| CATCHERINTHERYE | "The ___" (novel) |
| DIARYOF | "The ___", novel by the Grossmith brothers featuring the character Charles Pooter (5,2,1,6) |
| ISLANDERS | The ___; novel by Nikolai Leskov, Russian author of The Sealed Angel, The Enchanted Wanderer and Lefty (9) |
| SUNALSORISES | The ___ novel by Ernest Hemingway (birthday today) about expatriates traveling to Pamplona to watch the running of the bulls: 3 wds. |
| WARDROBE | "The Lion, the Witch and the ___" Novel by C. S. Lewis (8) |
| RYE | The Catcher In The ___, novel |
| HORSES | "The ___", novel by Joyce Cary featuring the character Gulley Jimson (6,5) |
| SEA | "The Old Man and the ___" (novel by Hemingway) |
| BARDO | Lincoln In The _, novel by US writer George Saunders which won the 2017 Booker Prize (5) |
| LUMINARIES | The _, novel by Eleanor Catton awarded the 2013 Man Booker Prize (10) |
| DRAGONTATTOO | The Girl With the ___ novel about teen hacker Lisbeth Salander who has distinctive body art: 2 wds. |
| STRAND | The House On The _, novel by Daphne du Maurier (6) |
| JACKAL | The Day of the ___, novel by Frederick Forsyth (6) |
| NATIVE | The Return of the ____ , novel by British writer Thomas Hardy published in 1878 (6) |
| OPERA | The Phantom Of The _, novel by French author, Gaston Leroux (5) |
| ECSTASY | The Agony and the ___, novel by Irving Stone (7) |
| OBSCURE | "Jude the ___", novel by Thomas Hardy (7) |
| VOLCANO | "Under the ___", novel by Malcolm Lowry (7) |
| EXORCIST | "The ___", novel by William Peter Blatty (8) |
| SANDCASTLE | The ___; novel by Iris Murdoch (10) |
