| BADSISTER | 'The ----- ', 1978 novel by Emma Tennant (3,6) |
| SPEAR | "The ...", 1978 novel by James Herbert (5) |
| CEMENTGARDEN | "The ... ...", 1978 novel by Ian McEwan (6,6) |
| NEEDLE | 'Eye of the ---', 1978 novel by Ken Follett (6) |
| WIFEOFBATH | The -, 1978 novel by Vera Chapman |
| GARDEN | 'The ---', 1978 novel by Ian McEwan (6,6) |
| CEMENT | 'The ---', 1978 novel by Ian McEwan (6,6) |
| SWITCH | 'The -', 1978 novel by Elmore Leonard (6) |
| KING | 'The --- ---', 1978 novel by Timothy Mo (6,4) |
| MONKEY | 'The --- ---', 1978 novel by Timothy Mo (6,4) |
| WAR | The -, 1978 novel by General Sir John Hackett subtitled August 1985 (5,5,3) |
| THIRDWORLD | The -, 1978 novel by General Sir John Hackett subtitled August 1985 (5,5,3) |
| WOLFSBANE | 1978 novel by Craig Thomas |
| IRIS | Author of the 1978 novel The Sea, The Sea, _ Murdoch (4) |
| DEDICATION | 2007 novel by Emma McLaughlin and Nicola Kraus (10) |
| SLAMMERKIN | 2000 novel by Emma Donoghue |
| ROOM | Novel by Emma Donoghue (4) |
| MURDER | 1972 novel by Emma Lathen, pseudonym of authors Mary Jane Latsis and Martha Henissart (6,7,5) |
| NAUSEA | And 22 1972 novel by Emma Lathen, pseudonym of authors Mary Jane Latsis and Martha Henissart (6,7,5) |
| PROMISE | The ___, 1978 novel by Danielle Steel (7) |
