| 100% | DOLORES | 7 | "___ Claiborne" (Stephen King novel made into a film starring Kathy Bates) |
| 58% | THESTAND | 8 | 1978 Stephen King novel made into a miniseries |
| 57% | ATONEMENT | 9 | Booker Prize-shortlisted novel made into a film starring Keira Knightley |
| 56% | SANTINI | 7 | "The Great ___" (Pat Conroy novel made into a film starring Robert Duvall) |
| 56% | HOURS | 5 | Michael Cunningham novel made into a film starring Nicole Kidman, with "The" |
| 56% | THIEF | 5 | "The Book ___" (Markus Zusak novel made into a film starring Geoffrey Rush) |
| 55% | MYSTICRIVER | 11 | Dennis Lehane novel made into a film starring Sean Penn and Tim Robbins (2 wds.) |
| 55% | SHUTTERISLAND | 13 | Dennis Lehane novel made into a film starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Mark Ruffalo (2 wds.) |
| 55% | LIVEBYNIGHT | 11 | Dennis Lehane novel made into a film starring Ben Affleck and Elle Fanning (3 wds.) |
| 55% | THEBESTOFME | 11 | Nicholas Sparks novel made into a film starring James Marsden and Michelle Monaghan (4 wds.) |
| 55% | SAFEHAVEN | 9 | Nicholas Sparks novel made into a film starring Josh Duhamel and Julianne Hough (2 wds.) |
| 55% | THECHOICE | 9 | Nicholas Sparks novel made into a film starring Benjamin Walker and Teresa Palmer (2 wds.) |
| 55% | THENOTEBOOK | 11 | Nicholas Sparks novel made into a film starring Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams (2 wds.) |
| 55% | FOG | 3 | "House of Sand and ___" (Andre Dubus III novel made into a film starring Ben Kingsley) |
| 54% | ALL | 3 | "The Girl with ___ the Gifts" (M.R. Carey novel made into a film starring Glenn Close) |
| 54% | THEBOOKTHIEF | 12 | Award-winning Markus Zusak novel made into a film starring 3-Down and 10-Down (3 wds.) |
| 54% | MISERY | 6 | Kathy Bates film based on a Stephen King novel |
| 52% | LORDJIM | 7 | Joseph Conrad novel made into a 1965 film starring Peter O'Toole |
| 52% | DUNE | 4 | Frank Herbert sci-fi novel made into a 2021 film starring Timothée Chalamet |
| 51% | CARRIE | 6 | 1974 novel by Stephen King that was adapted into a 1976 film starring Sissy Spacek |
| 51% | CARRIE | 6 | 1974 Stephen King novel with a film adaptation starring Sissy Spacek |
| 49% | MILE | 4 | "The Green ___" (Stephen King serial novel adapted into a film starring Tom Hanks) |
| 46% | BRIDGETJ1SSDIARY | 16 | 1996 Helen Fielding book made into a film starring Renée Zellweger |
| 46% | EMMA | 4 | 1816 novel made into a 1996 film |
| 46% | PRIDEANDPREJUDIEDIE | 19 | 1813 novel made into a 2005 film |
| 45% | DUNE | 4 | Sci-fi novel made into a 1984 cult film |
| 45% | WOMENINLOVE | 11 | D. H. Lawrence novel made into a 1969 film |
| 45% | GONEBABYGONE | 12 | 1998 Dennis Lehane novel made into a 2007 film |
| 45% | SNOWFALLINGONCEDARS | 19 | Best-selling David Guterson novel made into a 1999 film |
| 45% | INN | 3 | "Jamaica ___" (Daphne du Maurier novel made into a Hitchcock film) |