| 100% | HOURS | 5 | “The ___” (Pulitzer-winning Michael Cunningham novel) |
| 67% | HOURS | 5 | Michael Cunningham novel made into a film starring Nicole Kidman, with "The" |
| 67% | LONESOMEDOVE | 12 | Western novel that won the 1986 Pulitzer Prize: 2 wds. |
| 67% | LESS | 4 | Andrew Sean Greer novel that won the 2018 Pulitzer Prize |
| 66% | THEGOLDFINCH | 12 | Donna Tartt novel that won the 2014 Pulitzer Prize (2 wds.) |
| 66% | THEOVERSTORY | 12 | Richard Powers novel that won the 2019 Pulitzer Prize (2 wds.) |
| 66% | THENICKELBOYS | 13 | Colson Whitehead novel that won the 2020 Pulitzer Prize (3 wds.) |
| 65% | OVERSTORY | 9 | "The ___," novel by Richard Powers that won the 2019 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction |
| 65% | RAILROAD | 8 | "The Underground ___," Colson Whitehead novel that won the 2017 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction |
| 65% | NIGHT | 5 | "The ___ Watchman," Louise Erdrich novel that won the 2021 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction |
| 65% | BOYS | 4 | "The Nickel ___," Colson Whitehead novel that won the 2020 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction |
| 65% | COPPERHEAD | 10 | "Demon ___," Barbara Kingsolver novel that won the 2023 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction |
| 64% | THESHIPPING | 11 | & 22D E Annie Proulx novel that won the 1994 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction |
| 63% | AGE | 3 | Edith Wharton's Pulitzer winning novel "The ___ of Innocence" |
| 63% | NIGHT | 5 | "The ___ Watchman," 2020 novel by Louise Erdrich that won the 2021 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction |
| 62% | TARTT | 5 | Donna who wrote the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel "The Goldfinch" |
| 62% | TYLER | 5 | Anne with the Pulitzer-winning novel "Breathing Lessons" |
| 61% | ALISON | 6 | Lurie who won the Pulitzer Prize for the novel “Foreign Affairs” |
| 61% | LIGHT | 5 | "All the ___ We Cannot See," Anthony Doerr novel that won the 2015 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction |
| 58% | RICHARDRUSSO | 12 | Author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel "Empire Falls" and 17-Across (2 wds.) |
| 56% | LESS | 4 | Andrew Greer's 2017 Pulitzer winning novel |
| 56% | EGAN | 4 | Jennifer who wrote the Pulitzer-winning novel “A Visit from the Goon Squad” |
| 55% | TRUTH | 5 | The —, 2012 novel by Michael Palin |
| 55% | CLOSERS | 7 | The —, 2005 novel by Michael Connelly |
| 55% | OVERLOOK | 8 | The —, 2007 novel by Michael Connelly |
| 55% | THEHOURS | 8 | 1998 Michael Cunningham novel, later made into a Nicole Kidman film: 2 wds. |
| 55% | THEHOURS | 8 | Generational drama starring 45-Across based on a Michael Cunningham novel (2 wds.) |
| 54% | CHANG | 5 | Michael who won the 1989 French Open |
| 54% | LESS | 4 | Novel by Andrew Sean Greer that won the Pulitzer Prize in 2018 |
| 53% | GOLDFINCH | 9 | Pulitzer-winning novel by Donna Tartt, with "the" |