| 100% | REBECCA | 7 | 1938 novel by Daphne du Maurier featuring an unnamed protagonist that was adapted into an eponymous Oscar-winning film |
| 41% | SING | 4 | "Where the Crawdads ___," 2018 novel by Delia Owens that was adapted into an eponymous 2022 thriller film |
| 36% | NILE | 4 | "Death on the ___," 1937 novel by Agatha Christie that was adapted into the eponymous 2022 mystery film |
| 36% | ROAD | 4 | "The ___," 2006 novel by Cormac McCarthy featuring an unnamed protagonist that won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction |
| 36% | TWILIGHT | 8 | 2005 novel by Stephenie Meyer featuring vampires that was adapted into a film series starring Robert Pattinson |
| 36% | NAME | 4 | "Call Me by Your ___" (André Aciman novel adapted into an Oscar-winning film) |
| 36% | INVISIBLE | 9 | "___ Man," 1952 novel by Ralph Ellison featuring an unnamed protagonist that won the National Book Award for Fiction |
| 35% | LEGEND | 6 | "I Am ___," 1954 horror novel by Richard Matheson featuring vampires that was adapted into a film starring Will Smith |
| 35% | REBECCA | 7 | 1938 novel by Daphne du Maurier |
| 34% | LANE | 4 | "The Ocean at the End of the ___," 2013 novel by Neil Gaiman featuring an unnamed protagonist that won a British Book Award |
| 33% | NATIVESON | 9 | Best-selling 1940 novel that was adapted into a film, with its author playing the protagonist, in 1951 |
| 33% | WOMENTALKING | 12 | Novel by 36-Across about an isolated Mennonite community in Bolivia that was adapted by 17-Across into a film starring Frances McDormand, Claire Foy, and Rooney Mara (2 wds.) |
| 32% | ROAD | 4 | "The ___," 2006 novel by Cormac McCarthy that was adapted into a 2009 survival film |
| 32% | GOD | 3 | "Child of ___," 1973 novel by Cormac McCarthy that was adapted into a 2013 film |
| 32% | OUTER | 5 | "___ Dark," 1968 novel by Cormac McCarthy that was adapted into a 2009 short film |
| 32% | CARRIE | 6 | 1974 novel by Stephen King that was adapted into a 1976 film starring Sissy Spacek |
| 32% | NAME | 4 | "Spell My ___ with an S," sci-fi short story by Isaac Asimov that was adapted into a 2014 short film directed by Samuel Ali |
| 31% | HIGHFIDELITY | 12 | 50-Across novel that was adapted into a feature film in 2000, a Broadway musical in 2006, and a TV series in 2020 (2 wds.) |
| 31% | COUNTRY | 7 | "No ___ for Old Men," 2005 novel by Cormac McCarthy that was adapted into a 2007 crime film |
| 31% | PARIS | 5 | "Mrs. 'Arris Goes to ___," 1958 novel by Paul Gallico that was adapted into a 2022 comedy-drama film |
| 31% | OLDMAN | 6 | *"The ___ and the Sea," 1952 novel by Ernest Hemingway that was adapted into a 1958 film: 2 wds. |
| 31% | LOT | 3 | "'Salem's ___," 1975 horror novel by Stephen King featuring vampires that was adapted into a miniseries starring David Soul |
| 31% | INTERVIEW | 9 | "___ with the Vampire," 1976 gothic horror novel by Anne Rice that was adapted into a film starring Brad Pitt |
| 31% | SCOTT | 5 | "___ Pilgrim," series of graphic novels by Bryan Lee O'Malley that was adapted into a film starring Michael Cera |
| 30% | FOX | 3 | "Fantastic Mr ___," 1970 Roald Dahl novel that was adapted into a 2009 Wes Anderson film |
| 30% | DARK | 4 | "The ___ Knight Returns," graphic novel by Frank Miller that was adapted into a film trilogy starring Christian Bale as Batman |
| 30% | FIGHTCLUB | 9 | 1996 novel by Chuck Palahniuk featuring an unnamed protagonist, with a film adaptation starring Brad Pitt and Edward Norton: 2 wds. |
| 30% | THUMBELINA | 10 | Fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen about a tiny girl that was adapted into a 1994 Warner Bros. film |
| 30% | WILD | 4 | "The ___ Swans," fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen that was adapted into a 1977 Japanese anime film |
| 30% | VENDETTA | 8 | "V for ___," graphic novel by Alan Moore about a dystopian future in the UK that was adapted into a Natalie Portman film |