| EASTOF | 1952 novel by John Steinbeck (4,2) |
| EASTOFEDEN | 1952 novel by John Steinbeck |
| OFEDEN | 1952 novel by John Steinbeck (4,2,4) |
| EDEN | 1952 novel by John Steinbeck (4) |
| EAST | --- of Eden, 1952 novel by John Steinbeck |
| PLAYER | 1952 novel by Kurt Vonnegut Jr (6,5) |
| DOCTOR | 1952 novel by Richard Gordon (6,2,3,5) |
| THESEA | 1952 novel by Ernest Hemingway (3,3) |
| OLDMAN | *The ___ and the Sea 1952 novel by Ernest Hemingway that was adapted into a 1958 film: 2 wds. |
| OFMICE | Novel by John Steinbeck (2,4,3,3) |
| TOAGOD | 1933 novel by John Steinbeck (2,1,3,7) |
| GRAPES | The ___, 1939 novel by John Steinbeck (6,2,5) |
| ANDMEN | 1937 novel by John Steinbeck (2,4,3,3) |
| NATURAL | "The ...", 1952 novel by Bernard Malamud (7) |
| HEMLOCKAND | 1952 novel by Angus Wilson (7,3,5) |
| MARTHAQUEST | 1952 novel by Doris Lessing (6,5) |
| THETIGERINTHESMOKE | 1952 novel by Margery Allingham |
| PLAYERPIANO | 1952 novel by Kurt Vonnegut Jr |
| BRIDGEOVERTHERIVERKWAI | The ?, 1952 novel by Pierre Boulle |
| LOVEFORLYDIA | 1952 novel by H E Bates |