| 100% | BARDO | 5 | "Lincoln in the ___" (2017 best-selling novel) |
| 91% | BARDO | 5 | "Lincoln in the ___" (2017 George Saunders best-selling novel) |
| 62% | NATIVESON | 9 | Best-selling 1940 novel that was adapted into a film, with its author playing the protagonist, in 1951 |
| 61% | ELOI | 4 | People in the H. G. Wells novel "The Time Machine" |
| 61% | DRAGON | 6 | "The Girl with the ___ Tattoo," best-selling novel by Stieg Larsson that was originally written in Swedish |
| 60% | ELOI | 4 | Morlocks' counterparts in the H.G. Wells novel "The Time Machine" |
| 60% | ROSE | 4 | "The Name of the ___," best-selling novel by Umberto Eco that was originally written in Italian |
| 58% | QUOVADIS | 8 | Best-selling novel set in ancient Rome |
| 57% | ELOI | 4 | Race of decadent people in the 1895 H G Wells novel The Time Machine |
| 57% | LIFEOFPI | 8 | Best-selling novel that begins in Pondicherry, India |
| 56% | JOHNGRISHAM | 11 | Best-selling author of more than 30 novels, including 2017's "The Rooster Bar": 2 wds. |
| 56% | VIOLADAVIS | 10 | She won the 2017 Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for her role in "Fences": 2 wds. |
| 55% | COMA | 4 | 1977 best-selling novel set in a hospital |
| 55% | BENPLATT | 8 | Winner of the 2017 Tony for Best Actor in a Musical for "Dear Evan Hansen": 2 wds. |
| 55% | OREOS | 5 | The best-selling cookies in America |
| 55% | OREO | 4 | The best-selling cookie in America |
| 55% | MOONLIGHT | 9 | Film for which 32-Across won the Best Supporting Actor Oscar in 2017 |
| 54% | MOON | 4 | "The First Men in the ___," 1901 science romance novel by H.G. Wells |
| 54% | ELOI | 4 | Race of decadent people in 1895 H G Wells novel The Time Machine |
| 54% | BIRDS | 5 | "The Thorn ___," novel by Colleen McCullough that's the best-selling book in Australian history |
| 54% | CUT | 3 | The "Lesedi La Rona" was sold as is in 2017 and was then destined to be ___ |
| 53% | SISTERSFIRST | 12 | 2017 best seller by twins Jenna Bush Hager and Barbara Pierce Bush about their youth in the White House: 2 wds. |
| 53% | NEMO | 4 | Titular character in the best-selling DVD of all time |
| 53% | CHOCOLATE | 9 | Best selling novel and film: "Like Water for __" |
| 53% | ATOM | 4 | ___ bomb, nuclear weapon which was first mentioned in the sci-fi novel "The World Set Free" by HG Wells |
| 53% | GAIN | 4 | Novel by Richard Powers that won the James Fenimore Cooper Prize for Best Historical Fiction in 1999 |
| 53% | BIBLE | 5 | Best-selling book in the world |
| 53% | OREO | 4 | Best-selling cookie in the world |
| 53% | SEATED | 6 | Like Lincoln in the Lincoln Memorial |
| 53% | DRAKE | 5 | Rapper who won the Grammy Award for Best Rap Song in 2017 for "Hotline Bling" |