| 100% | HAMPSHIRE | 9 | Hotel New __, Irving novel of an eccentric family |
| 44% | HAMPSHIRE | 9 | The Hotel New __, John Irving's family saga |
| 36% | ROOTS | 5 | 1976 novel subtitled "The Saga of an American Family" |
| 35% | EMMA | 4 | Heroine of an Austen novel |
| 34% | RON | 3 | Part of an '80s First Family |
| 34% | ITT | 3 | Member of an "ooky" sitcom family |
| 34% | SOPRANO | 7 | Surname of an HBO crime family |
| 34% | EMMA | 4 | Meddlesome heroine of an 1816 novel |
| 34% | ADAMBEDE | 8 | Title carpenter of an 1859 novel |
| 34% | FINN | 4 | ''Juvenile pariah'' of an 1884 novel |
| 34% | DROOD | 5 | Edwin of an unfinished Dickens novel |
| 34% | SHINING | 7 | "The ___," horror novel by Stephen King about a family's trip in the peak of winter to a desolate hotel |
| 34% | TLDR | 4 | Internet shorthand for, "I ignored your novel of an email.": Abbr. |
| 34% | TESS | 4 | "A Pure Woman" of an 1891 novel |
| 34% | CAULFIELD | 9 | Holden __, main character of an acclaimed novel |
| 33% | ALTO | 4 | Member of an instrument family |
| 33% | INLAW | 5 | Member of an extended family |
| 33% | NIECE | 5 | Part of an extended family |
| 33% | EMMETS | 6 | Family of an Irish patriot |
| 33% | BOARD | 5 | Part of an American plan, at a hotel |
| 33% | POMPEII | 7 | Title location of an 1834 Bulwer-Lytton novel |
| 33% | THEMET | 6 | Site of an annual New York gala, familiarly |
| 33% | SIRE | 4 | Part of an equine family tree |
| 33% | MAORI | 5 | An official language of New Zealand |
| 33% | HOAX | 4 | News of an alien landing, probably |
| 33% | ROOTS | 5 | 1976 Alex Haley novel subtitled The Saga of an American Family |
| 32% | RAMONA | 6 | Title heroine of an 1884 Helen Hunt Jackson novel |
| 32% | FORTYFORTY | 10 | Back-to-back episodes of an ABC News program? |
| 32% | DESK | 4 | Focal point of an evening news show’s set |
| 32% | PROVOLONE | 9 | An Italian cheese; anagram of "poor novel" |