| 100% | BOOKOFDAVE | 10 | The —, 2006 Will Self novel whose protagonist is a London cab driver |
| 41% | RYE | 3 | "The Catcher in the ___," novel whose protagonist is Holden Caulfield |
| 40% | TOLLGATE | 8 | The —, 1954 novel by Georgette Heyer novel whose protagonist is Captain John Staple |
| 39% | TOLLGATE | 8 | The —, 1954 novel by Georgette Heyer novel whose protagonist is Captain John Staple (4-4) |
| 38% | AYN | 3 | The Book of ___ (2023 novel whose protagonist becomes fascinated with a certain writer's "individualist egoism") |
| 37% | INTRODUCING | 11 | & 16D 1938 novel by John Creasey whose protagonist is the Honourable Richard Rollison |
| 36% | BOLD | 4 | "The ___ Type," TV series starring Katie Stevens whose protagonist is a journalist |
| 36% | MALTESE | 7 | “The ___ Falcon” (novel whose protagonist is the detective Sam Spade) |
| 35% | SEANANMCGUIRE | 13 | Writer whose "Middlegame" was a finalist for the 2020 Hugo Award for Best Novel (2 wds.) |
| 35% | WARIO | 5 | Video-game antagonist whose name is a portmanteau of the protagonist's name and the Japanese word for "bad" |
| 34% | RADLEYS | 7 | The Boo ___, "Wake Up Boo!" band whose name is inspired by Harper Lee's novel "To Kill a Mockingbird" |
| 34% | CRIMEAND | 8 | Fyodor Dostoevsky novel whose protagonist is Rodion Raskolnikov |
| 34% | AUSTEN | 6 | Author whose first novel was anonymously published under the byline “By a Lady” |
| 34% | THEBLUESTEYE | 12 | 1970 Toni Morrison novel whose protagonist is Pecola Breedlove |
| 34% | SONGOFSOLOMON | 13 | 1977 novel whose protagonist is Macon (Milkman) Dead III |
| 34% | KAMERONHURLEY | 13 | Writer whose "The Light Brigade" was a finalist for the 2020 Hugo Award for Best Novel (2 wds.) |
| 33% | ABRAHAMLINCOLN | 14 | Historical figure whose son is the central character of a George Saunders novel mostly set in a temporary afterlife |
| 33% | CHUCKPALAHNIUK | 14 | Writer whose novel "Fight Club" was adapted as a 1999 film of the same name (2 wds.) |
| 33% | OMOO | 4 | 1847 novel whose title is a Polynesian term for a rover |
| 32% | JANE | 4 | "Being Mary ___," TV series starring Gabrielle Union whose protagonist is a news anchor |
| 32% | LEGOMOVIE | 9 | 2014 animated film whose protagonist, aptly, is a construction worker, with "The" |
| 32% | SHIPOOPI | 8 | The Music Man song whose title is a nonsense word |
| 32% | BUTT | 4 | The —, 2008 novel by Will Self |
| 32% | ELLENRASKIN | 11 | "The Westing Game" writer whose 1974 novel, "Figgs & Phantoms," was a Newbery Honor Book (2 wds.) |
| 32% | ROAD | 4 | "The ___," 2006 novel by Cormac McCarthy that was adapted into a 2009 survival film |
| 32% | REDPONY | 7 | The —, 1937 novella by John Steinbeck whose protagonist is Jody Tiflin |
| 32% | HISTORIAN | 9 | Scholar whose work is a thing of the past? |
| 32% | NATIVESON | 9 | Best-selling 1940 novel that was adapted into a film, with its author playing the protagonist, in 1951 |