| 100% | INTHEWOODS | 10 | 2007 novel that's the first volume in 43-Across's "Dublin Murder Squad" mystery series (3 wds.) |
| 100% | INTHEWOODS | 10 | 2007 novel that's the first volume in 43-Across's Dublin Murder Squad mystery series (3 wds.) |
| 81% | THETRESPASSER | 13 | 2016 novel that's the sixth volume in 43-Across's Dublin Murder Squad mystery series (2 wds.) |
| 78% | THETRESPASSER | 13 | 2016 novel that's the sixth volume in 43-Across's "Dublin Murder Squad" mystery series (2 wds.) |
| 40% | LISTENTOME | 10 | 2022 Tess Gerritsen novel that's the 13th in the book series that spawned the TV show "Rizzoli & Isles": 3 wds. |
| 39% | FORCEOFNATURE | 13 | Murder mystery by 43-Across set in the remote Australian bushland (3 wds.) |
| 39% | THELOSTMAN | 10 | Murder mystery by 43-Across set in the remote Australian outback (3 wds.) |
| 39% | TENBIGONES | 10 | Novel in Janet Evanovich's 32-Across series that was published between "To the Nines" and "Eleven on Top" (3 wds.) |
| 36% | PAYMENTINBLOOD | 14 | Second novel in Elizabeth George's mystery series featuring 32-Across (3 wds.) |
| 36% | THEDUSTBOWL | 11 | 2012 documentary by 43-Across that was set in the 1930s: 3 wds. |
| 36% | SYCAMOREROW | 11 | 2013 best seller that's the second novel in Grisham's Jake Brigance series: 2 wds. |
| 36% | ATIMEFORMERCY | 13 | 2020 best seller that's the third novel in Grisham's Jake Brigance series: 4 wds. |
| 36% | THEAWAKENING | 12 | First novel in 39-Across's "The Dragon Heart Legacy" fantasy series (2 wds.) |
| 35% | DEADMANSWALK | 12 | Novel in 32-Across's "Lonesome Dove" adventure series that was adapted as a TV miniseries (3 wds.) |
| 34% | THEBLUESTEYE | 12 | 18-Across's first novel, published in 1970: 3 wds. |
| 34% | STLOUISBLUES | 12 | Central Division team that won the franchise's first-ever Stanley Cup in 2019, after 52 years: 3 wds. |
| 34% | GLASSHOUSES | 11 | Most recent novel in the mystery series by 40-Across featuring 30-Across (2 wds.) |
| 34% | ROBERTBPARKER | 13 | Creator of the Spenser mystery novel series: 3 wds. |
| 34% | JAMESLEEBURKE | 13 | Creator of the Dave Robicheaux mystery novel series: 3 wds. |
| 34% | TEXASRANGERS | 12 | AL West team that won the franchise's first-ever World Series in 2023, after 62 years: 2 wds. |
| 33% | THEBLACKECHO | 12 | First novel in Michael Connelly's Harry Bosch series (3 wds.) |
| 33% | TARBABY | 7 | 1981 novel by 43-Across about a love affair that begins in the Caribbean (2 wds.) |
| 33% | THEROGUECREW | 12 | Last book in the "Redwall" series of children's fantasy novels by 50-Across (3 wds.) |
| 33% | THELASTWIDOW | 12 | 2019 novel in Karin Slaughter's Will Trent mystery series (3 wds.) |
| 33% | THESILENTWIFE | 13 | 2020 novel in Karin Slaughter's Will Trent mystery series (3 wds.) |
| 33% | THEKEPTWOMAN | 12 | 2016 novel in Karin Slaughter's Will Trent mystery series (3 wds.) |
| 33% | AFTERTHATNIGHT | 14 | 2023 novel in Karin Slaughter's Will Trent mystery series (3 wds.) |
| 33% | BOTTOM | 6 | "The Sweetness at the ___ of the Pie" (first novel in Alan Bradley's Flavia de Luce mystery series) |
| 33% | JUSTONEEVILACT | 14 | Eighteenth novel in Elizabeth George's mystery series featuring 32-Across (4 wds.) |
| 33% | BIGLITTLELIES | 13 | Novel by 32-Across that was made into the 2017 HBO murder-mystery miniseries about seemingly perfect lives (3 wds.) |