| 100% | ASA | 3 | "Dead ___ Doornail" (fifth Sookie Stackhouse novel by Charlaine Harris) (2 wds.) |
| 49% | TRUEBLOOD | 9 | Fantasy TV series based on "The Southern Vampire Mysteries" novels by Charlaine Harris (2 wds.) |
| 45% | TRUEBLOOD | 9 | HBO horror series that featured a cameo by Charlaine Harris, author of the source material: 2 wds. |
| 43% | DEAD | 4 | & 12D 2011 novel by Charlaine Harris |
| 38% | OFO | 3 | "Story ___," novel by Anne Desclos: 2 wds. |
| 37% | SOBIG | 5 | Pulitzer-winning novel by Edna Ferber: 2 wds. |
| 37% | VIS | 3 | "___ for Vengeance," novel by Sue Grafton: 2 wds. |
| 37% | MIS | 3 | "___ for Malice," novel by Sue Grafton: 2 wds. |
| 37% | AIS | 3 | "___ for Alibi," novel by Sue Grafton: 2 wds. |
| 37% | ASA | 3 | Dead ___ doornail: 2 wds. |
| 37% | AMAD | 4 | 1967 novel by Sue Kaufman "Diary of ___ Housewife": 2 wds. |
| 36% | ATALE | 5 | "___ of Two Cities," novel by Charles Dickens: 2 wds. |
| 36% | HANDMAIDSTALE | 13 | "The ___," 1985 dystopian novel by Margaret Atwood: 2 wds. |
| 36% | ATALE | 5 | "____ of Two Cities," novel by Charles Dickens: 2 wds. |
| 36% | INOUR | 5 | "The Fault ___ Stars," novel by John Green: 2 wds. |
| 36% | ATALE | 5 | "___ of Two Cities" novel by Charles Dickens: 2 wds. |
| 36% | ANNAPAQUIN | 10 | Actress who played Sookie Stackhouse in HBO's "True Blood": 2 wds. |
| 36% | TRUEBLOOD | 9 | HBO show based on a series of Charlaine Harris books: 2 wds. |
| 35% | DEAD | 4 | "___ Until Dark" (first novel in the "Sookie Stackhouse" vampire series by Charlaine Harris) |
| 35% | STRIPTEASE | 10 | Novel by 44-Across that was made into a movie starring Demi Moore: 2 wds. |
| 35% | COMINGUP | 8 | "___ for Air," 1939 satirical novel by George Orwell: 2 wds. |
| 35% | THEUNCONSOLED | 13 | 1995 novel by Kazuo Ishiguro for which he won the Cheltenham Prize: 2 wds. |
| 34% | MANSFIELDPARK | 13 | Novel by 18-Across about Fanny Price, a girl sent to live with wealthy relatives: 2 wds. |
| 34% | THEDRY | 6 | Novel by Australian author Jane Harper that was adapted into a movie starring Eric Bana: 2 wds. |
| 34% | DAVINCI | 7 | "The ___ Code," 2003 novel by Dan Brown that was made into a film: 2 wds. |
| 34% | THEANTIDOTE | 11 | 2025 novel by 30-Across about a Nebraska town during the Great Depression: 2 wds. |
| 34% | THREESISTERS | 12 | Novel by 15-Across about siblings who survived Auschwitz (2 wds.) |
| 34% | BASKETCASE | 10 | Novel by 44-Across that highlights a song by the same name cowritten with Warren Zevon: 2 wds. |
| 34% | DEARJOHN | 8 | Novel by Nicholas Sparks about a US Army soldier whose father suffers from Asperger's syndrome: 2 wds. |