| 100% | WRATH | 5 | "The Grapes of ___," novel by American author John Steinbeck based on the struggles of migrant farmworkers |
| 55% | GOD | 3 | "To a ___ Unknown," novel by American author John Steinbeck about the relationship of a man to his land |
| 54% | MICE | 4 | "Of ___ and Men," novel by American author John Steinbeck about two migrant ranch workers |
| 52% | ROW | 3 | "Cannery ___," novel by American author John Steinbeck set during the Great Depression |
| 51% | EAST | 4 | "___ of Eden," novel by American author John Steinbeck set in Salinas Valley, California |
| 48% | RED | 3 | "The ___ Pony," episodic novel by American author John Steinbeck about a boy named Jody Tiflin |
| 45% | THEFIRM | 7 | American legal thriller film based on a John Grisham novel by the same name: 2 wds. |
| 44% | GRAPES | 6 | "The ___ of Wrath," 1940 film starring Henry Fonda as a sharecropper, based on the eponymous John Steinbeck novel |
| 44% | SWEETBITTER | 11 | American drama TV series starring Ella Purnell which is based on a novel of the same name by Stephanie Danler |
| 43% | 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 |
| 43% | THEALIENIST | 11 | American period drama TV series starring Dakota Fanning which is based on a novel of the same name by Caleb Carr: 2 wds. |
| 42% | PSYCHO | 6 | 1960 American thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock based on a 1959 novel of the same name |
| 42% | WRATH | 5 | The Grapes of __, John Steinbeck novel |
| 42% | ALTEREDCARBON | 13 | American dystopian sci-fi TV series starring Joel Kinnaman which is based on a novel of the same name by Richard K. Morgan: 2 wds. |
| 41% | HOUSEOFCARDS | 12 | Popular American political thriller by Beau Willimon which is a story of a Democrat from South Carolina and is based on the novel of the same by Michael Dobbs: 3 wds. |
| 40% | AMERICANWOMAN | 13 | Novel by 52-Across based on the 1974 kidnapping of Patty Hearst (2 wds.) |
| 40% | CATCH | 5 | "___-22," war-based American dark comedy miniseries based on the eponymous novel by Joseph Heller |
| 40% | TRIPODS | 7 | The —, 1980s BBC TV series based on novels by John Christopher |
| 39% | ROOTS | 5 | American historical drama miniseries based on Alex Haley's novel of the same name |
| 39% | EDEN | 4 | "East of ___" (movie based on a John Steinbeck novel) |
| 39% | FIVE | 4 | "___ on a Treasure Island," 1957 British film serial based on the novel of the same name by Enid Blyton |
| 38% | TOMJOAD | 7 | Protagonist of 1939 John Steinbeck novel The Grapes of Wrath |
| 38% | WORLD | 5 | "The ___ of Lore: Dreadful Places," book authored by Aaron Mahnke, based on the documentary podcast "Lore" |
| 38% | ELOI | 4 | The oppressed race from the 2002 film "The Time Machine," based on the novel of the same name by H.G Wells |
| 38% | ABEAUTIFUL | 10 | "___ Mind," American biographical drama film from 2001 based on the life of Nobel Laureate in Economics, John Nash: 2 wds. |
| 38% | TENTHOUSAND | 11 | "___ Saints," 2015 Ethan Hawke starrer drama film based on the novel of the same name by Eleanor Henderson: 2 wds. |
| 38% | EASTOFEDEN | 10 | John Steinbeck novel inspired by the biblical story of Cain and Abel: 3 wds |
| 38% | RIPLEYSGAME | 11 | 2002 thriller drama starring Lena Headey, which is based on the novel of the same name by Patricia Highsmith: 2 wds. |
| 38% | FOUNTAINHEAD | 12 | "The ___," 1949 drama film starring Gary Cooper which was based on a novel of the same name by Ayn Rand |
| 37% | OUTLANDER | 9 | Fantasy TV series based on novels of the same name by Diana Gabaldon |