100% | STAND | 5 | "___ on Zanzibar," novel by John Brunner that predicted the European Union |
38% | ALEGACYOFSPIES | 14 | 2017 novel by John le Carré that wraps up the story of 30-Across (4 wds.) |
38% | FUTILITY | 8 | Novel by Morgan Robertson that seemingly predicted the sinking of the Titanic |
35% | WRATH | 5 | "The Grapes of ___," novel by American author John Steinbeck based on the struggles of migrant farmworkers |
35% | THEMANSION | 10 | 1959 novel by William Faulkner that is the last of the trilogy on the Snopes family: 2 wds. |
33% | WRATH | 5 | "The Grapes of ___," novel by John Steinbeck, set in the Great Depression, that was a major reason for him winning the Nobel Prize |
33% | EUPHUES | 7 | 1578 novel by John Lyly subtitled The Anatomy of Wit |
33% | TORTILLAFLAT | 12 | 1935 novel by John Steinbeck featuring the character Big Joe Portagee |
32% | CALLFORTHEDEAD | 14 | 1961 novel by John le Carré that introduces 30-Across (4 wds.) |
32% | TRIPODS | 7 | The —, 1980s BBC TV series based on novels by John Christopher |
31% | MEETTHEBARON | 12 | 1937 novel by John Creasey also published as The Man in the Blue Mask |
31% | SUN | 3 | "Don't Let the ___ Go Down on Me," 1974 song by Elton John that peaked at No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 |
31% | BLUBBER | 7 | 1974 young adult novel by 45-Across that is #43 on the ALA's Top 100 Banned/Challenged Books (2000-2009) (2 wds.) |
31% | FOREVER | 7 | 1975 young adult novel by 45-Across that is #16 on the ALA's Top 100 Banned/Challenged Books (2000-2009) (2 wds.) |
31% | TIGEREYES | 9 | 1981 young adult novel by 45-Across that is #87 on the ALA's Top 100 Banned/Challenged Books (2000-2009) (2 wds.) |
31% | LESS | 4 | Novel by Andrew Sean Greer that won the Pulitzer Prize in 2018 |
31% | ASSOCIATE | 9 | The —, 2009 novel by John Grisham |
31% | CHRYSALIDS | 10 | The —, 1955 novel by John Wyndham |
31% | FIRM | 4 | The —, 1991 novel by John Grisham |
31% | BRETHREN | 8 | The —, 2000 novel by John Grisham |
31% | CONFESSION | 10 | The —, 2010 novel by John Grisham |
31% | WHISPERERS | 10 | The —, 2010 novel by John Connolly |
31% | FOURTHHAND | 10 | The —, 2001 novel by John Irving |
31% | BROKER | 6 | The —, 2005 novel by John Grisham |
31% | PELICANBRIEF | 12 | The —, 1992 novel by John Grisham |
31% | POSTCARDS | 9 | Novel by 29-Across that won the 1992 PEN/Faulkner Award for fiction |
31% | THEOVERSTORY | 12 | Novel by 30-Across that won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (2 wds.) |