| 100% | FOR | 3 | "A Bell ___ Adano" (Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by John Hersey) |
| 60% | 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 |
| 58% | LONESOMEDOVE | 12 | Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by 5-Down made into a TV miniseries starring Robert Duvall and Tommy Lee Jones (2 wds.) |
| 56% | BELOVED | 7 | Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Toni Morrison |
| 56% | PASTORAL | 8 | Pulitzer prize-winning novel by Roth, American __ |
| 54% | LESS | 4 | Novel by Andrew Sean Greer that won the Pulitzer Prize in 2018 |
| 54% | THEOVERSTORY | 12 | Novel by 30-Across that won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (2 wds.) |
| 53% | THEGOODEARTH | 12 | 1932 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by 26-Across (3 wds.) |
| 53% | ARROWSMITH | 10 | Pulitzer Prize-winning 1925 novel by Sinclair Lewis |
| 52% | OVERSTORY | 9 | "The ___," novel by Richard Powers that won the 2019 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction |
| 52% | LESS | 4 | 2018 novel by Andrew Sean Greer that won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction |
| 52% | THEREIVERS | 10 | "___: A Reminiscence," the last novel by William Faulkner that won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction: 2 wds. |
| 52% | THEOVERSTORY | 12 | 2018 novel by 32-Across that won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (2 wds.) |
| 52% | THEGOOD | 7 | & 19A 1931 novel by Pearl Buck that won the Pulitzer Prize the following year |
| 51% | NIGHT | 5 | "The ___ Watchman," 2020 novel by Louise Erdrich that won the 2021 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction |
| 50% | ADANO | 5 | "A Bell for ___" (Pulitzer-winning John Hersey novel set in an Italian town) |
| 50% | THEOLDDEVILS | 12 | 1986 Booker Prize winning novel by Kingsley Amis |
| 50% | ROAD | 4 | "The ___," 2006 novel by Cormac McCarthy featuring an unnamed protagonist that won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction |
| 49% | DAWN | 4 | "An Army at ___: The War in North Africa, 1942-1943," Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Rick Atkinson |
| 47% | TONI | 4 | Morrison who won a Pulitzer Prize for her novel "Beloved" |
| 47% | TWO | 3 | Number of Pulitzer Prizes won by Colson Whitehead |
| 47% | DEMONCOPPERHEAD | 15 | Pulitzer-winning Barbara Kingsolver novel inspired by a Charles Dickens work |
| 46% | THEROAD | 7 | 2007 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction-winning novel by Cormac McCarthy |
| 46% | MAUS | 4 | Only graphic novel to win a Pulitzer Prize |
| 45% | CELIE | 5 | Alice Walker's fictional character and protagonist from her Pulitzer Prize winning novel "The Color Purple" |
| 45% | ADANO | 5 | "A Bell for ___" (John Hersey novel) |
| 45% | MAUS | 4 | Only graphic novel to win a Pulitzer Prize (awarded 1992) |
| 44% | OFTHEDAY | 8 | "The Remains ___," 1989 novel by Kazuo Ishiguro (birthday today) for which he won the Booker Prize and which was also adapted into a film: 3 wds. |