| 100% | REMAINS | 7 | "The ___ of the Day" (Kazuo Ishiguro novel that won the Booker Prize) |
| 62% | OURS | 4 | "One of ___" (Willa Cather novel that won the Pulitzer Prize) |
| 60% | LIFEOFPI | 8 | Yann Martel novel that won the 2002 Man Booker Prize |
| 60% | REMAINS | 7 | "The ___ of the Day," acclaimed novel by Kazuo Ishiguro |
| 58% | THESIEGEOF | 10 | & 10D J G Farrell novel that won the 1973 Booker Prize for Fiction |
| 58% | KAZUOISHIGURO | 13 | Author who won the Booker Prize for "The Remains of the Day": 2 wds. |
| 57% | REMAINS | 7 | “The ___ of the Day” (Oscar-nominated film based on a Kazuo Ishiguro novel) |
| 57% | OFTHEDAY | 8 | "The Remains ___," 1989 novel by Kazuo Ishiguro (birthday today) for which he won the Booker Prize and which was also adapted into a film: 3 wds. |
| 54% | PIRANESI | 8 | 2020 Susanna Clarke novel featuring themes of magical realism that won the Women's Prize for Fiction |
| 53% | EVENING | 7 | "The Discomfort of ___," novel by Marieke Lucas Rijneveld which won the International Booker Prize 2020 |
| 53% | THEUNCONSOLED | 13 | 1995 novel by Kazuo Ishiguro for which he won the Cheltenham Prize: 2 wds. |
| 51% | 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 |
| 51% | COLOR | 5 | "The ___ Purple," Alice Walker's 1982 epistolary novel that won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction |
| 51% | RAILROAD | 8 | "The Underground ___," Colson Whitehead novel that won the 2017 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction |
| 51% | NIGHT | 5 | "The ___ Watchman," Louise Erdrich novel that won the 2021 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction |
| 51% | BOYS | 4 | "The Nickel ___," Colson Whitehead novel that won the 2020 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction |
| 50% | LESS | 4 | Novel by Andrew Sean Greer that won the Pulitzer Prize in 2018 |
| 50% | LESS | 4 | Andrew Sean Greer novel that won the 2018 Pulitzer Prize |
| 50% | HULME | 5 | Keri —, author of Booker Prize-winning novel The Bone People |
| 50% | LONESOMEDOVE | 12 | Western novel that won the 1986 Pulitzer Prize: 2 wds. |
| 50% | ROADHOME | 8 | The —, Rose Tremain novel that won the 2008 Orange Broadband Prize for Fiction |
| 50% | ROADHOME | 8 | The ---, Rose Tremain novel that won the 2008 Orange Broadband Prize for Fiction |
| 50% | THEOVERSTORY | 12 | Novel by 30-Across that won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (2 wds.) |
| 50% | ADIGA | 5 | Aravind —, author of 2008 Booker Prize-winning novel The White Tiger |
| 50% | ENRIGHT | 7 | Anne —, author of 2007 Man Booker Prize-winning novel The Gathering |
| 50% | THEGOLDFINCH | 12 | Donna Tartt novel that won the 2014 Pulitzer Prize (2 wds.) |
| 50% | THEOVERSTORY | 12 | Richard Powers novel that won the 2019 Pulitzer Prize (2 wds.) |
| 50% | THENICKELBOYS | 13 | Colson Whitehead novel that won the 2020 Pulitzer Prize (3 wds.) |
| 50% | AMERICANAH | 10 | Adichie novel that won the 2013 National Book Critics Circle Award |