| 100% | HERO | 4 | 1901 Maugham novel, with "The" |
| 74% | RAZORSEDGE | 10 | Somerset Maugham novel, with "The" |
| 72% | CRISIS | 6 | 1901 Churchill novel, with "The" |
| 66% | RAZORSEDGE | 10 | Maugham novel made into a 1946 movie, with "The" |
| 63% | OMOO | 4 | Novel with the chapter "Farming in Polynesia" |
| 61% | OPIONEERS | 9 | Classic novel with the heroine Alexandra Bergson |
| 60% | MOBYDICK | 8 | Melville novel with the line "Call me Ishmael" |
| 59% | OLDMANANDTHESEA | 15 | 1952 novel, with The |
| 59% | ATALEOFTWOCITIES | 16 | Dickens novel with the 56-Across as its backdrop |
| 55% | TYLER | 5 | Anne with the Pulitzer-winning novel "Breathing Lessons" |
| 54% | NEAL | 4 | Science fiction author Stephenson with the upcoming novel "Seveneves" |
| 54% | PETSEMATARY | 11 | Stephen King novel with a misspelling in the title |
| 52% | ANNE | 4 | Author Tyler with the upcoming novel "A Spool of Blue Thread" |
| 52% | DAN | 3 | Sci-fi author Simmons with the 1989 Hugo-winning novel "Hyperion" |
| 52% | PIT | 3 | Frank Norris novel, with "The" |
| 52% | EGOIST | 6 | George Meredith novel, with "The" |
| 52% | IPCRESSFILE | 11 | Len Deighton novel, with "The" |
| 52% | TERMINALMAN | 11 | Michael Crichton novel, with "The" |
| 52% | DEERPARK | 8 | Norman Mailer novel, with "The" |
| 52% | TOILERSOFTHESEA | 15 | Victor Hugo novel, with "The" |
| 52% | BETSY | 5 | Harold Robbin novel, with "The" |
| 52% | HAJ | 3 | Leon Uris novel, with "The" |
| 52% | WINDSOFWAR | 10 | Herman Wouk novel, with "The" |
| 52% | LASTDON | 7 | Mario Puzo novel, with "The" |
| 52% | CATCHERINTHERYE | 15 | Classic Salinger novel, with "The" |
| 52% | HAJ | 3 | 1984 historical novel, with "The" |
| 52% | BELLJAR | 7 | Sylvia Plath novel, with "The" |
| 52% | PRISONEROFZENDA | 15 | 1894 adventure novel, with "The" |
| 52% | PERCENTSOLUTION | 15 | ← Sherlock Holmes novel, with "The" |
| 52% | ASIATICS | 8 | Frederic Prokosch novel, with "The" |