| 100% | OFO | 3 | "Story ___," novel by Anne Desclos: 2 wds. |
| 60% | THEGATHERING | 12 | 2007 novel by Anne Enright set in Dublin, Ireland (2 wds.) |
| 58% | INWHITE | 7 | "Vision ___," 2009 novel by Nora Roberts which depicts the story of Mac Elliot and Carter Maguire: 2 wds. |
| 52% | SOBIG | 5 | Pulitzer-winning novel by Edna Ferber: 2 wds. |
| 52% | VIS | 3 | "___ for Vengeance," novel by Sue Grafton: 2 wds. |
| 52% | MIS | 3 | "___ for Malice," novel by Sue Grafton: 2 wds. |
| 52% | AIS | 3 | "___ for Alibi," novel by Sue Grafton: 2 wds. |
| 51% | AMAD | 4 | 1967 novel by Sue Kaufman "Diary of ___ Housewife": 2 wds. |
| 50% | ATALE | 5 | "___ of Two Cities," novel by Charles Dickens: 2 wds. |
| 50% | HANDMAIDSTALE | 13 | "The ___," 1985 dystopian novel by Margaret Atwood: 2 wds. |
| 50% | ATALE | 5 | "____ of Two Cities," novel by Charles Dickens: 2 wds. |
| 50% | INOUR | 5 | "The Fault ___ Stars," novel by John Green: 2 wds. |
| 50% | ATALE | 5 | "___ of Two Cities" novel by Charles Dickens: 2 wds. |
| 49% | STRIPTEASE | 10 | Novel by 44-Across that was made into a movie starring Demi Moore: 2 wds. |
| 49% | COMINGUP | 8 | "___ for Air," 1939 satirical novel by George Orwell: 2 wds. |
| 48% | THEUNCONSOLED | 13 | 1995 novel by Kazuo Ishiguro for which he won the Cheltenham Prize: 2 wds. |
| 48% | MANSFIELDPARK | 13 | Novel by 18-Across about Fanny Price, a girl sent to live with wealthy relatives: 2 wds. |
| 48% | THEDRY | 6 | Novel by Australian author Jane Harper that was adapted into a movie starring Eric Bana: 2 wds. |
| 47% | DAVINCI | 7 | "The ___ Code," 2003 novel by Dan Brown that was made into a film: 2 wds. |
| 47% | THEANTIDOTE | 11 | 2025 novel by 30-Across about a Nebraska town during the Great Depression: 2 wds. |
| 47% | BASKETCASE | 10 | Novel by 44-Across that highlights a song by the same name cowritten with Warren Zevon: 2 wds. |
| 47% | DEARJOHN | 8 | Novel by Nicholas Sparks about a US Army soldier whose father suffers from Asperger's syndrome: 2 wds. |
| 47% | ALEGACYOFSPIES | 14 | 2017 novel by John le Carré that wraps up the story of 30-Across (4 wds.) |
| 47% | THEFIRM | 7 | American legal thriller film based on a John Grisham novel by the same name: 2 wds. |
| 47% | SUNDAYSIMMONS | 13 | "___ and Charlie Brick," third novel by the English novelist Jackie Collins published in 1971: 2 wds. |
| 47% | ECHOBURNING | 11 | 2001 novel by Lee Child in which Jack Reacher helps a woman named Carmen: 2 wds. |
| 47% | GHOSTWORLD | 10 | 1993-1997 graphic novel by Daniel Clowes, later made into a Terry Zwigoff movie: 2 wds. |
| 47% | ALONG | 5 | "___ Way Down," 2005 novel by Nick Hornby which begins on New Year's eve: 2 wds. |
| 47% | BRINGUP | 7 | "___ the Bodies," award-winning novel by Hilary Mantel which is a sequel to 23a: 2 wds. |
| 46% | CAREEROF | 8 | "___ Evil," 2015 crime fiction novel by J.K. Rowling published under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith: 2 wds. |