| 100% | THEFERMATA | 10 | 1994 novel by Nicholson Baker whose central character is Arno Strine |
| 97% | FERMATA | 7 | The —, 1994 novel by Nicholson Baker whose central character is Arno Strine |
| 47% | GOLDMINE | 8 | 1970 novel by Wilbur Smith whose central character is Rod Ironsides |
| 47% | WOBEGONBOY | 10 | 1997 novel by Garrison Keillor whose central character is John Tollefson |
| 45% | WOBEGON | 7 | & 12D 1997 novel by Garrison Keillor whose central character is John Tollefson |
| 45% | THEPORTRAIT | 11 | & 6D 1881 novel by Henry James whose central character is Isabel Archer |
| 45% | WHENEIGHT | 9 | & 1D 1966 novel by Alistair Maclean whose central character is Philip Calvert |
| 45% | ANAMERICAN | 10 | & 8A 1925 novel by Theodore Dreiser whose central character is Clyde Griffiths |
| 45% | THEGOLDEN | 9 | & 22A 1962 novel by Doris Lessing whose central character is Anna Wulf |
| 45% | PRECIOUS | 8 | & 20D 1924 novel by Mary Webb whose central character is Prue Sarn |
| 44% | ANGLOSAXON | 10 | & 5D 1956 novel by Angus Wilson whose central character is Gerald Middleton (5-5,9) |
| 43% | FIVEWEEKSINA | 12 | & 21A 1863 adventure novel by Jules Verne whose central character is Dr Samuel Ferguson |
| 39% | PARADESEND | 10 | Tetralogy of novels by Ford Madox Ford whose central character is Christopher Tietjens |
| 38% | THECONSTANT | 11 | & 14D 2001 novel by John le Carre whose central character is Justin Quayle |
| 38% | THEMOONAND | 10 | & 1D 1919 novel by W Somerset Maugham whose central character is Charles Strickland |
| 37% | ANTIQUARY | 9 | The —, 1816 novel by Sir Walter Scott whose central character is Jonathan Oldbuck |
| 35% | AWORDCHILD | 10 | 1975 Iris Murdoch novel whose central character is Hilary Burde |
| 35% | BLONDE | 6 | Novel by Joyce Carol Oates whose character "The Ex-Athlete" is based on Joe DiMaggio |
| 35% | DEATHIN | 7 | & 14A 1912 novella by Thomas Mann whose central character is Gustav von Aschenbach |
| 34% | PARADESEND | 10 | Tetralogy by Ford Madox Ford whose central character is Christopher Tietjens |
| 34% | ACLERGYMANS | 11 | & 12A 1935 George Orwell novel whose central character is Dorothy Hare |
| 34% | TOHAVE | 6 | & 6D 1937 Ernest Hemingway novel whose central character is Harry Morgan |