| 100% | CAROL | 5 | Patricia Highsmith novel first published in 1951 as The Price of Salt under pseudonym Claire Morgan |
| 37% | EMILYBRONTE | 11 | Author of novel Wuthering Heights, first published in 1847 under the pseudonym Ellis Bell |
| 36% | AGENTLEMANOF | 12 | & 8A 1910 P G Wodehouse novel first published in the US as The Intrusion of Jimmy |
| 32% | PRICE | 5 | "The ___ of Salt" (Patricia Highsmith novel adapted as the film "Carol") |
| 32% | THESPOILS | 9 | 1897 Henry James novel first published in serial form as The Old Things |
| 28% | MALONEDIES | 10 | Samuel Beckett novel first published in Paris in 1951 |
| 28% | EMMA | 4 | Title heroine described in the first sentence of her novel as "handsome, clever and rich" |
| 28% | EMMA | 4 | Title heroine described in the first lines of her novel as "handsome, clever and rich" |
| 27% | ONEPENNY | 8 | The price of the first stamp, issued in 1840 |
| 27% | ROBERTNOONAN | 12 | Author of novel The Ragged-Trousered Philanthropists, published posthumously in 1914 under the name Robert Tressell |
| 27% | NOONAN | 6 | Robert —, author of novel The Ragged-Trousered Philanthropists, published posthumously in 1914 under the name Robert Tressell |
| 26% | SALLY | 5 | "The Adventures of ___," novel by P.G. Wodehouse first published as a book in 1922 |
| 26% | UNEASY | 6 | P G Wodehouse novel first published in the US in 1916 featuring the character Ira Nutcombe |
| 25% | MANSFIELDPARK | 13 | Jane Austen's novel published in 1814 which is the story of the protagonist Fanny Price: 2 wds. |
| 25% | FRANKENSTEIN | 12 | Novel first published in 1818 |
| 25% | TRASHIEST | 9 | In the poorest of taste, as a novel |
| 24% | DEFLATION | 9 | Period of declining prices as seen in the 1930s |
| 24% | HIGHSMITH | 9 | Patricia —, author of the novels Ripley Under Ground and Ripley’s Game |
| 24% | HIGHSMITH | 9 | Patricia —, author of the novels Ripley Under Ground and Ripley's Game |
| 24% | APOP | 4 | Each ... as in the price of balloons? |
| 24% | SALINGER | 8 | J D —, author of 1951 novel The Catcher in the Rye |
| 24% | ELMERGANTRY | 11 | Sinclair Lewis novel first published in 1927 |
| 24% | AYALASANGEL | 11 | Anthony Trollope novel first published in 1881 |
| 24% | ADMISSION | 9 | The price of getting in |
| 24% | THUS | 4 | First word in the translated title of Nietzsche's 1885 novel "Also sprach Zarathustra" |
| 23% | AGNESGREY | 9 | Writing as "Acton Bell", Anne Bronte published this first novel in 1847 |