100% | ASI | 3 | "___ Lay Dying" (Faulkner novel adapted into a 2013 James Franco movie that was screened at Cannes): 2 wds. |
39% | THEDRY | 6 | Novel by Australian author Jane Harper that was adapted into a movie starring Eric Bana: 2 wds. |
37% | INTRUDERINTHE | 13 | "___ Dust," 1948 novel by William Faulkner that was adapted into a movie by Clarence Brown: 3 wds. |
35% | STRIPTEASE | 10 | Novel by 44-Across that was made into a movie starring Demi Moore: 2 wds. |
34% | BOOKTHIEF | 9 | Mark Zusak's novel "The ___" which was adapted into a movie: 2 wds. |
33% | MAZERUNNER | 10 | James Dashner's dystopian novel, "The ___" which was adapted into a film directed by Wes Ball: 2 wds. |
33% | THEHATEUGIVE | 12 | Best-selling novel by 40-Across that was adapted into a new movie: 4 wds. |
33% | ASI | 3 | "___ Lay Dying," 1930 novel by William Faulkner, the title of which is derived from Homer's "Odyssey": 2 wds. |
32% | LESMISERABLES | 13 | Victor Hugo's novel which was also adapted into a movie starring Anne Hathaway and has a sentence with 823 words: 2 wds. |
32% | GONEGIRL | 8 | 2014 American psychological thriller co-produced by Reese Witherspoon that was adapted from a Gillian Flynn novel: 2 wds. |
32% | STEPHENKING | 11 | American gothic writer known for his works like "It" and "The Shining" that were adapted into movies: 2 wds. |
31% | ATIMETOKILL | 11 | 1989 legal thriller that was adapted into a movie starring Sandra Bullock: 4 wds. |
31% | ASI | 3 | "___ Lay Dying" (William Faulkner novel): 2 wds. |
31% | THEMAZERUNNER | 13 | Dystopian young adult novel that was turned into a 2014 movie: 3 wds. |
31% | ASI | 3 | "___ Lay Dying," 1930 William Faulkner novel: 2 wds. |
31% | ASI | 3 | William Faulkner novel "___ Lay Dying": 2 wds. |
30% | FIFTYSHADES | 11 | Erotic trilogy whose first book is being adapted into a movie: 2 wds. |
30% | OLDMAN | 6 | *"The ___ and the Sea," 1952 novel by Ernest Hemingway that was adapted into a 1958 film: 2 wds. |
30% | ASI | 3 | "___ Lay Dying" (Faulkner novel): 2 wds. |
30% | HIGHFIDELITY | 12 | 50-Across novel that was adapted into a feature film in 2000, a Broadway musical in 2006, and a TV series in 2020 (2 wds.) |
30% | ROOM | 4 | 2010 novel by Emma Donoghue that was adapted into a movie starring Brie Larson |
29% | OLDFAITHFUL | 11 | Geyser that is a popular attraction at 18-Across: 2 wds. |
29% | DESPICABLEME | 12 | 2010 movie that 2015's "Minions" was a prequel to: 2 wds. |
29% | THEPRODUCERS | 12 | Mel Brooks film of 1967 adapted into a 2001 Broadway musical and 2005 movie musical: 2 wds. |
29% | ROSEMARYSBABY | 13 | 1968 movie that 2024's "Apartment 7A" was a prequel to: 2 wds. |
28% | GOD | 3 | "Child of ___," 1973 novel by Cormac McCarthy that was adapted into a 2013 film |
28% | TAXIDRIVER | 10 | Robert De Niro movie that won the top prize at the Cannes Film Festival in 1976: 2 wds. |
28% | DENNISLEHANE | 12 | Author of the 2001 novel "Mystic River" that was made into a 2003 Sean Penn film: 2 wds. |
28% | BARTONFINK | 10 | John Turturro movie that won the top prize at the Cannes Film Festival in 1991: 2 wds. |
27% | WHITENOISE | 10 | Novel by 44-Across that was adapted as a 2022 film by Noah Baumbach (2 wds.) |