| 100% | STARDUST | 8 | 1999 fantasy novel written by 18-Across, later made into a Claire Danes movie |
| 60% | CORALINE | 8 | 2002 fantasy-horror novella written by 18-Across, later made into a stop-motion movie |
| 42% | WATCHMEN | 8 | 1986-1987 graphic novel by Alan Moore, later made into a Zack Snyder movie |
| 41% | GHOSTWORLD | 10 | 1993-1997 graphic novel by Daniel Clowes, later made into a Terry Zwigoff movie: 2 wds. |
| 41% | SEED | 4 | "The Bad ___," horror novel written by William March which was adapted into a movie |
| 37% | STRIPTEASE | 10 | Novel by 44-Across that was made into a movie starring Demi Moore: 2 wds. |
| 35% | AHISTORYOF | 10 | With 47-Across, 1997 graphic novel by John Wagner, later made into a David Cronenberg film: 3 wds. |
| 34% | OLDLACE | 7 | "17-Across and ___" (1939 play made into a movie directed by Frank Capra) |
| 34% | EMMA | 4 | Austen novel made into a movie |
| 33% | EMMA | 4 | Austen novel made into a 1996 movie |
| 33% | FACTOTUM | 8 | Second novel written by Charles Bukowski which was adapted into a film starring Marisa Tomei |
| 33% | RAZORSEDGE | 10 | Maugham novel made into a 1946 movie, with "The" |
| 32% | GONEBABYGONE | 12 | Novel by 44-Across made into a film directed by Ben Affleck (3 wds.) |
| 32% | SHUTTERISLAND | 13 | Novel by 44-Across made into a film directed by Martin Scorsese (2 wds.) |
| 32% | THESHELLSEEKERS | 15 | Rosamunde Pilcher novel made into a TV movie |
| 32% | THEALIENIST | 11 | 1994 crime novel by 4-Down/48-Across made into a 2018 miniseries starring 18-Across and 29-Across (2 wds.) |
| 32% | IRONWEED | 8 | 1983 William Kennedy novel, later made into a Jack Nicholson film |
| 31% | TORTILLAFLAT | 12 | Novel by 32-Across made into a 1942 film starring Spencer Tracy and Hedy Lamarr (2 wds.) |
| 31% | EMMA | 4 | Jane Austen novel made into a 2020 Anya Taylor-Joy movie |
| 31% | ADAPTED | 7 | Made into a movie, say |
| 31% | ADAPTS | 6 | Makes into a movie, say |
| 31% | THEROAD | 7 | 2006 Cormac McCarthy novel, later made into a Viggo Mortensen film: 2 wds. |
| 31% | THEHOURS | 8 | 1998 Michael Cunningham novel, later made into a Nicole Kidman film: 2 wds. |
| 31% | EVERYBODYS | 10 | With 44-Across, novel by 12-Across that was made into a 1988 movie starring Dennis Quaid and Jessica Lange |
| 31% | THENATURAL | 10 | 1952 Bernard Malamud novel made into a hit 1984 movie |
| 31% | JAMAICAINN | 10 | Daphne du Maurier novel made into a 1939 Hitchcock movie |
| 30% | MINECRAFT | 9 | Video game made into a 2025 movie with Jason Momoa and 24-Across |
| 30% | ATIMETO | 7 | "___ Kill," novel by John Grisham which was made into a movie starring Sandra Bullock: 3 wds. |
| 30% | PELICAN | 7 | "The ___ Brief," novel by John Grisham which was made into a movie starring Julia Roberts |
| 29% | THEWINDSOFWAR | 13 | Historical novel by 43-Across made into a TV miniseries starring Robert Mitchum and Ali MacGraw (4 wds.) |