| 100% | ISLAND | 6 | "The Mysterious ___," adventure novel by Jules Verne that follows five prison escapees |
| 42% | EIGHTY | 6 | "Around the World in ___ Days," adventure novel by Jules Verne |
| 42% | AROUNDTHEMOON | 13 | Science fiction novel by Jules Verne that features a lunar trip: 3 wds. |
| 41% | FIVEWEEKSINA | 12 | & 21A 1863 adventure novel by Jules Verne whose central character is Dr Samuel Ferguson |
| 38% | COMET | 5 | "Off On A ___," science fiction novel by Jules Verne about characters that are unwittingly carried off into space |
| 33% | THEGLASSMAKER | 13 | 2024 novel by 34-Across that follows an artisan family from Renaissance-era Italy to the present day (2 wds.) |
| 33% | ELEVEN | 6 | "___ Minutes," 2003 novel by Paulo Coelho that follows the life of Maria |
| 32% | THEGOOD | 7 | & 19A 1931 novel by Pearl Buck that won the Pulitzer Prize the following year |
| 32% | LEAGUES | 7 | Jules Verne adventure, 20,000 __ Under the Sea |
| 31% | LEAGUES | 7 | Jules Verne novel 20,000 __ Under the Sea |
| 31% | ORANGE | 6 | Novel by Joanne Harris: Five Quarters of the __ |
| 31% | LEAGUES | 7 | Jules Verne's novel, 20,000 __ Under the Sea |
| 31% | RUGRATS | 7 | Cartoon that follows the adventures of toddlers |
| 31% | MUSKETEERS | 10 | "The Three ___," adventure novel by Alexandre Dumas that was originally written in French |
| 30% | GAME | 4 | "Master of the ___," 1982 novel by Sidney Sheldon that follows Kate Blackwell's journey |
| 30% | UNDERWORLD | 10 | Novel by 44-Across that follows, among other things, the home run baseball hit by Bobby Thomson to win the National League pennant for the New York Giants in 1951 |
| 30% | LESS | 4 | Novel by Andrew Sean Greer that won the Pulitzer Prize in 2018 |
| 30% | SUBMARINES | 10 | Inventions that inspired the sci-fi novel "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea" by Jules Verne |
| 29% | AMERICANAH | 10 | Novel by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie that won the 2013 National Book Critics Circle Award |
| 29% | POSTCARDS | 9 | Novel by 29-Across that won the 1992 PEN/Faulkner Award for fiction |
| 29% | THEOVERSTORY | 12 | Novel by 30-Across that won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (2 wds.) |
| 29% | FUTILITY | 8 | Novel by Morgan Robertson that seemingly predicted the sinking of the Titanic |
| 29% | PINGU | 5 | Swiss stop-motion animated series that follows the adventures of a penguin |
| 29% | MAN | 3 | "The Invisible ___," 1897 science fiction novel by H.G. Wells that follows a scientist named Griffin |
| 28% | LESS | 4 | 2018 novel by Andrew Sean Greer that won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction |
| 28% | DEATHOFA | 8 | & 16D 1985 novel by M C Beaton that introduced the character Hamish Macbeth |
| 28% | HIBISCUS | 8 | "Purple ___," novel by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie that was longlisted for the 2004 Booker Prize |
| 28% | RAMA | 4 | "Rendezvous with ___," 1973 novel by Arthur C. Clarke that is set in the 2130s |