| 100% | THINMAN | 7 | The —, 1934 Dashiell Hammett novel whose central characters are Nick and Nora Charles |
| 37% | BALLADOF | 8 | & 10A The —, 1960 Muriel Spark novel whose central character is Dougal Douglas |
| 37% | AWORDCHILD | 10 | 1975 Iris Murdoch novel whose central character is Hilary Burde |
| 37% | ACLERGYMANS | 11 | & 12A 1935 George Orwell novel whose central character is Dorothy Hare |
| 37% | TOHAVE | 6 | & 6D 1937 Ernest Hemingway novel whose central character is Harry Morgan |
| 37% | DECLINE | 7 | & 1D 1928 Evelyn Waugh novel whose central character is Paul Pennyfeather |
| 35% | GONEGIRL | 8 | Novel whose title character is the missing Amy Dunne |
| 35% | FERMATA | 7 | The —, 1994 novel by Nicholson Baker whose central character is Arno Strine |
| 34% | THEGIFT | 7 | Vladimir Nabokov novel written in the 1930s whose central character is Fyodor Godunov-Cherdyntsev |
| 34% | THEMOONAND | 10 | & 1D 1919 novel by W Somerset Maugham whose central character is Charles Strickland |
| 34% | ANTIQUARY | 9 | The —, 1816 novel by Sir Walter Scott whose central character is Jonathan Oldbuck |
| 33% | OLDCURIOSITY | 12 | & 5D The —, 1841 Charles Dickens novel whose main character is Nell Trent |
| 31% | SOREL | 5 | Julien —, central character in 1830 Stendhal novel The Red and the Black |
| 31% | ASTA | 4 | Terrier who helps Nick and Nora Charles solve mysteries in "The Thin Man" films |
| 30% | GOLDMINE | 8 | 1970 novel by Wilbur Smith whose central character is Rod Ironsides |
| 30% | WOBEGONBOY | 10 | 1997 novel by Garrison Keillor whose central character is John Tollefson |
| 30% | THEFERMATA | 10 | 1994 novel by Nicholson Baker whose central character is Arno Strine |
| 30% | ABRAHAMLINCOLN | 14 | Historical figure whose son is the central character of a George Saunders novel mostly set in a temporary afterlife |
| 29% | RAVEN | 5 | "Teen Titans Go!" TV and movie character whose father is the demon Trigon |
| 29% | XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX | 15 | Creator of Nick and Nora Charles and Sam Spade |
| 29% | SIMS | 4 | Charles —, British painter whose works include 1928's I Am the Abyss and I Am Light |
| 29% | SUPERCAR | 8 | 1960s ATV puppet series whose central character was Mike Mercury |
| 29% | FAMILYGUY | 9 | US animated television series whose central character is Peter Griffin |