| 100% | BEET | 4 | "The ___ Queen," 1986 novel by Louise Erdrich |
| 70% | NIGHT | 5 | "The ___ Watchman," 2020 novel by Louise Erdrich that won the 2021 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction |
| 55% | SPORTSWRITER | 12 | The —, 1986 novel by Richard Ford |
| 55% | FLOOD | 5 | The —, 1986 novel by Ian Rankin |
| 55% | BRIDGE | 6 | The —, 1986 novel by Iain Banks |
| 52% | THEROUNDHOUSE | 13 | Louise Erdrich novel that won the National Book Award for Fiction in 2012 (3 wds.) |
| 51% | AFRICAN | 7 | Novel by C.S. Forester: "The __ Queen" |
| 50% | NIGHT | 5 | "The ___ Watchman," Louise Erdrich novel that won the 2021 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction |
| 49% | SPY | 3 | "Harriet the ___" (children's novel by Louise Fitzhugh) |
| 49% | THEROSERENT | 11 | 1986 novel by Ellis Peters |
| 49% | ABITOFADO | 9 | 1986 novel by David Nobbs |
| 49% | BROTHERS | 8 | 1986 novel by William Goldman |
| 49% | COLOURSALOFT | 12 | 1986 novel by Alexander Kent |
| 49% | BLOODTEST | 9 | 1986 novel by Jonathan Kellerman |
| 48% | APERFECTSPY | 11 | 1986 novel by John le Carre |
| 48% | RED | 3 | "The ___ Convertible," 1974 short story by Louise Erdrich |
| 47% | TOASTINGEROS | 12 | 2002 novel by Louise Kean |
| 47% | BEAUTY | 6 | 2014 novel by Louise Mensch |
| 47% | ROOM | 4 | "The Locked ___," 1986 novel by Paul Auster that is a part of his New York trilogy |
| 46% | AMATTEROF | 9 | & 21A 1986 novel by Jeffrey Archer |
| 46% | TOURIST | 7 | & 3D 1986 novel by Carl Hiaasen |
| 46% | NIGHT | 5 | “The ___ Watchman” (Pulitzer-winning Louise Erdrich novel) |
| 46% | ABIT | 4 | & 26 Across 1986 novel by David Nobbs |
| 45% | TALISMAN | 8 | The —, 1825 novel by Sir Walter Scott whose characters include Queen Berengaria |
| 45% | BIRCHBARK | 9 | "The ___ House," 1999 realistic fiction novel series written by Louise Erdrich |
| 44% | MACHINE | 7 | Novel by H. G. Wells: The Time __ |
| 43% | PEOPLE | 6 | Novel by Chinua Achebe: A Man of the __ |