| 100% | PACIFICVORTEX | 13 | 1983 novel by 40-Across that introduces adventure hero Dirk Pitt (2 wd.) |
| 47% | CELTICEMPIRE | 12 | 2019 Dirk Pitt novel co-written by 40-Across and his son Dirk (2 wds.) |
| 42% | RULEOFWOLVES | 12 | Novel by 40-Across that won the 2021 Goodreads Choice Award for Young Adult Fantasy (3 wds.) |
| 42% | THEHATEUGIVE | 12 | Best-selling novel by 40-Across that was adapted into a new movie: 4 wds. |
| 40% | SHESCOUNTRY | 11 | #1 song by 40-Across that mentions "her down-home roots" (2008): 2 wds. |
| 40% | STRIPTEASE | 10 | Novel by 44-Across that was made into a movie starring Demi Moore: 2 wds. |
| 40% | PASTTENSE | 9 | 2018 Jack Reacher novel by 40-Across (2 wds.) |
| 40% | BLUEMOON | 8 | 2019 Jack Reacher novel by 40-Across (2 wds.) |
| 39% | SHELLGAME | 9 | 2018 novel by 40-Across featuring 18-Across (2 wds.) |
| 38% | THEOVERSTORY | 12 | Novel by 30-Across that won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (2 wds.) |
| 36% | SULFURSPRINGS | 13 | Mystery novel by William Kent Krueger featuring 40-Across (2 wds.) |
| 36% | COPPERRIVER | 11 | Mystery novel by William Kent Krueger featuring 40-Across (2 wds.) |
| 36% | THESTRANGER | 11 | 2015 novel by 40-Across featuring a mysterious man who manipulates people by revealing personal secrets (2 wds.) |
| 36% | WHITENOISE | 10 | Novel by 44-Across that was adapted as a 2022 film by Noah Baumbach (2 wds.) |
| 36% | WINTERGARDEN | 12 | Novel by 29-Across that weaves a Russian fairy tale with a family's history (2 wds.) |
| 35% | THEOVERSTORY | 12 | 2018 novel by 32-Across that won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (2 wds.) |
| 35% | HELLOBEAUTIFUL | 14 | 2023 novel by 52-Across that's a retelling of "Little Women" (2 wds.) |
| 35% | THEDRY | 6 | Novel by Australian author Jane Harper that was adapted into a movie starring Eric Bana: 2 wds. |
| 35% | DOCTORSLEEP | 11 | 2013 horror novel by 17-Across that's a sequel to "The Shining" (2 wds.) |
| 34% | THESENTENCE | 11 | 2021 novel by 44-Across that was nominated for an Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence (2 wds.) |
| 34% | KILLINGFLOOR | 12 | Debut novel by 25-Across that was the basis for the first season of "Reacher" (2 wds.) |
| 34% | CALLFORTHEDEAD | 14 | 1961 novel by John le Carré that introduces 30-Across (4 wds.) |
| 34% | AMERICANGODS | 12 | Novel by 39-Across that won the Hugo Award for Best Novel and the Nebula Award for Best Novel (2 wds.) |
| 34% | IRONFLAME | 9 | 2023 novel by 47-Across that's a sequel to her 2023 fantasy novel "Fourth Wing" (2 wds.) |
| 34% | CLIVECUSSLER | 12 | Adventure novelist and underwater explorer who named hero Dirk Pitt for his son (2 wd.) |
| 34% | TARBABY | 7 | 1981 novel by 43-Across about a love affair that begins in the Caribbean (2 wds.) |
| 33% | OFA | 3 | "Half ___ Yellow Sun," novel by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie that won the 2007 Orange Prize for Fiction: 2 wds. |
| 33% | IWILLFINDYOU | 12 | 2023 novel by 40-Across about a man wrongly accused of murdering his son (4 wds.) |
| 33% | DRAGONRIDER | 11 | Fantasy novel by 29-Across that features a boy named Ben and a fire-breathing creature named Firedrake (2 wds.) |
| 33% | THEGLASSMAKER | 13 | 2024 novel by 34-Across that follows an artisan family from Renaissance-era Italy to the present day (2 wds.) |