| 100% | NILE | 4 | "Death on the ___," 1937 novel by Agatha Christie that was adapted into the eponymous 2022 mystery film |
| 66% | SING | 4 | "Where the Crawdads ___," 2018 novel by Delia Owens that was adapted into an eponymous 2022 thriller film |
| 55% | ALIVE | 5 | "Luckiest Girl ___," 2015 novel by Jessica Knoll that was adapted into 2022 mystery thriller movie of the same name |
| 52% | LIST | 4 | "Mr. Malcolm's ___," 2022 period drama film starring Freida Pinto, that is based on the eponymous novel by Suzanne Allain |
| 52% | LADY | 4 | "___ Chatterley's Lover," 2022 period drama film starring Emma Corrin, that is based on the eponymous novel by D.H. Lawrence |
| 51% | PARIS | 5 | "Mrs. 'Arris Goes to ___," 1958 novel by Paul Gallico that was adapted into a 2022 comedy-drama film |
| 50% | SHINING | 7 | "The ___ Girls," 2013 novel by Lauren Beukes that was adapted into 2022 TV series of the same name |
| 50% | OLDMAN | 6 | *"The ___ and the Sea," 1952 novel by Ernest Hemingway that was adapted into a 1958 film: 2 wds. |
| 50% | INTERVIEW | 9 | "___ with the Vampire," 1976 gothic horror novel by Anne Rice that was adapted into a film starring Brad Pitt |
| 49% | ROAD | 4 | "The ___," 2006 novel by Cormac McCarthy that was adapted into a 2009 survival film |
| 47% | OUTSIDERS | 9 | "The ___," 1983 drama film by Francis Ford Coppola that was based on the eponymous novel by S.E. Hinton |
| 47% | DARK | 4 | "The ___ Knight Returns," graphic novel by Frank Miller that was adapted into a film trilogy starring Christian Bale as Batman |
| 45% | GOD | 3 | "Child of ___," 1973 novel by Cormac McCarthy that was adapted into a 2013 film |
| 45% | OUTER | 5 | "___ Dark," 1968 novel by Cormac McCarthy that was adapted into a 2009 short film |
| 45% | COUNTRY | 7 | "No ___ for Old Men," 2005 novel by Cormac McCarthy that was adapted into a 2007 crime film |
| 45% | NONE | 4 | "And Then There Were ___," 1939 novel by Agatha Christie that is set on an island |
| 45% | CARRIE | 6 | 1974 novel by Stephen King that was adapted into a 1976 film starring Sissy Spacek |
| 44% | DAVIDMITCHELL | 13 | Author of the novel that was adapted into the 2012 film 7-/49-Across |
| 44% | REBECCA | 7 | 1938 novel by Daphne du Maurier featuring an unnamed protagonist that was adapted into an eponymous Oscar-winning film |
| 43% | OVE | 3 | "A Man Called ___," 2012 novel by Fredrik Backman that was adapted into a 2022 movie titled "A Man Called Otto" |
| 43% | BEAVER | 6 | "The Sign of the ___," 1983 Elizabeth George Speare novel that was adapted into the film "Keeping the Promise" |
| 43% | PYGMALION | 9 | Play written in 1912 by George Bernard Shaw that was adapted into the film "My Fair Lady" |
| 43% | VENDETTA | 8 | "V for ___," graphic novel by Alan Moore about a dystopian future in the UK that was adapted into a Natalie Portman film |
| 42% | WHITENOISE | 10 | Novel by 44-Across that was adapted as a 2022 film by Noah Baumbach (2 wds.) |
| 42% | NAKEDSUN | 8 | "The ___," 1957 sci-fi novel by Isaac Asimov that was adapted into an episode of the TV series "Out of the Unknown": 2 wds. |
| 42% | THEORIENT | 9 | "Murder on ___ Express," Agatha Christie's detective novel published in 1934, which was adapted into a film starring Kenneth Branagh in 2017: 2 wds. |
| 41% | NATIVESON | 9 | Best-selling 1940 novel that was adapted into a film, with its author playing the protagonist, in 1951 |
| 41% | LINCOLN | 7 | "The ___ Lawyer," 2005 legal thriller novel by Michael Connelly which was adapted into a film |
| 41% | DAVINCI | 7 | "The ___ Code," 2003 novel by Dan Brown that was made into a film: 2 wds. |
| 41% | DOLPHINS | 8 | "Island of the Blue ___," 1960 Scott O'Dell novel that was adapted into a 1964 James B. Clark film |