| 100% | THECOMMITMENTS | 14 | 1987 novel by Roddy Doyle set in Dublin, Ireland (2 wds.) |
| 65% | THEGATHERING | 12 | 2007 novel by Anne Enright set in Dublin, Ireland (2 wds.) |
| 50% | THEGINGERMAN | 12 | 1955 novel by J.P. Donleavy set in Dublin, Ireland (3 wds.) |
| 49% | DUBLINMURDERS | 13 | BBC/Starz crime series set in Ireland based on novels by Tana French (2 wds.) |
| 44% | AMERICANRUST | 12 | Novel by 31-Across set in a declining Pennsylvania steel town (2 wds.) |
| 43% | SMALLMERCIES | 12 | 2023 novel by 48-Across set in Boston (2 wds.) |
| 43% | THEDOLLHOUSE | 12 | Novel by 39-Across set in New York City's Barbizon Hotel (2 wds.) |
| 42% | DUBLINMURDERS | 13 | Crime series set in Ireland based on Tana French novels (2 wds.) |
| 42% | THEADDRESS | 10 | Novel by 39-Across set in New York City's apartment building The Dakota (2 wds.) |
| 42% | THENIGHTINGALE | 14 | 2015 novel by 44-Across set in France during World War II (2 wds.) |
| 42% | THESCHOLOMANCE | 14 | Trilogy of novels by 27-Across set in a magic school (2 wds.) |
| 40% | THEPARADE | 9 | 2019 novel by Dave Eggers set in an unnamed country rebuilding after a civil war (2 wds.) |
| 39% | GONEBABYGONE | 12 | 1998 novel by 48-Across set in Boston (3 wds.) |
| 39% | ONEBYONE | 8 | Mystery novel by 45-Across set in the French Alps (3 wds.) |
| 38% | THEFOURWINDS | 12 | Novel by 29-Across set in the Great Plains during the Dust Bowl era (3 wds.) |
| 38% | PAULASPENCER | 12 | 2006 novel by Roddy Doyle |
| 38% | THEGREATALONE | 13 | 2018 novel by 44-Across set in Alaska after the Vietnam War (3 wds.) |
| 37% | RYANSDAUGHTER | 13 | 1970 romantic epic directed by David Lean and set in Ireland: 2 wds. |
| 37% | ECHOBURNING | 11 | 2001 novel by Lee Child in which Jack Reacher helps a woman named Carmen: 2 wds. |
| 36% | DEATHONTHENILE | 14 | Novel by 19-Across set in Egypt adapted into a 2022 film starring and directed by 33-Across (4 wds.) |
| 36% | DOCTORZHIVAGO | 13 | 1957 novel set in early 20th-century Russia: 2 wds. |
| 36% | PADDY | 5 | 1993 Booker Prize-winning novel by Roddy Doyle |
| 36% | THEWATERDANCER | 14 | 2019 bestselling fantasy novel by 45-Across set in the pre-Civil War South (3 wds.) |
| 35% | THEGOLDBERGS | 12 | ABC sitcom set in the 1980s narrated by 44-Across (2 wds.) |
| 34% | FOURTHESTATE | 12 | "The ___," a novel by Jeffrey Archer in which a character was based on media mogul Rupert Murdoch (birthday today): 2 wds. |
| 34% | DERRYGIRLS | 10 | Sitcom set in Northern Ireland featuring 1990s teenagers (2 wds.) |
| 34% | LASTSONG | 8 | Novel by Nicholas Sparks about a 17 year old teen who is sent to stay with her father in the summer, "The ___": 2 wds. |
| 34% | THEIDENTICALS | 13 | 2017 bestselling novel by Elin Hilderbrand featuring twin sisters in Nantucket (2 wds.) |
| 34% | THEHAJ | 6 | Novel written by Leon Uris in 1984: 2 wds. |
| 34% | DERRYGIRLS | 10 | British sitcom set in Northern Ireland that starred 34-Across as Catholic school student Clare Devlin: 2 wds. |