| 100% | SOPHIESCHOICE | 13 | 1979 novel by 47-Across adapted into a film starring 30-Across (2 wds.) |
| 64% | RICHARDFORD | 11 | "The Sportswriter" novelist whose novel 47-Across was adapted into a film by 14-Across (2 wds.) |
| 61% | BARBWIRE | 8 | Comic book series published by Comics Greatest World, which was later adapted into a film starring Pamela Anderson: 2 wds. |
| 61% | NOBODYSFOOL | 11 | Novel by 28-Across adapted as a 1994 film starring Paul Newman (2 wds.) |
| 60% | GILLIANFLYNN | 12 | Author of "Gone Girl," a novel adapted into a film starring Rosamund Pike (2 wds.) |
| 59% | DEATHONTHENILE | 14 | Novel by 19-Across set in Egypt adapted into a 2022 film starring and directed by 33-Across (4 wds.) |
| 59% | PAULAHAWKINS | 12 | Author of "The Girl on the Train," a novel adapted into a film starring Emily Blunt (2 wds.) |
| 59% | MAZERUNNER | 10 | James Dashner's dystopian novel, "The ___" which was adapted into a film directed by Wes Ball: 2 wds. |
| 59% | 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.) |
| 58% | TORTILLAFLAT | 12 | Novel by 32-Across made into a 1942 film starring Spencer Tracy and Hedy Lamarr (2 wds.) |
| 58% | THERIVERKING | 12 | 2000 novel by 46-Across adapted as a film starring Edward Burns (3 wds.) |
| 57% | THEORIENT | 9 | "Murder on ___ Express," Agatha Christie's detective novel published in 1934, which was adapted into a film starring Kenneth Branagh in 2017: 2 wds. |
| 57% | ETHANFROME | 10 | 1911 novel by 39-Across adapted as a film starring Liam Neeson as the title farmer in an unhappy marriage (2 wds.) |
| 56% | OLDMAN | 6 | *"The ___ and the Sea," 1952 novel by Ernest Hemingway that was adapted into a 1958 film: 2 wds. |
| 56% | THEDRY | 6 | Novel by Australian author Jane Harper that was adapted into a movie starring Eric Bana: 2 wds. |
| 55% | THEHATEUGIVE | 12 | 2017 bestselling novel by 39-Across made into a film starring Amandla Stenberg and Regina Hall (4 wds.) |
| 55% | UNDERTHEBRIDGE | 14 | Novel by 47-Across that was adapted as a 2024 Hulu miniseries starring Lily Gladstone (3 wds.) |
| 55% | HOUSEOFMIRTH | 12 | 1905 novel by 39-Across adapted as a film starring Gillian Anderson as socialite Lily Bart, with "The" (3 wds.) |
| 54% | THEHATEUGIVE | 12 | 2017 bestselling novel by Angie Thomas made into a film starring Amandla Stenberg and Regina Hall (4 wds.) |
| 54% | SHUTTERISLAND | 13 | Novel by 44-Across made into a film directed by Martin Scorsese (2 wds.) |
| 54% | ONCHESILBEACH | 13 | Booker Prize-shortlisted novel by 48-Across adapted as a 2017 film starring Saoirse Ronan (3 wds.) |
| 54% | FACTOTUM | 8 | Second novel written by Charles Bukowski which was adapted into a film starring Marisa Tomei |
| 54% | STRIPTEASE | 10 | Novel by 44-Across that was made into a movie starring Demi Moore: 2 wds. |
| 54% | MEYOURLOVE | 10 | "Bring ___," short story written by Charles Bukowski which was adapted into a film starring Ian Hart: 3 wds. |
| 53% | MAGICLESSONS | 12 | 2020 novel by 46-Across that's a prequel to her 1995 novel adapted as a film starring Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman (2 wds.) |
| 53% | THENAMESAKE | 11 | Debut novel by 25-Across/27-Across that was adapted as a film starring Kal Penn and directed by Mira Nair (2 wds.) |
| 53% | SUSANNAKAYSEN | 13 | Author of "Girl, Interrupted," a memoir adapted into a film starring Winona Ryder (2 wds.) |
| 52% | EMPIREFALLS | 11 | Novel by 28-Across adapted as a 2005 HBO miniseries starring Paul Newman (2 wds.) |
| 51% | THERAINMAKER | 12 | 1997 Francis Ford Coppola film starring Matt Damon adapted from a novel by John Grisham (2 wds.) |
| 51% | THEGODFATHER | 12 | 1972 Francis Ford Coppola film starring Marlon Brando adapted from a novel by Mario Puzo (2 wds.) |