| 100% | ALIVE | 5 | "Luckiest Girl ___," 2015 novel by Jessica Knoll that was adapted into 2022 mystery thriller movie of the same name |
| 55% | SHINING | 7 | "The ___ Girls," 2013 novel by Lauren Beukes that was adapted into 2022 TV series of the same name |
| 39% | NILE | 4 | "Death on the ___," 1937 novel by Agatha Christie that was adapted into the eponymous 2022 mystery film |
| 39% | SING | 4 | "Where the Crawdads ___," 2018 novel by Delia Owens that was adapted into an eponymous 2022 thriller film |
| 37% | TINY | 4 | "___ Beautiful Things," book by Cheryl Strayed that was adapted into a miniseries of the same name starring Kathryn Hahn |
| 37% | ACT | 3 | "Sister ___," 1992 film starring Whoopi Goldberg that was adapted into a stage musical of the same name |
| 33% | ROOM | 4 | 2010 novel by Emma Donoghue that was adapted into a movie starring Brie Larson |
| 33% | SALT | 4 | The Price of ___ (novel that was adapted into the movie Carol) |
| 33% | OVE | 3 | "A Man Called ___," 2012 novel by Fredrik Backman that was adapted into a 2022 movie titled "A Man Called Otto" |
| 32% | 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. |
| 31% | GOD | 3 | "Child of ___," 1973 novel by Cormac McCarthy that was adapted into a 2013 film |
| 30% | DAVIDMITCHELL | 13 | Author of the novel that was adapted into the 2012 film 7-/49-Across |
| 30% | INTRUDERINTHE | 13 | "___ Dust," 1948 novel by William Faulkner that was adapted into a movie by Clarence Brown: 3 wds. |
| 30% | THEHATEUGIVE | 12 | Best-selling novel by 40-Across that was adapted into a new movie: 4 wds. |
| 29% | ROAD | 4 | "The ___," 2006 novel by Cormac McCarthy that was adapted into a 2009 survival film |
| 29% | THEDRY | 6 | Novel by Australian author Jane Harper that was adapted into a movie starring Eric Bana: 2 wds. |
| 29% | OLDMAN | 6 | *"The ___ and the Sea," 1952 novel by Ernest Hemingway that was adapted into a 1958 film: 2 wds. |
| 29% | CARRIE | 6 | 1974 novel by Stephen King that was adapted into a 1976 film starring Sissy Spacek |
| 28% | RIPLEYSGAME | 11 | 2002 thriller drama starring Lena Headey, which is based on the novel of the same name by Patricia Highsmith: 2 wds. |
| 28% | PARIS | 5 | "Mrs. 'Arris Goes to ___," 1958 novel by Paul Gallico that was adapted into a 2022 comedy-drama film |
| 28% | NEVERLET | 8 | "___ Me Go," 2005 novel by Kazuo Ishiguro for which he won the ALA Alex Award and which was also adapted into a movie: 2 wds. |
| 28% | DAVINCICODE | 11 | "The ___," 2006 thriller film based on Dan Brown's novel of the same name whose music was composed by Hans Zimmer (birthday today): 3 wds. |
| 27% | INTERVIEW | 9 | "___ with the Vampire," 1976 gothic horror novel by Anne Rice that was adapted into a film starring Brad Pitt |
| 27% | LIST | 4 | "The Guest ___," 2020 novel by Lucy Foley that is a murder mystery set against the backdrop of a wedding |
| 27% | STONE | 5 | "Rodney ___," gothic mystery novel by Arthur Conan Doyle that was adapted as "The House of Temperley" |
| 27% | GONE | 4 | Gillian Flynn's thriller novel "___ Girl" which was adapted into a movie |
| 27% | TEL | 3 | Part of the name of an Israeli city that is followed by Aviv |
| 27% | DARK | 4 | "The ___ Knight Returns," graphic novel by Frank Miller that was adapted into a film trilogy starring Christian Bale as Batman |
| 27% | BIGLITTLELIES | 13 | Novel by 32-Across that was made into the 2017 HBO murder-mystery miniseries about seemingly perfect lives (3 wds.) |