| 100% | CLAY | 4 | "The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & ___" (Michael Chabon novel) |
| 82% | AMAZING | 7 | "The ___ Adventures of Kavalier & Clay" (Michael Chabon novel) |
| 67% | MICHAELCHABON | 13 | Novelist whose "The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay" won the 2001 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (2 wds.) |
| 59% | MICHAELCHABON | 13 | Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist who wrote "The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay," 15-Across, and 47-Across (2 wds.) |
| 51% | CRISTO | 6 | The Count of Monte __, Dumas adventure novel |
| 51% | SAMPIG | 6 | The Adventures of —, 1940 novel by Alison Uttley |
| 50% | CRICHTON | 8 | Michael, writer of the sci-fi novel Jurassic Park |
| 49% | OMOO | 4 | Novel subtitled "A Narrative of Adventures in the South Seas" |
| 49% | DOBBS | 5 | Michael —, Conservative politician; author of the House of Cards novel trilogy |
| 48% | CRICHTON | 8 | Michael —, author of novels Jurassic Park and Eaters of the Dead |
| 48% | AMOSOZ | 6 | Author of novels My Michael and Panther in the Basement |
| 47% | OMOO | 4 | 1847 novel subtitled "A Narrative of Adventures in the South Seas" |
| 47% | AUGIE | 5 | “The Adventures of ___ March” (Bellow novel) |
| 46% | HENCHARD | 8 | Michael —, hay-trusser; title character in 1886 Thomas Hardy novel The Mayor of Casterbridge |
| 46% | ONDAATJE | 8 | Michael —, author of novels Anil’s Ghost and In the Skin of a Lion |
| 46% | OMOO | 4 | Melville novel subtitled "A Narrative of the Adventures in the South Seas" |
| 46% | OMOO | 4 | Herman Melville novel subtitled “A Narrative of Adventures in the South Seas” |
| 45% | SAWYER | 6 | "The Adventures of Tom ___," novel by Mark Twain |
| 45% | TOMSAWYER | 9 | "The Adventures of ___," Mark Twain's famous novel telling the story of a young boy: 2 wds. |
| 45% | FINN | 4 | "The Adventures of Huckleberry ___" (Mark Twain novel) |
| 45% | SAWYER | 6 | "The Adventures of Tom ___" (Mark Twain novel) |
| 45% | TOM | 3 | "The Adventures of ___ Sawyer" (Mark Twain novel) |
| 45% | BALLANTYNE | 10 | R M —, author of adventure novels The Young Fur Traders and The Coral Island |
| 44% | CHINA | 5 | "The Adventures of ___ Iron," novel by Gabriela Cabezon Camara which was shortlisted for the International Booker Prize 2020 |
| 44% | BLACK | 5 | "The ___ Stallion," 1979 adventure film based on a 1941 children's novel of the same name |
| 41% | SHE | 3 | Adventure novel of 1887 |
| 41% | NESMITH | 7 | Michael of the Monkees |
| 40% | POOH | 4 | "The Many Adventures of Winnie the ___" (Disney movie) |
| 40% | ILOVELUCY | 9 | TV Adventures of the Ricardos and Mertzes |
| 40% | SALLY | 5 | "The Adventures of ___," novel by P.G. Wodehouse first published as a book in 1922 |