| 100% | DONN | 4 | Arabella —, wife of the title character in 1895 Thomas Hardy novel Jude the Obscure |
| 55% | HENCHARD | 8 | Michael —, hay-trusser; title character in 1886 Thomas Hardy novel The Mayor of Casterbridge |
| 48% | FARFRAE | 7 | Donald —, Scottish character in 1886 Thomas Hardy novel The Mayor of Casterbridge |
| 47% | JUDE | 4 | "___ the Obscure," novel by Thomas Hardy about, published in 1895 a working-class young man who dreams of becoming a scholar |
| 46% | CLYM | 4 | & 11D Paris diamond merchant; title character in 1878 Thomas Hardy work The Return of the Native |
| 45% | ANGEL | 5 | Character in Thomas Hardy novel Tess of the D'Urbervilles who marries the heroine |
| 44% | VYE | 3 | Eustacia —, wife of Clym Yeobright in Thomas Hardy novel The Return of the Native |
| 43% | SMIKE | 5 | Friend of the title character in 1839 Charles Dickens novel Nicholas Nickleby |
| 43% | SMIKE | 5 | Close friend of the title character in 1839 Charles Dickens novel Nicholas Nickleby |
| 42% | TESS | 4 | __ of the d'Urbervilles, in Thomas Hardy novel |
| 42% | DEWY | 4 | Dick —, character in 1872 Thomas Hardy novel Under the Greenwood Tree in love with Fancy Day |
| 42% | EVERDENE | 8 | Bathsheba —, character in 1874 Thomas Hardy novel Far From the Madding Crowd |
| 40% | UNCAS | 5 | Title character in the J F Cooper novel The Last of the Mohicans |
| 40% | UNCAS | 5 | Title character in 1826 J F Cooper novel The Last of the Mohicans |
| 40% | HARDY | 5 | Thomas —, author of novels A Laodicean and Jude the Obscure |
| 38% | TESS | 4 | Title woman in a Thomas Hardy novel |
| 37% | HAN | 3 | First name of the title character in "Solo" |
| 36% | NED | 3 | Boyfriend of the title character in "The Nancy Drew Files" |
| 36% | JAY | 3 | First name of the title character in "The Great Gatsby" |
| 36% | AMYDORRIT | 9 | Title character of an 1857 novel by Charles Dickens born and raised in the Marshalsea debtors' prison |
| 36% | ASLAN | 5 | One of the title characters in "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe" |
| 36% | TESS | 4 | Thomas Hardy novel "___ of the d'Urbervilles" |
| 36% | TESS | 4 | Thomas Hardy novel, "__ of the d'Urbervilles" |
| 35% | DEPP | 4 | Actor Johnny who was the voice of the title character in "Rango" |
| 35% | KNIGHTLEY | 9 | George —, gentleman who marries the title character in 1815 Jane Austen novel Emma |
| 35% | LEA | 3 | Actress Salonga who provided the singing voice of the title character in "Mulan" |
| 35% | TESS | 4 | "___ of the d'Urbervilles" (classic Thomas Hardy novel) |