| 100% | OSAGE | 5 | “August: ___ County” (Pulitzer Prize-winning play adapted into a 2013 film) |
| 57% | OSAGE | 5 | "August: ___ County" (Meryl Streep film based on a Pulitzer-winning play) |
| 54% | GOD | 3 | "Child of ___," 1973 novel by Cormac McCarthy that was adapted into a 2013 film |
| 51% | LIFEOFPI | 8 | Yann Martel book, adapted into a film and a play |
| 48% | OSAGE | 5 | August: ___ County (Meryl Streep film based on a Tracy Letts play) |
| 47% | NATIVESON | 9 | Best-selling 1940 novel that was adapted into a film, with its author playing the protagonist, in 1951 |
| 47% | FENCES | 6 | 1987 Pulitzer Prize-winning August Wilson play |
| 45% | OSAGE | 5 | "August: ___ County" (2008 Pulitzer Prize-winning play) |
| 43% | DUNE | 4 | Sci-fi novel adapted into a hit 2021 film |
| 43% | ONE | 3 | “___ Night in Miami” (Kemp Powers play adapted into a 2020 film) |
| 43% | OSAGE | 5 | "August: ___ County" (Meryl Streep film based on a Tracy Letts play) |
| 42% | EBERT | 5 | Film critic Roger who won a Pulitzer Prize |
| 42% | OSAGE | 5 | County in a Pulitzer-winning play title |
| 42% | THECLIENT | 9 | John Grisham novel adapted into a Susan Sarandon film |
| 42% | HER | 3 | 2013 film that won a screenplay Oscar |
| 41% | EBERT | 5 | First film critic to win a Pulitzer Prize |
| 41% | WIT | 3 | Pulitzer Prize-winning play |
| 41% | MORTALKOMBAT | 12 | Fighting video game adapted into a series of films: 2 wds. |
| 40% | OSAGE | 5 | Pulitzer-winning play "August: ___ County" |
| 40% | LONESOMEDOVE | 12 | Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by 5-Down made into a TV miniseries starring Robert Duvall and Tommy Lee Jones (2 wds.) |
| 40% | EBERT | 5 | First film critic to win a Pulitzer Prize for criticism |
| 40% | IDA | 3 | 2013 film about a road trip into the Polish countryside |
| 40% | OSAGE | 5 | "August: ___ County" (Tracy Letts Pulitzer-winning play) |
| 40% | LARRYMCMURTRY | 13 | American novelist whose 1985 novel "Lonesome Dove" won the Pulitzer Prize and whose six novels were adapted into films: 2 wds. |
| 40% | MILE | 4 | "The Green ___" (Stephen King serial novel adapted into a film starring Tom Hanks) |
| 39% | ASI | 3 | "___ Lay Dying" (Faulkner novel adapted into a 2013 James Franco movie that was screened at Cannes): 2 wds. |
| 39% | WIT | 3 | 1999 Pulitzer Prize-winning play |
| 39% | TOALLTHEBOYS | 12 | With 32-Across, 2014 romance novel adapted into a 2018 Netflix film: 4 wds. |
| 39% | SOPHIESCHOICE | 13 | 1979 novel by 47-Across adapted into a film starring 30-Across (2 wds.) |
| 39% | LION | 4 | "Paper ___" (George Plimpton book about pro football adapted into a film starring Alan Alda) |