| 100% | BUTT | 4 | The —, 2008 novel by Will Self |
| 67% | UMBRELLA | 8 | 2012 novel by Will Self |
| 61% | HOST | 4 | The —, 2008 novel by Stephenie Meyer |
| 61% | GIVENDAY | 8 | The —, 2008 novel by Dennis Lehane |
| 61% | SLAP | 4 | The —, 2008 novel by Christos Tsiolkas |
| 61% | OUTCAST | 7 | The —, 2008 novel by Sadie Jones |
| 61% | RETURN | 6 | The —, 2008 novel by Victoria Hislop |
| 61% | FRONT | 5 | The —, 2008 novel by Patricia Cornwell |
| 55% | TYLL | 4 | Novel by Daniel Kehlmann which was shortlisted for the International Booker Prize 2020 |
| 54% | SEA | 3 | "The Winter ___," 2008 novel by Susanna Kearsley set in the Slains Castle at Cruden Bay |
| 54% | ORFEO | 5 | Novel by Richard Powers which was on the longlist for the 2014 Man Booker Prize |
| 54% | LOVERS | 6 | "The ___ Dictionary," novel by David Levithan where the story is told through dictionary entries |
| 54% | INTRODUCING | 11 | & 16D 1938 novel by John Creasey whose protagonist is the Honourable Richard Rollison |
| 53% | MEMORY | 6 | "The ___ Police," novel by Yoko Ogawa which was shortlisted for the International Booker Prize 2020 |
| 53% | PASSENGER | 9 | "The ___," 2022 novel by Cormac McCarthy that has been longlisted for the Andrew Carnegie Medal |
| 53% | SHIPS | 5 | "A Thousand ___," novel by Natalie Haynes that is a retelling of the Trojan War |
| 53% | ATLAS | 5 | "Cloud ___," novel by David Mitchell where the story is told through interconnected nested stories |
| 53% | HIBISCUS | 8 | "Purple ___," novel by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie that was longlisted for the 2004 Booker Prize |
| 53% | SEASON | 6 | "Hurricane ___," novel by Fernanda Melchor which was shortlisted for the International Booker Prize 2020 |
| 53% | RAMA | 4 | "Rendezvous with ___," 1973 novel by Arthur C. Clarke that is set in the 2130s |
| 53% | SALEMS | 6 | "___ Lot," 1975 novel by Stephen King that was nominated for the World Fantasy Award |
| 52% | GREY | 4 | 1994 story collection by Will Self |
| 52% | GREYAREA | 8 | 1994 story collection by Will Self |
| 52% | HOME | 4 | 2012 novel by Toni Morrison which is about a young veteran of the Korean War |
| 52% | SURVIVOR | 8 | 1999 satirical novel by Chuck Palahniuk in which the chapters and pages are numbered backwards |
| 52% | REAL | 4 | With 27-Across, novel by 42-Across that was shortlisted for the 2020 Booker Prize |
| 51% | STATEOFWONDER | 13 | 2011 novel by 28-Across that was shortlisted for the Orange Prize for Fiction (3 wds.) |
| 51% | SAFETY | 6 | "A Place of Greater ___," 1992 novel by Hilary Mantel which is set during the French Revolution |