| 100% | CLAUDE | 6 | "___ & Camille: A Novel of Monet" (historical novel by Stephanie Cowell) |
| 52% | SWEETBITTER | 11 | American drama TV series starring Ella Purnell which is based on a novel of the same name by Stephanie Danler |
| 49% | RUDGE | 5 | "Barnaby ___: A Tale of the Riots of Eighty," historical novel by Charles Dickens |
| 43% | PEOPLE | 6 | Novel by Chinua Achebe: A Man of the __ |
| 42% | YELLOW | 6 | Half of a __ Sun, novel by Nigerian author Adichie |
| 42% | PET | 3 | "___ Sematary," adapted horror film of 1989 of a novel of the same name by Stephen King |
| 41% | HORNETSNEST | 11 | The —, 2003 book by Jimmy Carter subtitled A Novel of the Revolutionary War |
| 41% | ASLEEP | 6 | English title of a 1989 novel by Banana Yoshimoto |
| 41% | COLDMOUNTAIN | 12 | One of the best-selling historical novels of the 90s written by Charles Frazier about a soldier's journey back home during the Civil war: 2 wds. |
| 40% | DRED | 4 | "___: A Tale of the Great Dismal Swamp," novel by Harriet Stowe |
| 40% | POPLARS | 7 | Thin trees seen in a series of paintings by Monet |
| 40% | THAMES | 6 | English setting for a series of Impressionist paintings by Monet |
| 40% | CAMILLA | 7 | 1796 novel by Fanny Burney subtitled A Picture of Youth |
| 40% | HANDMAIDS | 9 | "The ___ Tale", Hulu's dystopian drama web television, based on a novel of the same name by Margaret Atwood |
| 40% | MIDDLEMARCH | 11 | Sixth novel by George Eliot (birthday yesterday) which was written in two pieces that holds a lot of historical value and is considered to be her best work |
| 40% | THEPILOTSWIFE | 13 | Novel by 29-Across about the aftermath of a plane crash (3 wds.) |
| 40% | DULCINEA | 8 | Mistress of Don Quixote in a 17th-century novel by Miguel de Cervantes |
| 40% | MEPHISTO | 8 | 1936 written work by Klaus Mann subtitled Novel of a Career |
| 40% | NOSTROMO | 8 | 1904 novel by Joseph Conrad subtitled A Tale of the Seaboard |
| 40% | BENHUR | 6 | 1880 novel by Lew Wallace subtitled A Tale of the Christ |
| 40% | WALLFLOWER | 10 | "The Perks of Being a ___," 1999 epistolary novel by Stephen Chbosky |
| 40% | PICCADILLY | 10 | 1870 novel by Laurence Oliphant subtitled A Fragment of Contemporary Biography |
| 40% | SWAMPLANDIA | 11 | 2011 novel by 30-Across about a family of alligator wrestlers |
| 40% | WAYSIDESCHOOL | 13 | Setting for a series of novels by 30-Across (2 wds.) |
| 40% | TWILIGHT | 8 | First book in a series of vampire novels by Stephenie Meyer |
| 40% | FOUNTAINHEAD | 12 | "The ___," 1949 drama film starring Gary Cooper which was based on a novel of the same name by Ayn Rand |
| 40% | THEWINDSOFWAR | 13 | Historical novel by 43-Across made into a TV miniseries starring Robert Mitchum and Ali MacGraw (4 wds.) |
| 39% | YEMASSEE | 8 | The —, 1835 novel by William Gilmore Simms subtitled A Romance of Carolina |
| 39% | CLARISSA | 8 | 1748 novel by Samuel Richardson subtitled The History of a Young Lady |