| 100% | DATE | 4 | "Save the ___," 2018 novel by Morgan Matson set against the backdrop of a wedding |
| 56% | LIST | 4 | "The Guest ___," 2020 novel by Lucy Foley that is a murder mystery set against the backdrop of a wedding |
| 40% | CHILD | 5 | "The Snow ___," novel by Eowyn Ivey set in the Alaskan wilderness, where a girl made of snow comes to life |
| 37% | FAREWELL | 8 | "A ___ to Arms," novel by Ernest Hemingway set during the Italian campaign of World War I |
| 36% | PUDDNHEAD | 9 | & 21A 1894 novel by Mark Twain set in the town of Dawson's Landing |
| 36% | CHOKE | 5 | 2001 novel by Chuck Palahniuk which follows the story of a con man, Victor |
| 36% | INVISIBLE | 9 | "___ Monsters," 1999 novel by Chuck Palahniuk which follows the story of a former model |
| 36% | DRACULA | 7 | Gothic novel by Bram Stoker which tells the story of a vampire on the loose |
| 36% | EYRE | 4 | "The ___ Affair" (murder mystery set in the universe of a Brontë novel) |
| 35% | YEMASSEE | 8 | The —, 1835 novel by William Gilmore Simms subtitled A Romance of Carolina |
| 35% | OLDMANAND | 9 | "The ___ the Sea," short novel by Ernest Hemingway which tells the story of a Cuban fisherman: 3 wds. |
| 35% | GIVE | 4 | "___ the Dark My Love," dark fantasy novel by Beth Revis which follows the story of a young alchemist |
| 35% | WRATH | 5 | "The Grapes of ___," novel by John Steinbeck, set in the Great Depression, that was a major reason for him winning the Nobel Prize |
| 34% | THEGREATALONE | 13 | 2018 novel by 44-Across set in Alaska after the Vietnam War (3 wds.) |
| 34% | FUTILITY | 8 | Novel by Morgan Robertson that seemingly predicted the sinking of the Titanic |
| 34% | PEOPLE | 6 | Novel by Chinua Achebe: A Man of the __ |
| 34% | SAFETY | 6 | "A Place of Greater ___," 1992 novel by Hilary Mantel which is set during the French Revolution |
| 34% | EYRE | 4 | "Jane ___," novel by Charlotte Bronte which tells the story of the eponymous character as a governess |
| 34% | ALTEREDCARBON | 13 | American dystopian sci-fi TV series starring Joel Kinnaman which is based on a novel of the same name by Richard K. Morgan: 2 wds. |
| 33% | HOLYGHOST | 9 | Book by John Sandford which was part of the "Virgil Flowers" novel series and became a NYT 2018 Bestseller: 2 wds. |
| 33% | SHIPS | 5 | "A Thousand ___," novel by Natalie Haynes that is a retelling of the Trojan War |
| 33% | DOUBLEDUTCH | 11 | Sport that's the title of a 2002 novel by Sharon M. Draper |
| 33% | DOCTORSYN | 9 | 1915 novel by Russell Thorndike subtitled A Smuggler Tale of the Romney Marsh |
| 33% | WAYSIDESCHOOL | 13 | Setting for a series of novels by 30-Across (2 wds.) |
| 33% | ELEKTRA | 7 | Novel by Jennifer Saint that's a retelling of Greek myths featuring the daughter of Agamemnon |
| 33% | TWOSISTERS | 10 | 1970 work by Gore Vidal subtitled A Novel in the Form of a Memoir |
| 33% | DRED | 4 | 1856 novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe subtitled A Tale of the Great Dismal Swamp |