| 100% | THREE | 5 | "The ___-Body Problem" (Hugo Award-winning novel by the Chinese writer Liu Cixin) |
| 47% | LIUCIXIN | 8 | Author who, in 2015, became the first Asian to win the Hugo Award for Best Novel, for “The Three-Body Problem” |
| 46% | ARKADYMARTINE | 13 | Writer whose "A Memory Called Empire" won the 2020 Hugo Award for Best Novel (2 wds.) |
| 44% | AMERICANGODS | 12 | Novel by 39-Across that won the Hugo Award for Best Novel and the Nebula Award for Best Novel (2 wds.) |
| 43% | BRINGUP | 7 | "___ the Bodies," award-winning novel by Hilary Mantel which is a sequel to 23a: 2 wds. |
| 40% | RINGWORLD | 9 | 1970 Hugo Award-winning novel by Larry Niven |
| 40% | SERPENT | 7 | Award-winning novel by Sarah Perry, The Essex __ |
| 40% | POSTCARDS | 9 | Novel by 29-Across that won the 1992 PEN/Faulkner Award for fiction |
| 40% | CUJO | 4 | 1981 novel by Stephen King that won the British Fantasy Award |
| 39% | AMERICANAH | 10 | Novel by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie that won the 2013 National Book Critics Circle Award |
| 39% | CHARLESYU | 9 | Writer whose novel "Interior Chinatown" won the 2020 National Book Award for Fiction (2 wds.) |
| 39% | SUSANCHOI | 9 | Writer whose novel "Trust Exercise" won the 2019 National Book Award for Fiction (2 wds.) |
| 38% | SEANANMCGUIRE | 13 | Writer whose "Middlegame" was a finalist for the 2020 Hugo Award for Best Novel (2 wds.) |
| 38% | TESSGUNTY | 9 | Writer whose novel "The Rabbit Hutch" won the 2022 National Book Award for Fiction (2 wds.) |
| 38% | ARM | 3 | "The Man with the Golden ___" (National Book Award-winning novel by Nelson Algren) |
| 38% | JASONMOTT | 9 | Writer whose novel "Hell of a Book" won the 2021 National Book Award for Fiction (2 wds.) |
| 38% | RULEOFWOLVES | 12 | Novel by 40-Across that won the 2021 Goodreads Choice Award for Young Adult Fantasy (3 wds.) |
| 38% | THEECHOMAKER | 12 | 2006 novel by 32-Across that won the National Book Award for Fiction (3 wds.) |
| 37% | KAMERONHURLEY | 13 | Writer whose "The Light Brigade" was a finalist for the 2020 Hugo Award for Best Novel (2 wds.) |
| 37% | ARRIVAL | 7 | Sci-fi film by Denis Villeneuve that won the 2017 Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation |
| 37% | GRAVITY | 7 | Sci-fi film by Alfonso Cuaron that won the 2014 Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation |
| 37% | ETERNITY | 8 | "The End of ___," 1955 sci-fi novel by Isaac Asimov that was shortlisted for the Hugo Award for Best Novel |
| 37% | WONDERWOMAN | 11 | Superhero film by Patty Jenkins that won the 2018 Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation: 2 wds. |
| 37% | THEAVENGERS | 11 | Superhero film by Joss Whedon that won the 2013 Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation: 2 wds. |
| 37% | SKY | 3 | "All the Birds in the ___" (Nebula Award-winning novel by Charlie Jane Anders) |
| 36% | RACHELCARSON | 12 | "Silent Spring" writer and namesake of the international environmental award won by 32-Across in 2019 (2 wds.) |
| 36% | INVISIBLE | 9 | "___ Man," 1952 novel by Ralph Ellison featuring an unnamed protagonist that won the National Book Award for Fiction |
| 36% | WOLF | 4 | "___ Hall," award-winning novel by Hilary Mantel which follows the rise of Thomas Cromwell |
| 36% | EDGAR | 5 | Award presented by the Mystery Writers of America |
| 36% | PDJELICLARK | 11 | Writer whose "A Master of Djinn" won the Nebula Award for Best Novel in 2022 (3 wds.) |