| 100% | CASE | 4 | "The ___ of Charles Dexter Ward," 1943 novel by H.P. Lovecraft about an alleged wizard |
| 39% | HOME | 4 | 2012 novel by 43-Across about an African-American veteran of the Korean War |
| 36% | SONGOFSOLOMON | 13 | 1977 novel by Toni Morrison which is about the life of an African-American man living in Michigan: 3 wds. |
| 36% | LOVECRAFT | 9 | H P —, science fiction and horror writer whose stories include The Case of Charles Dexter Ward |
| 36% | WORTHDYINGFOR | 13 | 2010 novel by Lee Child about Jack Reacher meets the Duncans and solves an old case of a missing child: 3 wds. |
| 35% | WORLDS | 6 | Sci-fi novel by H.G. Wells: The War of the __ |
| 35% | AYESHA | 6 | 1905 novel by H Rider Haggard subtitled The Return of She |
| 33% | MOUND | 5 | "The ___," 1940 novella by H.P. Lovecraft about a headless ghost and subterranean civilization |
| 33% | THEPILOTSWIFE | 13 | Novel by 29-Across about the aftermath of a plane crash (3 wds.) |
| 33% | DARKNESS | 8 | "The Whisperer in ___," 1931 novella by H.P. Lovecraft about extraterrestrial fungoid creatures |
| 33% | OLIVER | 6 | Broadway musical about an orphan based on a novel by Charles Dickens |
| 32% | CTHULHU | 7 | "The Call of ___" (short story by H. P. Lovecraft) |
| 32% | AMYDORRIT | 9 | Title character of an 1857 novel by Charles Dickens born and raised in the Marshalsea debtors' prison |
| 32% | HORROR | 6 | "The ___ at Red Hook," 1927 short story by H.P. Lovecraft about a sinister cult |
| 32% | SHADOW | 6 | "The ___ over Innsmouth," 1936 novella by H.P. Lovecraft about a malign undersea civilization |
| 32% | BELOVED | 7 | 1987 novel by 43-Across about an African-American family after the Civil War |
| 32% | LORD | 4 | "___ of the Flies" (dystopian novel about boys marooned on an island) |
| 31% | WORLDS | 6 | "The War of the ___," 1897 science fiction novel by H.G. Wells about alien invasion |
| 31% | HOME | 4 | 2012 novel by Toni Morrison which is about a young veteran of the Korean War |
| 31% | GODS | 4 | "Men Like ___," 1923 novel by H.G. Wells that was one of the first to feature the idea of parallel universes |
| 30% | THESOUTH | 8 | 1990 novel by 38-Across about an Irish woman who moves to Barcelona in the 1950s (2 wds.) |
| 30% | GOD | 3 | "To a ___ Unknown," novel by American author John Steinbeck about the relationship of a man to his land |
| 30% | TIGEREYES | 9 | Young adult novel by 38-Across about a girl coping with the death of her father (2 wds.) |
| 30% | MACHINE | 7 | Novel by H. G. Wells: The Time __ |
| 30% | BROOKLYN | 8 | 2009 novel by 38-Across about an Irish woman who moves to New York in the 1950s (2 wds.) |
| 30% | DEAD | 4 | "___ Poets Society," novel by Nancy H. Kleinbaum which is based on the dark academia-themed movie of the same name |
| 30% | COLDMOUNTAIN | 12 | One of the best-selling historical novels of the 90s written by Charles Frazier about a soldier's journey back home during the Civil war: 2 wds. |
| 29% | WONDERFUL | 9 | The __ Wizard of Oz, novel by L. Frank Baum |