| 100% | KIMBALLOHARA | 12 | Central character in 1901 novel Kim by Rudyard Kipling |
| 45% | KIM | 3 | Rudyard Kipling novel first published in book form in 1901 |
| 42% | DUROY | 5 | Georges —, central character in 1885 novel Bel-Ami by Guy de Maupassant |
| 38% | MOWGLI | 6 | Orphan created by Rudyard Kipling in "The Jungle Book" |
| 38% | BLOOM | 5 | Leopold —, central character in 1922 James Joyce novel Ulysses |
| 37% | BECKY | 5 | & 18D Central character in 1840s W M Thackeray novel Vanity Fair |
| 36% | RASSENDYLL | 10 | Rudolf —, central character in 1894 Anthony Hope novel The Prisoner of Zenda |
| 36% | SOREL | 5 | Julien —, central character in 1830 Stendhal novel The Red and the Black |
| 36% | TELLWRIGHT | 10 | Anna —, central character in 1902 Arnold Bennett novel Anna of the Five Towns |
| 36% | AKELA | 5 | Chief wolf in The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling |
| 36% | BALOO | 5 | Brown bear in The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling |
| 35% | SHERE | 5 | ___ Khan, fictional villain tiger created by Rudyard Kipling who appeared in Disney's "Jungle Book" |
| 34% | PETULENGRO | 10 | Jasper —, character in novels by George Borrow including The Romany Rye and Lavengro |
| 33% | KAA | 3 | Python in Rudyard Kipling novel The Jungle Book |
| 33% | BETHMARCH | 9 | Character in Louisa M Alcott novel Little Women played on screen by Claire Danes and Jean Parker |
| 33% | VESPERLYND | 10 | Character in Ian Fleming's novel Casino Royale portrayed on screen by Ursula Andress and Eva Green |
| 33% | ARCS | 4 | Paths followed by characters in novels |
| 32% | AKELA | 5 | Common name for a Cub Scout leader originated by Rudyard Kipling in "The Jungle Book" from a Hindi word meaning "alone" |
| 32% | VERISOPHT | 9 | Lord Frederick —, character in Charles Dickens novel Nicholas Nickleby killed by Sir Mulberry Hawk in a duel |
| 32% | JUSTSO | 6 | __ Stories by Rudyard Kipling |
| 31% | MOON | 4 | "The First Men in the ___," 1901 science romance novel by H.G. Wells |
| 31% | SCROOGE | 7 | Central character in Dickens' A Christmas Carol |
| 31% | PLAINTALES | 10 | & 22A 1888 short story collection by Rudyard Kipling |
| 31% | ABRAHAMLINCOLN | 14 | Historical figure whose son is the central character of a George Saunders novel mostly set in a temporary afterlife |
| 31% | JUSTSOSTORIES | 13 | *Children's collection by Rudyard Kipling |
| 30% | MOWGLI | 6 | Boy raised by wolves in The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling |
| 30% | LETTERS | 7 | Characters in every novel |
| 30% | KIM | 3 | 1901 novel set in India |
| 30% | JUNGLEBOOK | 10 | The —, 1894 volume of stories by Rudyard Kipling |