| CLARISSA | 1748 Samuel Richardson novel subtitled the History of a Young Lady |
| HARLOWE | Clarissa ?, title character of a 1748 epistolary novel by Samuel Richardson subtitled the History of a Young Lady |
| EVELINA | 1778 Frances Burney novel subtitled The History of a Young Lady's Entrance into the World |
| LOVELACE | Robert ?, villain in 1748 Samuel Richardson novel Clarissa |
| BELAMI | De Maupassant novel subtitled Or, The History of a Scoundrel: A Novel |
| PAMELA | 1740 Samuel Richardson novel subtitled Virtue Rewarded (6) |
| THEMAYOROFCASTERBRIDGE | Thomas Hardy novel subtitled The Life and Death of a Man of Character |
| QUEENZIXI | L Frank Baum novel subtitled The Story of the Magic Cloak (5,4,2,2) |
| OFIX | L Frank Baum novel subtitled The Story of the Magic Cloak (5,4,2,2) |
| OROONOKO | Novel by Aphra Behn subtitled The History of the Royal Slave (8) |
| THEGOAT | Nickname for the best player in the history of a sport |
| PHILOLOGY | Study of the history of a language (9) |
| TOMJONES | 'The History of ---, A Foundling', novel by Henry Fielding (3,5) |
| AYESHA | 1905 H. Rider Haggard novel subtitled The Return of She (6) |
| ROOTS | Alex Haley novel subtitled The Saga of an American Family |
| BRIDESHEADREVISITED | 1945 Evelyn Waugh novel subtitled The Sacred & Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder |
| SILASMARNER | George Eliot novel subtitled The Weaver of Raveloe |
| DRAKE | Raked over the history of a great old sailor (5) |
| SAXOPHONEBOOKS | Publications dedicated to the history of a jazz instrument? |
| JUDAIC | ___ studies (courses on the history of a certain religious group) |