| 100% | DRAGON | 6 | "The Girl with the ___ Tattoo," best-selling novel by Stieg Larsson that was originally written in Swedish |
| 57% | ROSE | 4 | "The Name of the ___," best-selling novel by Umberto Eco that was originally written in Italian |
| 50% | MUSKETEERS | 10 | "The Three ___," adventure novel by Alexandre Dumas that was originally written in French |
| 47% | MISERABLES | 10 | "Les ___," classic historical novel by Victor Hugo that was originally written in French |
| 47% | WEB | 3 | "The Girl in the Spider's ___" (first novel in the "Millennium" series not written by Stieg Larsson) |
| 42% | NATIVESON | 9 | Best-selling 1940 novel that was adapted into a film, with its author playing the protagonist, in 1951 |
| 40% | RAMA | 4 | "Rendezvous with ___," 1973 novel by Arthur C. Clarke that is set in the 2130s |
| 39% | NBC | 3 | Big name in TV with a well-known logo that was originally a microphone surrounded by lightning bolts in 1943 |
| 39% | STIEG | 5 | Larsson who wrote The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo |
| 39% | TATTOO | 6 | The Girl with the Dragon __, book by Stieg Larsson |
| 39% | CHANGE | 6 | Autobiographical novel by Édouard Louis that begins with the intention “to fix the past in writing” (March, 2024) |
| 38% | EXIT | 4 | "No ___," existentialist play by Jean-Paul Sartre that was originally written in French |
| 38% | LARSSON | 7 | Stieg who wrote "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo" |
| 38% | STIEG | 5 | Larsson who wrote "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo" |
| 38% | BIRDS | 5 | "The Thorn ___," novel by Colleen McCullough that's the best-selling book in Australian history |
| 38% | GIRL | 4 | "The ___ with the Dragon Tattoo" (book by Stieg Larsson) |
| 37% | GOLDEN | 6 | "The ___ Compass," fantasy novel by Philip Pullman that is set in the Arctic |
| 36% | LISBETH | 7 | Salander played by 18-Across in "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" |
| 36% | MALORY | 6 | "___ Towers," series of novels by Enid Blyton that is set in a girls' boarding school |
| 36% | MARA | 4 | Rooney —, Best Actress in a Leading Role Oscar nominee for The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo |
| 35% | THEBODYGUARD | 12 | Mick Jackson's 1992 movie that was originally written in the mid-70s for Steve McQueen and Diana Ross: 3 wds. |
| 35% | REAL | 4 | With 27-Across, novel by 42-Across that was shortlisted for the 2020 Booker Prize |
| 35% | TTYL | 4 | What best-selling 2004 young adult novel was written entirely in the form of instant messages? |
| 35% | ETERNITY | 8 | "The End of ___," 1955 sci-fi novel by Isaac Asimov that was shortlisted for the Hugo Award for Best Novel |
| 35% | ALIVE | 5 | "Luckiest Girl ___," 2015 novel by Jessica Knoll that was adapted into 2022 mystery thriller movie of the same name |
| 35% | MIDDLEMARCH | 11 | Sixth novel by George Eliot (birthday yesterday) which was written in two pieces that holds a lot of historical value and is considered to be her best work |
| 35% | GAIN | 4 | Novel by Richard Powers that won the James Fenimore Cooper Prize for Best Historical Fiction in 1999 |
| 35% | CHAPEL | 6 | "Crying in the ___," 1953 song written by Artie Glenn that was covered by Elvis Presley |
| 35% | WIND | 4 | "Candle in the ___," song by Elton John that was written in honor of Marilyn Monroe |
| 34% | CARD | 4 | Credit ___, invention that was first mentioned in the sci-fi novel "Looking Backward" by Edward Bellamy |