| 100% | SATANIC | 7 | The __ Verses, novel by Salman Rushdie |
| 71% | GRIMUS | 6 | 1975 debut novel by Salman Rushdie |
| 69% | SHALIMAR | 8 | & 13D 2005 novel by Salman Rushdie |
| 69% | THEMOORS | 8 | & 13D 1995 novel by Salman Rushdie |
| 58% | SHAME | 5 | 1983 Salman Rushdie novel shortlisted for the Booker Prize |
| 51% | CHILDREN | 8 | Midnight's __, by Salman Rushdie |
| 48% | PUSHKIN | 7 | Aleksandr —, author of the verse novel Eugene Onegin |
| 48% | SHAME | 5 | 1983 Salman Rushdie novel |
| 47% | MACHINE | 7 | Novel by H. G. Wells: The Time __ |
| 46% | PEOPLE | 6 | Novel by Chinua Achebe: A Man of the __ |
| 46% | ORANGE | 6 | Novel by Joanne Harris: Five Quarters of the __ |
| 46% | DOLLHOUSE | 9 | 2011 novel by the Kardashian sisters |
| 45% | SHALIMAR | 8 | Title “clown” in a Salman Rushdie novel |
| 45% | CHOLERA | 7 | Novel by García Márquez: Love in the Time of __ |
| 45% | PIMPERNEL | 9 | "Flowery" novel by Baroness Orczy, The Scarlet __ |
| 45% | RAILWAY | 7 | Classic novel by Edith Nesbit, The __ Children |
| 45% | LANARK | 6 | 1981 novel by the late Alasdair Gray |
| 45% | WOLFHALL | 8 | 2009 novel by the late Hilary Mantel |
| 44% | LOVESTORY | 9 | Novel by Erich Segal starts with the death of Jenny |
| 44% | BEWILDERMENT | 12 | Novel by 30-Across shortlisted for the 2021 Booker Prize |
| 44% | RUSHDIE | 7 | Salman, who wrote The Satanic Verses |
| 44% | WOODSTOCK | 9 | 1826 novel by Walter Scott subtitled The Cavalier |
| 44% | CASTLE | 6 | Gothic novel by Horace Walpole: The __ of Otranto |
| 44% | SERPENT | 7 | Award-winning novel by Sarah Perry, The Essex __ |
| 44% | MIDNIGHTS | 9 | & 9A Salman Rushdie novel; 1981 Man Booker Prize winner |
| 43% | OMERTA | 6 | Final novel by the author of ''the great 'GF''' |
| 43% | ROXANA | 6 | 1724 novel by Daniel Defoe subtitled The Fortunate Mistress |
| 43% | PHINEASFINN | 11 | 1869 novel by Anthony Trollope subtitled The Irish Member |