This is a list of surnames in which the categories include literature.
DarcyEnglish From Norman French d'Arcy, originally denoting someone who came from the town of Arcy in La Manche, France. A notable fictional bearer is Fitzwilliam Darcy from Jane Austen's novel Pride and Prejudice (1813).
Delaney 1English Derived from Norman French de l'aunaie meaning "from the alder grove".
FryEnglish From Old English frig (a variant of freo) meaning "free".
GrayEnglish From a nickname for a person who had grey hair or grey clothes.
LindenGerman Derived from Old High German linta meaning "linden tree".
MoriartyIrish From Irish Ó Muircheartach meaning "descendant of Muirchertach". This was the surname given by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle to a master criminal in the Sherlock Holmes series.