| 100% | THETRIAL | 8 | Kafka's story of protagonist Josef K |
| 47% | JOSEF | 5 | ___ K. (protagonist of Kafka's The Trial) |
| 43% | JOSEF | 5 | ___ K., Kafka's protagonist in "The Trial" |
| 43% | JOSEF | 5 | ___ K. of Kafka's "The Trial" |
| 41% | THETRIAL | 8 | Franz Kafka's 1914 novel about Josef K. |
| 39% | AGA | 3 | Long story of heroic achievement: s___ |
| 39% | LENI | 4 | Seducer of Josef in Kafka's "The Trial" |
| 39% | MIDAS | 5 | Protagonist of a touching story? |
| 38% | ORR | 3 | George ___, protagonist of Ursula K. Le Guin's "The Lathe of Heaven" |
| 35% | BIO | 3 | Story of one's life |
| 35% | ILIAD | 5 | Homer’s story of Troy |
| 35% | ALIBI | 5 | Suspect's story of innocence |
| 35% | MEMOIR | 6 | Story of one's life |
| 35% | MARIA | 5 | Protagonist of West Side Story and The Sound of Music |
| 35% | MARIA | 5 | Protagonist of West Side Story or The Sound of Music |
| 35% | ILIAD | 5 | Homer's story of 67-Across |
| 34% | SCREWJACK | 9 | 1991 volume of short stories by Hunter S Thompson |
| 34% | BIO | 3 | Story of someone's life, for short |
| 34% | BIO | 3 | Story of one's life, for short |
| 34% | MYTH | 4 | Story of Pandora's box, for instance |
| 34% | BIOS | 4 | Stories of people's lives, for short |
| 34% | HERO | 4 | Story's protagonist |
| 33% | BIO | 3 | Story of a person's life, for short |
| 33% | ANIMAL | 6 | __ Farm is Orwell's story of rebellious creatures |
| 33% | LIKEALICE | 9 | A Town __, Nevil Shute's story of WWII |
| 33% | HERO | 4 | Story's protagonist, often |
| 33% | ORR | 3 | Draftsman George ___, protagonist of the acclaimed sci-fi's novel "The Lathe of Heaven" by Ursula K. Le Guin ('71) |
| 33% | INNOCENCEOF | 11 | & 7D The —, 1911 volume of short stories by G K Chesterton |
| 33% | LOVE | 4 | "Anna K: A ___ Story," 2020 novel by Jenny Lee that is a modern retelling of Leo Tolstoy's "Anna Karenina" |