| 100% | DUROY | 5 | Georges —, central character in 1885 novel Bel-Ami by Guy de Maupassant |
| 49% | BELAMI | 6 | 1885 novel by Guy de Maupassant |
| 41% | KIMBALLOHARA | 12 | Central character in 1901 novel Kim by Rudyard Kipling |
| 37% | PETULENGRO | 10 | Jasper —, character in novels by George Borrow including The Romany Rye and Lavengro |
| 36% | BELAMI | 6 | Guy de Maupassant novel |
| 36% | YVETTE | 6 | 1884 short story by Guy de Maupassant |
| 35% | BELAMI | 6 | Guy de Maupassant's second novel |
| 34% | ABRAHAMLINCOLN | 14 | Historical figure whose son is the central character of a George Saunders novel mostly set in a temporary afterlife |
| 34% | BELAMI | 6 | Guy de Maupassant novel whose name means "good friend" |
| 33% | BEL | 3 | "___-Ami" (Guy de Maupassant novel) |
| 33% | AMI | 3 | "Bel ___" (Guy de Maupassant novel) |
| 33% | BLOOM | 5 | Leopold —, central character in 1922 James Joyce novel Ulysses |
| 32% | BECKY | 5 | & 18D Central character in 1840s W M Thackeray novel Vanity Fair |
| 31% | RASSENDYLL | 10 | Rudolf —, central character in 1894 Anthony Hope novel The Prisoner of Zenda |
| 31% | SOREL | 5 | Julien —, central character in 1830 Stendhal novel The Red and the Black |
| 31% | TELLWRIGHT | 10 | Anna —, central character in 1902 Arnold Bennett novel Anna of the Five Towns |
| 30% | MEG | 3 | Character voiced by Mila Kunis in "Family Guy" |
| 30% | THEMARTIAN | 10 | Novel by George du Maurier published posthumously in 1897 |
| 29% | NATHAN | 6 | & 1D Character in 1950 Broadway musical Guys and Dolls played by Sam Levene |
| 29% | VELCRO | 6 | Type of fastening invented by Georges de Mestral in 1948 |
| 28% | MARTIAN | 7 | The —, novel by George du Maurier published posthumously in 1897 |
| 28% | OCEAN | 5 | Danny ___, title character played by George Clooney in heist films |
| 28% | SVENGALI | 8 | Musician in a novel by George du Maurier |
| 28% | BETHMARCH | 9 | Character in Louisa M Alcott novel Little Women played on screen by Claire Danes and Jean Parker |
| 28% | VESPERLYND | 10 | Character in Ian Fleming's novel Casino Royale portrayed on screen by Ursula Andress and Eva Green |
| 28% | ARCS | 4 | Paths followed by characters in novels |
| 28% | FIFI | 4 | Guy de Maupassant's "Mademoiselle ___" |
| 27% | DANDIE | 6 | & 23A Character in Walter Scott's novel Guy Mannering after whom a breed of terrier is named |