| 100% | AYESHA | 6 | 1905 novel by H Rider Haggard subtitled The Return of She |
| 46% | SHE | 3 | 1887 H Rider Haggard novel subtitled A History of Adventure |
| 44% | SHE | 3 | H Rider Haggard novel subtitled A History of Adventure first published in book form in 1887 |
| 44% | THEWIZARD | 9 | 1896 novel by H Rider Haggard |
| 43% | ALLAN | 5 | & 2D 1887 novel by H Rider Haggard |
| 43% | ALLAN | 5 | & 6D 1887 novel by H Rider Haggard |
| 38% | WORLDS | 6 | Sci-fi novel by H.G. Wells: The War of the __ |
| 36% | NOSTROMO | 8 | 1904 novel by Joseph Conrad subtitled A Tale of the Seaboard |
| 36% | BENHUR | 6 | 1880 novel by Lew Wallace subtitled A Tale of the Christ |
| 35% | KIPPS | 5 | 1905 novel by H G Wells |
| 35% | DOCTORSYN | 9 | 1915 novel by Russell Thorndike subtitled A Smuggler Tale of the Romney Marsh |
| 34% | AURORADAWN | 10 | Debut novel by 43-Across subtitled "Or, the True History of Andrew Reale" (2 wds.) |
| 34% | HORNETSNEST | 11 | The —, 2003 book by Jimmy Carter subtitled A Novel of the Revolutionary War |
| 34% | EDGEOF | 6 | & 10A The —, subtitle of 1999 novel Bridget Jones by Helen Fielding |
| 33% | NATIVE | 6 | The Return of the __, Thomas Hardy novel |
| 33% | MACHINE | 7 | Novel by H. G. Wells: The Time __ |
| 33% | ITALIAN | 7 | The —, 1797 novel by Mrs Ann Radcliffe subtitled The Confessional of the Black Penitents |
| 33% | SEVENTEEN | 9 | 1916 novel by Booth Tarkington subtitled A Tale of Youth and Summer Time and the Baxter Family Especially William |
| 33% | PRINCE | 6 | "___ Caspian: The Return to Narnia," second novel in the fantasy series "The Chronicles of Narnia" by C.S. Lewis |
| 32% | TESS | 4 | “A pure woman faithfully presented,” per the subtitle of the novel in which she appears |
| 32% | THEWORLD | 8 | & 2D 1860 novel by R M Ballantyne subtitled The Whaling Cruise of The Dolphin |
| 32% | DEAD | 4 | "___ Poets Society," novel by Nancy H. Kleinbaum which is based on the dark academia-themed movie of the same name |
| 32% | ALLAN | 5 | Quatermain in books by H. Rider Haggard |
| 32% | DRED | 4 | 1856 novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe subtitled A Tale of the Great Dismal Swamp |
| 32% | SHE | 3 | H. Rider Haggard novel |
| 32% | MONSIEUR | 8 | 1974 novel by Lawrence Durrell subtitled The Prince of Darkness |