| 100% | CITADEL | 7 | The —, 1937 novel by A J Cronin |
| 63% | HOBBIT | 6 | The —, 1937 novel by J R R Tolkien |
| 52% | YEARS | 5 | The —, 1937 novel by Virginia Woolf |
| 51% | PEOPLE | 6 | Novel by Chinua Achebe: A Man of the __ |
| 51% | SERENADE | 8 | 1937 novel by James M Cain narrated by the character John Howard Sharp |
| 50% | MEETTHEBARON | 12 | 1937 novel by John Creasey also published as The Man in the Blue Mask |
| 49% | CRONIN | 6 | A J —, author of novels The Green Years and The Citadel |
| 49% | TOLKIEN | 7 | The Hobbit, novel by J.R.R __ |
| 48% | HAPPY | 5 | & 17A The —, 1937 novel by C S Forester |
| 48% | PLAN | 4 | The —, 1995 novel by Stephen J Cannell |
| 47% | THEPILOTSWIFE | 13 | Novel by 29-Across about the aftermath of a plane crash (3 wds.) |
| 47% | NOSTROMO | 8 | 1904 novel by Joseph Conrad subtitled A Tale of the Seaboard |
| 47% | BENHUR | 6 | 1880 novel by Lew Wallace subtitled A Tale of the Christ |
| 47% | THELITTLELIAR | 13 | Novel by 43-Across about a boy who always tells the truth (3 wds.) |
| 47% | CLARISSA | 8 | 1748 novel by Samuel Richardson subtitled The History of a Young Lady |
| 46% | LIONOFSTMARK | 12 | The —, 1889 novel by G A Henty |
| 46% | DOCTORSYN | 9 | 1915 novel by Russell Thorndike subtitled A Smuggler Tale of the Romney Marsh |
| 45% | FORTUNESROCKS | 13 | Novel by 29-Across set at a beach house on the New Hampshire coast (2 wds.) |
| 45% | ELEKTRA | 7 | Novel by Jennifer Saint that's a retelling of Greek myths featuring the daughter of Agamemnon |
| 45% | CHOKE | 5 | 2001 novel by Chuck Palahniuk which follows the story of a con man, Victor |
| 45% | INVISIBLE | 9 | "___ Monsters," 1999 novel by Chuck Palahniuk which follows the story of a former model |
| 45% | DRED | 4 | 1856 novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe subtitled A Tale of the Great Dismal Swamp |
| 45% | STATEFAIR | 9 | 1932 novel by Phil Stong adapted for the cinema and as a Broadway musical |
| 45% | ARIADNE | 7 | Novel by Jennifer Saint that's a retelling of Greek myths featuring the children of King Minos |
| 45% | DRACULA | 7 | Gothic novel by Bram Stoker which tells the story of a vampire on the loose |
| 45% | HOME | 4 | 2012 novel by Toni Morrison which is about a young veteran of the Korean War |