| FIFTHMOUNTAIN | Paulo Coelho novel which is a narration of Elijah from the Hebrew Bible The ___: 2 wds. |
| HAFTARAH | A fellow and woman in hotels for short reading from the Hebrew Bible on Sabbaths and festivals (8) |
| THEALCHEMIST | Paulo Coelho novel about a boy who travels to find a treasure at the Egyptian pyramids: 2 wds. |
| RECITAL | A public performance by a soloist or duettists in a programme of music; an enumeration or listing of connected facts, figures, events or names; or, a narration of a story (7) |
| ALCHEMIST | Paulo Coelho novel (with "The") |
| ANIMALFARM | 1945 novel which is a political fable based on Russia's Bolshevik revolution and its betrayal by Stalin (6,4) |
| STORY | A narration of real or imagined events |
| OMOO | Melville's novel which is a sequel to Typee |
| JOAB | In the Hebrew Bible, the nephew of King David and the commander of his army (4) |
| AMITTAI | In the Hebrew Bible, the father of Jonah the Prophet (7) |
| REBECCA | In the Hebrew Bible, the wife of Isaac (7) |
| ALEPH | First Hebrew letter; or, a novel by The Alchemist author Paulo Coelho (5) |
| AMERICANGODS | Television series based on 45a's novel which is about Shadow Moon a former convict and Mr. Wednesday a con artist: 2 wds. |
| MERCYSEAT | Hebrew Bible: the gold lid placed on the Ark of the Covenant (5,4) |
| READING | Action of interpreting printed or written words; a narration; knowledge of literature; or, the study of books (7) |
| FRONTIER | The final "; description of space in the opening narration of the original Star Trek television seriesA (8) |
| GRAVELROAD | "My life is so hard! To visit me, drive up the ___" (2 wds.) |
| WHATSTRANGEPARADISE | Omar El Akkad novel which is the reigning Scotiabank Giller Prize winner: 3 wds. |
| TITUS | 1946 Mervyn Peake novel which is the first in the Gormenghast series, _ Groan (5) |
| LEAKY | The ___ Cauldron, inn featured in the Harry Potter novels, which is the entranceway to Diagon Alley (5) |
