| 100% | YEARLING | 8 | The —, 1938 novel by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings |
| 49% | INTRODUCING | 11 | & 16D 1938 novel by John Creasey whose protagonist is the Honourable Richard Rollison |
| 44% | BEAST | 5 | The —, newspaper owned by Lord Copper in 1938 Evelyn Waugh novel Scoop |
| 44% | MURPHY | 6 | 1938 novel by Samuel Beckett |
| 43% | REBECCA | 7 | 1938 novel by Daphne du Maurier |
| 43% | ASHIP | 5 | 1938 novel by C S Forester |
| 42% | EPITAPHFOR | 10 | & 14A 1938 novel by Eric Ambler |
| 41% | FLYING | 6 | & 23A 1938 novel by C S Forester |
| 40% | CROSSCREEK | 10 | 1983 biopic starring Mary Steenburgen as Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings |
| 39% | MACHINE | 7 | Novel by H. G. Wells: The Time __ |
| 39% | PEOPLE | 6 | Novel by Chinua Achebe: A Man of the __ |
| 39% | ORANGE | 6 | Novel by Joanne Harris: Five Quarters of the __ |
| 39% | DOLLHOUSE | 9 | 2011 novel by the Kardashian sisters |
| 38% | CHOLERA | 7 | Novel by García Márquez: Love in the Time of __ |
| 38% | PIMPERNEL | 9 | "Flowery" novel by Baroness Orczy, The Scarlet __ |
| 38% | RAILWAY | 7 | Classic novel by Edith Nesbit, The __ Children |
| 38% | LANARK | 6 | 1981 novel by the late Alasdair Gray |
| 38% | WOLFHALL | 8 | 2009 novel by the late Hilary Mantel |
| 37% | LOVESTORY | 9 | Novel by Erich Segal starts with the death of Jenny |
| 37% | BEWILDERMENT | 12 | Novel by 30-Across shortlisted for the 2021 Booker Prize |
| 37% | WOODSTOCK | 9 | 1826 novel by Walter Scott subtitled The Cavalier |
| 37% | CASTLE | 6 | Gothic novel by Horace Walpole: The __ of Otranto |
| 37% | SERPENT | 7 | Award-winning novel by Sarah Perry, The Essex __ |
| 37% | MRSDANVERS | 10 | Housekeeper in 1938 novel Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier |
| 37% | OMERTA | 6 | Final novel by the author of ''the great 'GF''' |
| 36% | ROXANA | 6 | 1724 novel by Daniel Defoe subtitled The Fortunate Mistress |
| 36% | PHINEASFINN | 11 | 1869 novel by Anthony Trollope subtitled The Irish Member |