Fictionary 6 (WCCQ)

I used to work as a puzzle editor and compiler and thought it might be fun to make up a book puzzle. This is a wordplay challenge in which each circle contains a cryptic-style clue. For the example, over on the right here, for a puzzle where the theme is ‘British Literature’, the answer is ‘Trainspotting’. (TRA – in -SPOTTING, yes?)

See if you can work out the answer to the nine challenges below, arranged in approximate order of difficulty.

This one’s a little different. It’s a puzzle I made up...