| THEROSETREE | 1985 novel by John Broderick (3,4,4) |
| HOUSERULES | 1985 novel by John Irving (3,5,5,5) |
| THECIDER | 1985 novel by John Irving (3,5,5,5) |
| AMAGGOT | 1985 novel by John Fowles |
| ILLYWHACKER | 1985 novel by Peter Carey (11) |
| LONDONMATCH | 1985 novel by Len Deighton featuring the character Bernard Samson (6,5) |
| BRUCEMILLER | Creator of the Hulu TV series The Handmaid's Tale based on the 1985 novel of the same name by Margaret Atwood: 2 wds. |
| LESSTHANZERO | 1985 novel by Bret Easton Ellis named after a song by Elvis Costello |
| BLOODMERIDIAN | 1985 novel by Cormac McCarthy. subtitled The Evening Redness in the West. considered by many to be his masterpiece (5.8) |
| LONESOME | And 19 1985 novel by Larry McMurtry (8,4) |
| THEHANDMAIDS | 1985 novel by Margaret Atwood (3,9,4) |
| IMP | 1985 novel by Andrew Neiderman (3) |
| THEGOOD | 1985 novel by Doris Lessing (3,4,9) |
| LONESOMEDOVE | 1985 novel by Larry McMurtry (8,4) |
| WALKING | 1985 novel by Iain Banks (7,2,5) |
| DREAM | 1985 novel by Barbara Taylor Bradford (4,3,5) |
| MOON | 1985 novel by James Herbert (4) |
| LIFE | and 20dn, 1985 novel by A S Byatt (5,4) |
| STILL | and 20dn, 1985 novel by A S Byatt (5,4) |
| ACCIDENTALTOURIST | The ?, 1985 novel by Anne Tyler |
