, 1888 novel by Henry James |
| 49% | AWKWARDAGE | 10 | The —, 1899 novel by Henry James |
| 49% | DEADSIMPLE | 10 | 2005 novel by Peter James; first book in the Roy Grace series |