| 100% | DESPAIR | 7 | 1936 Vladimir Nabokov book whose protagonist is Hermann Karlovich |
| 34% | THEGIFT | 7 | Vladimir Nabokov novel written in the 1930s whose central character is Fyodor Godunov-Cherdyntsev |
| 31% | GIFT | 4 | The —, Vladimir Nabokov novel originally published in serial form in 1938 whose central character is Fyodor Godunov-Cherdyntsev |
| 30% | TENET | 5 | Christopher Nolan movie whose protagonist is named Protagonist |
| 30% | HALO | 4 | Video game series whose protagonist is Master Chief |
| 30% | CRIMEAND | 8 | Fyodor Dostoevsky novel whose protagonist is Rodion Raskolnikov |
| 29% | REVELATION | 10 | Book whose last word is "Amen" |
| 29% | THEBLUESTEYE | 12 | 1970 Toni Morrison novel whose protagonist is Pecola Breedlove |
| 29% | SONGOFSOLOMON | 13 | 1977 novel whose protagonist is Macon (Milkman) Dead III |
| 29% | DIARY | 5 | 2003 novel by Chuck Palahniuk whose protagonist is Misty Wilmot |
| 29% | RYE | 3 | "The Catcher in the ___," novel whose protagonist is Holden Caulfield |
| 29% | MALTESE | 7 | “The ___ Falcon” (novel whose protagonist is the detective Sam Spade) |
| 28% | THESECONDSEX | 12 | Book whose introduction asks, “What is a Woman?” |
| 28% | SCRIPT | 6 | Book whose lines are learned by an actor |
| 28% | ITHEJURY | 8 | 1947 debut novel by Mickey Spillane whose protagonist is Mike Hammer |
| 28% | REDPONY | 7 | The —, 1937 novella by John Steinbeck whose protagonist is Jody Tiflin |
| 28% | GOINGPOSTAL | 11 | 2004 novel by Terry Pratchett whose protagonist is Moist von Lipwig |
| 28% | MENLIKEGODS | 11 | 1923 novel by H G Wells whose protagonist is Mr Barnstaple |
| 28% | COMET | 5 | Sagan book whose Chapter Nine is ''Tails'' |
| 28% | WHERESWALDO | 11 | Popular children's book series ... whose protagonist is "hiding" in the circled letters |
| 28% | PERSUASION | 10 | Jane Austen novel published posthumously in 1817 whose protagonist is Anne Elliot |
| 28% | THECATCHERIN | 12 | & 12A 1951 novel by J D Salinger whose protagonist is Holden Caulfield |
| 28% | BOLD | 4 | "The ___ Type," TV series starring Katie Stevens whose protagonist is a journalist |
| 27% | INTRODUCING | 11 | & 16D 1938 novel by John Creasey whose protagonist is the Honourable Richard Rollison |
| 27% | TOLLGATE | 8 | The —, 1954 novel by Georgette Heyer novel whose protagonist is Captain John Staple |
| 27% | HOPONPOP | 8 | Book whose last line is "Ask me tomorrow but not today" |
| 26% | QURAN | 5 | Book whose contents were revealed gradually by an archangel over 23 years |
| 26% | AGENTCARTER | 11 | Marvel TV show whose protagonist's first name was Peggy |