| 100% | MARTIAN | 7 | The —, novel by George du Maurier published posthumously in 1897 |
| 92% | THEMARTIAN | 10 | Novel by George du Maurier published posthumously in 1897 |
| 54% | TRILBY | 6 | George Du Maurier novel published in book form in 1895 |
| 54% | SVENGALI | 8 | Musician in a novel by George du Maurier |
| 50% | PETER | 5 | & 13D 1891 novel by George Du Maurier |
| 41% | GIRLFRIDAY | 10 | 2009 novel by Jane Green published in the US as Dune Road |
| 41% | SVENGALI | 8 | Hypnotist in 1895 George du Maurier novel Trilby |
| 41% | OMERTA | 6 | Novel by Mario Puzo published posthumously in 2000 |
| 41% | THEPROFESSOR | 12 | Novel by Charlotte Bronte published posthumously in 1857 |
| 41% | PLAGUE | 6 | "The ___," novel by Albert Camus published in 1947 which was inspired by the 1849 cholera epidemic |
| 40% | STRANGER | 8 | "The ___," novel by Albert Camus published in 1942 which follows the life of a character named Meursault |
| 40% | LOLITA | 6 | Noted novel in the guise of a posthumously published memoir |
| 39% | THESPOILS | 9 | 1897 Henry James novel first published in serial form as The Old Things |
| 39% | SUNDAYSIMMONS | 13 | "___ and Charlie Brick," third novel by the English novelist Jackie Collins published in 1971: 2 wds. |
| 39% | CASTLE | 6 | The —, Franz Kafka novel published posthumously in 1926 |
| 39% | TRIAL | 5 | The —, Franz Kafka novel published posthumously in 1925 |
| 37% | MRSDANVERS | 10 | Housekeeper in 1938 novel Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier |
| 37% | MAGICOFOZ | 9 | The —, L Frank Baum novel published posthumously in 1919 |
| 37% | NEON | 4 | The —, John Kennedy Toole novel published posthumously in 1989 |
| 37% | GAMBLER | 7 | "The ___," short novel by Fyodor Dostoevsky published in 1866 |
| 37% | MEETTHEBARON | 12 | 1937 novel by John Creasey also published as The Man in the Blue Mask |
| 37% | REBECCA | 7 | 1938 novel by Daphne du Maurier |
| 37% | MYCOUSIN | 8 | 1951 novel by Daphne du Maurier |
| 36% | PETULENGRO | 10 | Jasper —, character in novels by George Borrow including The Romany Rye and Lavengro |
| 36% | LINGER | 6 | "Dare Not ___: The Presidential Years," book by Nelson Mandela and Mandla Langa that was posthumously published in 2017 |