| 100% | HARLEM | 6 | "___ Shuffle" (Colson Whitehead novel) |
| 92% | SAG | 3 | “— Harbor” (2009 Colson Whitehead novel) |
| 92% | ZONEONE | 7 | Post-apocalyptic Colson Whitehead novel |
| 91% | THENICKELBOYS | 13 | Colson Whitehead novel set in Florida (3 wds.) |
| 89% | JOHNHENRYDAYS | 13 | Colson Whitehead novel set in West Virginia (3 wds.) |
| 89% | SAGHARBOR | 9 | Colson Whitehead novel set in the Hamptons (2 wds.) |
| 88% | HARLEMSHUFFLE | 13 | Colson Whitehead novel set in New York City (2 wds.) |
| 86% | THENICKELBOYS | 13 | Colson Whitehead novel that won the 2020 Pulitzer Prize (3 wds.) |
| 86% | THENICKELBOYS | 13 | Colson Whitehead novel set in a Florida reform school (3 wds.) |
| 86% | JOHNHENRYDAYS | 13 | Colson Whitehead novel set at a West Virginia festival (3 wds.) |
| 85% | SAGHARBOR | 9 | 2009 Colson Whitehead novel set in the Hamptons (2 wds.) |
| 83% | HARLEMSHUFFLE | 13 | 2021 Colson Whitehead novel set in New York City (2 wds.) |
| 82% | THENICKELBOYS | 13 | 2019 Colson Whitehead novel set in a Florida reform school (3 wds.) |
| 82% | JOHNHENRYDAYS | 13 | 2001 Colson Whitehead novel set at a West Virginia festival (3 wds.) |
| 80% | CROOKMANIFESTO | 14 | 2023 Colson Whitehead novel that's a sequel to 47-Across (2 wds.) |
| 80% | RAILROAD | 8 | "The Underground ___," Colson Whitehead novel that won the 2017 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction |
| 80% | BOYS | 4 | "The Nickel ___," Colson Whitehead novel that won the 2020 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction |
| 79% | THE{NICKEL}BOYS | 15 | Pulitzer-winning Colson Whitehead novel about a reform school in Jim Crow-era Florida |
| 77% | THENICKELBOYS | 13 | 2019 Colson Whitehead novel, about the Dozier School, that won the Pulitzer Prize: 3 wds. |
| 76% | HARLEMSHUFFLE | 13 | 2021 Colson Whitehead novel about a furniture salesman drawn into a life of crime: 2 wds. |
| 73% | JOHNHENRYDAYS | 13 | 2001 Colson Whitehead novel, about a historical festival, that was short-listed for the Pulitzer Prize: 3 wds. |
| 73% | SAGHARBOR | 9 | 2009 novel by Colson Whitehead |
| 72% | WHITEHEAD | 9 | Colson whose 2021 novel "Harlem Shuffle" is represented in the circled squares |
| 67% | HARLEM | 6 | Colson Whitehead’s “___ Shuffle,” whose narrative centers on a heist at New York City’s historic Hotel Theresa (September, 2021) |
| 64% | SAG | 3 | Colson Whitehead’s “___ Harbor” |
| 64% | SAG | 3 | Colson Whitehead’s “— Harbor” |
| 56% | BENJI | 5 | Protagonist of Colson Whitehead’s “Sag Harbor” |
| 56% | BOOKCLUB | 8 | Group discussing Bessie Head or Colson Whitehead |
| 55% | TWO | 3 | Number of Pulitzer Prizes won by Colson Whitehead |
| 55% | CORA | 4 | Protagonist of Colson Whitehead's "The Underground Railroad" |