| 100% | END | 3 | "The ___ of the Affair" (Graham Greene novel made into a Neil Jordan film) |
| 76% | END | 3 | "The ___ of the Affair" (Neil Jordan film based on a Graham Greene novel) |
| 65% | END | 3 | "The ___ of the Affair" (1999 film based on a Graham Greene novel) |
| 65% | END | 3 | "The ___ of the Affair" (Julianne Moore film based on a Graham Greene novel) |
| 55% | SISTERHOOD | 10 | “The ___ of the Traveling Pants” (Ann Brashares novel made into a 2005 film) |
| 53% | AFFAIR | 6 | "The End of the ___" (Julianne Moore film based on a Graham Greene novel) |
| 50% | DENNISLEHANE | 12 | Author of the 2001 novel "Mystic River" that was made into a 2003 Sean Penn film: 2 wds. |
| 50% | END | 3 | "The ___ of the Affair" (Graham Greene novel) |
| 48% | ALL | 3 | "The Girl with ___ the Gifts" (M.R. Carey novel made into a film starring Glenn Close) |
| 48% | FOG | 3 | "House of Sand and ___" (Andre Dubus III novel made into a film starring Ben Kingsley) |
| 48% | MOSQUITOCOAST | 13 | Paul Theroux novel made into a Harrison Ford film, with "The" |
| 47% | SANTINI | 7 | "The Great ___" (Pat Conroy novel made into a film starring Robert Duvall) |
| 47% | THIEF | 5 | "The Book ___" (Markus Zusak novel made into a film starring Geoffrey Rush) |
| 45% | HOURS | 5 | Michael Cunningham novel made into a film starring Nicole Kidman, with "The" |
| 45% | DUNE | 4 | Sci-fi novel made into a 1984 cult film |
| 45% | PAULAHAWKINS | 12 | Author of "The Girl on the Train," a novel adapted into a film starring Emily Blunt (2 wds.) |
| 44% | GONEGIRL | 8 | Gillian Flynn thriller novel made into a hit 2014 film |
| 44% | EMMA | 4 | 1816 novel made into a 1996 film |
| 44% | PRIDEANDPREJUDIEDIE | 19 | 1813 novel made into a 2005 film |
| 43% | GRAHAM | 6 | With 35-Across, writer whose novel "The End of the Affair" was adapted as a 1999 film of the same name |
| 43% | ALICEWALKER | 11 | Author of the 1982 novel "The Color Purple," which was made into a 1985 movie: 2 wds. |
| 43% | THIRDMAN | 8 | The __, Graham Greene novel and film set in Vienna |
| 43% | WOMENINLOVE | 11 | D. H. Lawrence novel made into a 1969 film |
| 43% | GONEBABYGONE | 12 | 1998 Dennis Lehane novel made into a 2007 film |
| 43% | AFFAIR | 6 | Graham Greene novel, The End of the __ |
| 43% | DAVINCI | 7 | "The ___ Code," 2003 novel by Dan Brown that was made into a film: 2 wds. |
| 42% | SNOWFALLINGONCEDARS | 19 | Best-selling David Guterson novel made into a 1999 film |
| 42% | INN | 3 | "Jamaica ___" (Daphne du Maurier novel made into a Hitchcock film) |
| 42% | DOLPHINS | 8 | "Island of the Blue ___," 1960 Scott O'Dell novel that was adapted into a 1964 James B. Clark film |
| 42% | IRONWEED | 8 | 1983 William Kennedy novel, later made into a Jack Nicholson film |