| 100% | AIS | 3 | & 13D 1982 novel by Sue Grafton; first in the Kinsey Millhone alphabet mystery series |
| 40% | SUE | 3 | Novelist Grafton who writes the Kinsey Millhone Alphabet series |
| 40% | SUE | 3 | Novelist Grafton who wrote the Kinsey Millhone Alphabet series |
| 36% | DEADSIMPLE | 10 | 2005 novel by Peter James; first book in the Roy Grace series |
| 36% | TISFOR | 6 | & 13D 2007 novel by Sue Grafton |
| 36% | SUE | 3 | Novelist Grafton known for the Kinsey Millhone "Alphabet" series |
| 36% | SUE | 3 | Novelist Grafton who writes the Kinsey Millhone "Alphabet" series |
| 33% | GLASSHOUSES | 11 | Most recent novel in the mystery series by 40-Across featuring 30-Across (2 wds.) |
| 32% | NOOSE | 5 | Title word in the 14th Kinsey Millhone novel |
| 32% | SUEGRAFTON | 10 | Author of the Kinsey Millhone mysteries who wrote the 2015 novel "X": 2 wds. |
| 31% | WEB | 3 | "The Girl in the Spider's ___" (first novel in the "Millennium" series not written by Stieg Larsson) |
| 31% | JOY | 3 | "___ in the Morning," novel by P.G. Wodehouse first published in 1946 |
| 31% | ARMANDGAMACHE | 13 | Québec Chief Inspector in the mystery series by 40-Across (2 wds.) |
| 30% | ONEBYONE | 8 | Mystery novel by 45-Across set in the French Alps (3 wds.) |
| 30% | SUEGRAFTON | 10 | Mystery author who wrote the 2015 novel “X” (the twenty-fourth in a series) |
| 30% | KNOT | 4 | "Shopaholic Ties the ___" (third novel in a series by Sophie Kinsella) |
| 30% | NIS | 3 | Sue Grafton's 1998 "Alphabet" series mystery "___ for Noose" |
| 29% | THEROGUECREW | 12 | Last book in the "Redwall" series of children's fantasy novels by 50-Across (3 wds.) |
| 29% | VIS | 3 | "___ for Vengeance," novel by Sue Grafton: 2 wds. |
| 29% | MIS | 3 | "___ for Malice," novel by Sue Grafton: 2 wds. |
| 29% | AIS | 3 | "___ for Alibi," novel by Sue Grafton: 2 wds. |
| 28% | LONDONBRIDGES | 13 | Tenth novel in the Alex Cross series by James Patterson: 2 wds. |
| 28% | HEAVENSRIVER | 12 | Fourth novel in the "Bobiverse" science-fiction series by 32-Across (2 wds.) |
| 28% | FORWEAREMANY | 12 | Second novel in the "Bobiverse" science-fiction series by 32-Across (4 wds.) |
| 28% | LORDBROCKTREE | 13 | First book (chronologically) in the "Redwall" series by 50-Across (2 wds.) |
| 28% | ONE | 3 | "___ for the Money" (first in a mystery series by Janet Evanovich) |