| 100% | BFG | 3 | 1982 children's-book title character who eats Snozzcumbers |
| 49% | WALDO | 5 | Children's book character who wears a red and white striped shirt |
| 47% | NODDY | 5 | Enid Blyton children's book character who first appeared in 1949 |
| 46% | VERYHUNGRYCATERPILLAR | 21 | Classic children's book character eating its way through this puzzle, with "the" |
| 46% | POOH | 4 | Classic children's book character who said, "A hug is always the right size" |
| 44% | THEBFG | 6 | 1982 children's book by Roald Dahl |
| 43% | ALICE | 5 | Children's character who asks herself "And what is the use of a book without pictures or conversations?" |
| 43% | CYRANODEBERGERAC | 16 | Title character who's ashamed of his nose |
| 42% | GODOT | 5 | Theatrical title character who's never seen |
| 42% | ELOISE | 6 | Children's-book character who lives at the Plaza Hotel |
| 42% | DOUG | 4 | Nickelodeon title character who's friends with Skeeter |
| 41% | EARP | 4 | Wynonna ___ (Syfy title character who's descended from marshal Wyatt) |
| 41% | LAYLA | 5 | Song title character who's "got me on my knees" |
| 41% | LOIS | 4 | Comic strip title character who is Beetle Bailey's sister |
| 40% | WALDO | 5 | Elusive children's book character |
| 40% | LITTLEBSAMBO | 12 | Bygone children's book character |
| 40% | BESS | 4 | Opera title character who's initially in a relationship with Crown |
| 40% | PIGLET | 6 | Children's book character whose favorite food is "haycorns" |
| 40% | SAMBO | 5 | "Little" children's book character |
| 40% | GODOT | 5 | Title character who never appears |
| 39% | JALFREDPRUFROCK | 15 | T. S. Eliot title character who measures out his life with coffee spoons |
| 39% | WALDO | 5 | Children's book character in a red-and-white shirt |
| 39% | GODOT | 5 | Title character who is never onstage |
| 39% | SAUL | 4 | Title character whom you "better call" |
| 39% | LEAR | 4 | Title character of whom it's said "Vex not his ghost" |
| 38% | PADDINGTON | 10 | Children's character who wears a duffle coat |
| 38% | BFG | 3 | The —, 1982 children's book by Roald Dahl |
| 38% | DRZHIVAGO | 9 | Title character who writes the "Lara" poems |
| 38% | NANETTE | 7 | Title character who sings "Tea for Two" |