| 100% | GAME | 4 | "Ender's ___," 1985 novel by Orson Scott Card with a film adaptation starring Asa Butterfield |
| 40% | DUNE | 4 | 1965 novel by Frank Herbert with a film adaptation starring Timothee Chalamet |
| 39% | CARRIE | 6 | 1974 debut novel by Stephen King with a film adaptation starring Sissy Spacek |
| 39% | TIME | 4 | "A Wrinkle in ___," 1962 novel by Madeleine L'Engle with a film adaptation starring Storm Reid |
| 38% | MARTIAN | 7 | "The ___," 2011 novel by Andy Weir with a film adaptation starring Matt Damon |
| 38% | SEMATARY | 8 | "Pet ___," 1983 novel by Stephen King with a film adaptation starring Jason Clarke |
| 36% | CARRIE | 6 | 1974 Stephen King novel with a film adaptation starring Sissy Spacek |
| 35% | TOWER | 5 | "The Dark ___," series of novels by Stephen King with a film adaptation starring Idris Elba |
| 34% | FIGHTCLUB | 9 | 1996 novel by Chuck Palahniuk featuring an unnamed protagonist, with a film adaptation starring Brad Pitt and Edward Norton: 2 wds. |
| 33% | APAINTEDHOUSE | 13 | Novel by John Grisham which was made into a television film starring Scott Glenn in 2003: 3 wds. |
| 33% | STILLLIFE | 9 | 1985 novel by A S Byatt |
| 32% | IROBOT | 6 | 1950 sci-fi fixup novel by Isaac Asimov that shares its title with a 2004 film starring Will Smith: 2 wds. |
| 31% | ENDER | 5 | One with a "Game" in an Orson Scott Card novel |
| 31% | HOUSEOFMIRTH | 12 | 1905 novel by 39-Across adapted as a film starring Gillian Anderson as socialite Lily Bart, with "The" (3 wds.) |
| 30% | SHINING | 7 | "The ___," 1977 novel by Stephen King with a film adaptation directed by Stanley Kubrick |
| 29% | SOPHIESCHOICE | 13 | American drama film of 1982 starring Meryl Streep which is an adaptation of a novel of the same name by William Styron: 2 wds. |
| 28% | THEGREATGATSBY | 14 | 2013 film adaptation of an F. Scott Fitzgerald novel starring Leonardo DiCaprio: 3 wds. |
| 28% | TEX | 3 | S.E. Hinton novel adapted into a 1982 film starring Matt Dillon |
| 28% | SAYONARA | 8 | 1954 novel by James A Michener adapted for a 1957 film drama starring Marlon Brando |
| 28% | CARRIE | 6 | 1974 novel by Stephen King that was adapted into a 1976 film starring Sissy Spacek |
| 28% | NOBODYSFOOL | 11 | Novel by 28-Across adapted as a 1994 film starring Paul Newman (2 wds.) |
| 28% | GOONIES | 7 | 1985 adventure film starring a young Sean Astin and Josh Brolin, with "The" |
| 27% | MAGICLESSONS | 12 | 2020 novel by 46-Across that's a prequel to her 1995 novel adapted as a film starring Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman (2 wds.) |
| 27% | SOPHIESCHOICE | 13 | 1979 novel by 47-Across adapted into a film starring 30-Across (2 wds.) |
| 27% | THERIVERKING | 12 | 2000 novel by 46-Across adapted as a film starring Edward Burns (3 wds.) |
| 27% | ENDERSGAME | 10 | Orson Scott Card sci-fi novel |
| 27% | AMERICAN | 8 | With 34-Across, 2007 Ridley Scott film starring Russell Crowe as a New Jersey detective |
| 27% | DEATHONTHENILE | 14 | Novel by 19-Across set in Egypt adapted into a 2022 film starring and directed by 33-Across (4 wds.) |
| 27% | TORTILLAFLAT | 12 | Novel by 32-Across made into a 1942 film starring Spencer Tracy and Hedy Lamarr (2 wds.) |