| 100% | COMINGUP | 8 | "___ for Air," 1939 satirical novel by George Orwell: 2 wds. |
| 52% | FARM | 4 | "Animal ___," 1945 allegorical and satirical novel by George Orwell |
| 51% | NINETEENEIGHTY | 14 | "___-Four," dystopian satirical novel written by George Orwell as a warning against totalitarianism: 2 wds. |
| 47% | COMINGUP | 8 | & 10A 1939 novel by George Orwell |
| 42% | VIS | 3 | "___ for Vengeance," novel by Sue Grafton: 2 wds. |
| 42% | MIS | 3 | "___ for Malice," novel by Sue Grafton: 2 wds. |
| 42% | AIS | 3 | "___ for Alibi," novel by Sue Grafton: 2 wds. |
| 42% | BURMESE | 7 | & 18D 1934 novel by George Orwell |
| 41% | DAYS | 4 | "Burmese ___," 1934 fiction novel by George Orwell |
| 41% | FAIRLADY | 8 | Musical based on a novel by George Bernard Shaw, "My ___" was the longest-running Broadway show between 1956 - 1962: 2 wds. |
| 41% | THEREIVERS | 10 | "___: A Reminiscence," the last novel by William Faulkner that won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction: 2 wds. |
| 41% | SILASMARNER | 11 | Third novel by George Eliot (birthday yesterday) "___: The Weaver of Raveloe" which is a simple tale of a linen weaver: 2 wds. |
| 40% | OFA | 3 | "Half ___ Yellow Sun," novel by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie that won the 2007 Orange Prize for Fiction: 2 wds. |
| 40% | KEEP | 4 | "___ the Aspidistra Flying," 1936 socially critical novel by George Orwell |
| 40% | ROAD | 4 | "The ___ to Wigan Pier," 1937 autobiographical novel by George Orwell |
| 40% | DAUGHTER | 8 | "A Clergyman's ___," 1935 experimental fiction novel by George Orwell |
| 40% | HOMAGE | 6 | "___ to Catalonia," 1938 political non-fiction novel by George Orwell |
| 39% | THEOVERSTORY | 12 | Novel by 30-Across that won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (2 wds.) |
| 39% | FOUR | 4 | "Nineteen Eighty-___," novel by George Orwell that seemingly predicted facial recognition technology |
| 38% | THEOVERSTORY | 12 | 2018 novel by 32-Across that won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (2 wds.) |
| 37% | BANGLADESH | 10 | 1971 charity single by George Harrison that was written to raise awareness for millions of refugees from the country in the title: 2 wds. |
| 37% | WAYSIDESCHOOL | 13 | Setting for a series of novels by 30-Across (2 wds.) |
| 37% | OFO | 3 | "Story ___," novel by Anne Desclos: 2 wds. |
| 37% | NEVERLET | 8 | "___ Me Go," 2005 novel by Kazuo Ishiguro for which he won the ALA Alex Award and which was also adapted into a movie: 2 wds. |
| 36% | AMAD | 4 | 1967 novel by Sue Kaufman "Diary of ___ Housewife": 2 wds. |
| 36% | THESENTENCE | 11 | 2021 novel by 44-Across that was nominated for an Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence (2 wds.) |
| 36% | KILLINGFLOOR | 12 | Debut novel by 25-Across that was the basis for the first season of "Reacher" (2 wds.) |
| 36% | THEUNCONSOLED | 13 | 1995 novel by Kazuo Ishiguro for which he won the Cheltenham Prize: 2 wds. |
| 36% | SOBIG | 5 | Pulitzer-winning novel by Edna Ferber: 2 wds. |