| 100% | CARAVANS | 8 | 1963 James A. Michener novel |
| 76% | THESOURCE | 9 | 1965 James A. Michener novel |
| 76% | TEXAS | 5 | 1985 James A. Michener novel |
| 68% | CRIBBEAN | 8 | James A. Michener novel about a chili morsel in a piece of nursery furniture? |
| 65% | SPACE | 5 | 1982 novel by James A Michener |
| 65% | SAYONARA | 8 | 1953 novel by James A Michener |
| 58% | SAGA | 4 | Many a Michener novel |
| 58% | EPIC | 4 | Many a Michener novel |
| 57% | SAYONARA | 8 | 1954 novel by James A Michener adapted for a 1957 film drama starring Marlon Brando |
| 51% | EPIC | 4 | James Michener novel, e.g. |
| 50% | ENGINEERS | 9 | "Scientists dream about doing great things. ___ do them": James A. Michener |
| 49% | MICHENER | 8 | James A —, author of novel Chesapeake and The Bridges at Toko-Ri |
| 48% | CARIBBEAN | 9 | 1989 James Michener novel |
| 48% | CHESAPEAKE | 10 | 1978 james michener novel |
| 47% | ELLROY | 6 | James —, author of 2009 novel Blood's a Rover |
| 45% | AGEE | 4 | James —, author of 1957 autobiographical novel A Death in the Family |
| 45% | KELMAN | 6 | James —, author of novels A Disaffection and Kieron Smith, Boy |
| 45% | BACCARAT | 8 | Casino game played by James Bond in a novel |
| 45% | GIOVANNISROOM | 13 | 1956 James Baldwin novel centered around a queer romance |
| 44% | EAST | 4 | "___ of Eden" (Steinbeck novel that inspired a James Dean film) |
| 43% | CRACK | 5 | "Step on a ___" (first James Patterson novel featuring detective Michael Bennett) |
| 43% | EAST | 4 | "___ of Eden" (John Steinbeck novel that inspired a James Dean film) |
| 43% | CAME | 4 | "Along ___ a Spider" (Morgan Freeman film based on a James Patterson novel) |
| 43% | STEP | 4 | "___ on a Crack" (first James Patterson novel to feature detective Michael Bennett) |
| 43% | BEALE | 5 | “If ___ Street Could Talk” (2018 film based on a James Baldwin novel) |
| 42% | SFPD | 4 | Employer of Detective Lindsay Boxer in a series of James Patterson novels |
| 42% | HOGG | 4 | James —, Scottish author of 1824 novel The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner |
| 42% | HAWAII | 6 | Michener novel |
| 42% | BEALE | 5 | "If ___ Street Could Talk" (Barry Jenkins film based on a James Baldwin novel) |
| 41% | SHOGUN | 6 | 1980 miniseries based on a James Clavell novel, starring Richard Chamberlain and Toshiro Mifune |