| 100% | TRILBY | 6 | George Du Maurier novel published in book form in 1895 |
| 59% | THEMARTIAN | 10 | Novel by George du Maurier published posthumously in 1897 |
| 58% | MARTIAN | 7 | The —, novel by George du Maurier published posthumously in 1897 |
| 54% | SVENGALI | 8 | Hypnotist in 1895 George du Maurier novel Trilby |
| 54% | MADAMEBOVARY | 12 | Gustave Flaubert novel published in book form in 1857 |
| 51% | LITTLEDORRIT | 12 | Charles Dickens novel published in book form in 1857 featuring the character Arthur Clennam |
| 51% | KIM | 3 | Rudyard Kipling novel first published in book form in 1901 |
| 51% | QUOVADIS | 8 | Henryk Sienkiewicz novel first published in book form in 1896 |
| 51% | WATCHANDWARD | 12 | Henry James novel first published in book form in 1878 |
| 48% | SHE | 3 | H Rider Haggard novel subtitled A History of Adventure first published in book form in 1887 |
| 48% | SVENGALI | 8 | Musician in a novel by George du Maurier |
| 47% | ASTUDYIN | 8 | & 16D First of four Sherlock Holmes novels by Arthur Conan Doyle, published in book form in 1888 |
| 41% | DOUBLE | 6 | & 24A James M Cain novella first published in book form in 1943 |
| 39% | PETER | 5 | & 13D 1891 novel by George Du Maurier |
| 39% | LUCKOF | 6 | & 6D The —, William Thackeray novel first published in serial form in 1844 |
| 39% | SVENGALI | 8 | Domineering man in George du Maurier's Trilby |
| 38% | TRILBY | 6 | Type of hat taken from a George du Maurier book |
| 36% | CANYOU | 6 | & 10D First of the Palliser novels by Anthony Trollope published in serial form in 1864 and 1865 |
| 36% | THESPOILS | 9 | 1897 Henry James novel first published in serial form as The Old Things |
| 36% | MRSDANVERS | 10 | Housekeeper in 1938 novel Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier |
| 36% | GIFT | 4 | The —, Vladimir Nabokov novel originally published in serial form in 1938 whose central character is Fyodor Godunov-Cherdyntsev |
| 33% | MANDERLEY | 9 | Fictional estate of Maxim de Winter in Daphne du Maurier's 1938 novel Rebecca |
| 33% | BOUND | 5 | In book form |
| 33% | SVENGALI | 8 | George du Maurier musician |
| 32% | SVENGALI | 8 | George du Maurier's musician |
| 32% | REBECCA | 7 | Daphne du Maurier novel |
| 31% | REBECCA | 7 | 1938 Daphne du Maurier novel |