| 100% | GETSHORTY | 9 | 1995 crime caper based on an Elmore Leonard novel |
| 86% | GETSHORTY | 9 | 1995 crime film based on an Elmore Leonard novel |
| 69% | GETSHORTY | 9 | 1995 film based on an Elmore Leonard novel |
| 62% | GET | 3 | "___ Shorty" (1995 John Travolta film based on an Elmore Leonard novel) |
| 61% | SHORTY | 6 | "Get ___" (Chris O'Dowd TV series based on an Elmore Leonard novel) |
| 55% | GETSHORTY | 9 | 1995 comedy film starring 17-Across and 30-Across based on an Elmore Leonard novel (2 wds.) |
| 54% | GETSHORTY | 9 | 1995 Travolta film based on Elmore Leonard novel |
| 40% | EMMA | 4 | 2020 film based on an 1815 Jane Austen novel |
| 40% | HEARTSTOPPER | 12 | Netflix series based on an Alice Oseman graphic novel |
| 40% | VFORVENDETTA | 12 | 2005 movie based on an Alan Moore graphic novel |
| 39% | BAMBI | 5 | Disney film based on an Austrian novel |
| 39% | SPLITIMAGES | 11 | Elmore Leonard novel whose title overlaps itself on some covers |
| 38% | EYRE | 4 | "Jane ___" (2011 movie based on an 1847 novel) |
| 37% | RUMBLEFISH | 10 | Matt Dillon film based on an S. E. Hinton novel |
| 37% | STATIONELEVEN | 13 | Dystopian miniseries based on an Emily St. John Mandel novel |
| 37% | END | 3 | "Howards ___" (Emma Thompson film based on an E.M. Forster novel) |
| 36% | AND | 3 | "Sense ___ Sensibility" (Emma Thompson/Kate Winslet film based on an Austen novel) |
| 36% | SAND | 4 | "House of ___ and Fog" (2003 film based on an Andre Dubus III novel) |
| 36% | DALLAS | 6 | "Stella ___," Barbara Stanwyck starrer that is based on an Olive Higgins Prouty novel |
| 36% | ROOTS | 5 | 1977 TV miniseries based on an Alex Haley novel |
| 36% | ATONEMENT | 9 | Keira Knightley film based on an Ian McEwan novel |
| 35% | ROOM | 4 | "A ___ with a View" (Maggie Smith film based on an E.M. Forster novel) |
| 35% | JUSTIFIED | 9 | FX show based on a series of Elmore Leonard books |
| 35% | ROOTS | 5 | TV miniseries based on an Alex Haley novel |
| 35% | BOSCH | 5 | Amazon crime series based on Michael Connelly novels |
| 34% | OLIVER | 6 | 1968 musical based on an 18-/41-Across novel, winner of the Oscar for Best Picture |
| 33% | PORGY | 5 | DuBose Heyward novel on which an opera was based |
| 33% | BABE | 4 | 1995 movie based on the novel "The Sheep-Pig" |
| 33% | LESMISERABLES | 13 | 2012 musical film starring 18-Across as 43-Across based on an 1862 Victor Hugo novel (2 wds.) |
| 33% | GODFATHER | 9 | The __, crime drama based on Mario Puzo's novel |