| 100% | THETRESPASSER | 13 | 2016 novel that's the sixth volume in 43-Across's Dublin Murder Squad mystery series (2 wds.) |
| 97% | THETRESPASSER | 13 | 2016 novel that's the sixth volume in 43-Across's "Dublin Murder Squad" mystery series (2 wds.) |
| 81% | INTHEWOODS | 10 | 2007 novel that's the first volume in 43-Across's Dublin Murder Squad mystery series (3 wds.) |
| 78% | INTHEWOODS | 10 | 2007 novel that's the first volume in 43-Across's "Dublin Murder Squad" mystery series (3 wds.) |
| 41% | SYCAMOREROW | 11 | 2013 best seller that's the second novel in Grisham's Jake Brigance series: 2 wds. |
| 37% | GLASSHOUSES | 11 | Most recent novel in the mystery series by 40-Across featuring 30-Across (2 wds.) |
| 36% | TARBABY | 7 | 1981 novel by 43-Across about a love affair that begins in the Caribbean (2 wds.) |
| 36% | ATIMEFORMERCY | 13 | 2020 best seller that's the third novel in Grisham's Jake Brigance series: 4 wds. |
| 36% | THEKEPTWOMAN | 12 | 2016 novel in Karin Slaughter's Will Trent mystery series (3 wds.) |
| 36% | TENBIGONES | 10 | Novel in Janet Evanovich's 32-Across series that was published between "To the Nines" and "Eleven on Top" (3 wds.) |
| 36% | FORCEOFNATURE | 13 | Murder mystery by 43-Across set in the remote Australian bushland (3 wds.) |
| 36% | THELOSTMAN | 10 | Murder mystery by 43-Across set in the remote Australian outback (3 wds.) |
| 35% | GREENGABLES | 11 | Name of the Cuthbert farmstead in Lucy Maud Montgomery's classic novel that 18-Across is based on: 2 wds. |
| 35% | THEWOLVERINE | 12 | Sixth film in the "X-Men" series: 2 wds. |
| 35% | RECKONING | 9 | Final settlement, and the title of the sixth novel in 27-Across's "Donovan" series |
| 35% | TWINPEAKS | 9 | Mystery series starring Kyle MacLachlan that's named for a fictional town in Washington: 2 wds. |
| 34% | LISTENTOME | 10 | 2022 Tess Gerritsen novel that's the 13th in the book series that spawned the TV show "Rizzoli & Isles": 3 wds. |
| 34% | TEXASRANGERS | 12 | AL West team that won the franchise's first-ever World Series in 2023, after 62 years: 2 wds. |
| 34% | CERTAINGIRLS | 12 | 2008 Jennifer Weiner bestseller that's the sequel to her debut novel "Good in Bed": 2 wds. |
| 34% | LAWRENCEBLOCK | 13 | Creator of the Matthew Scudder mystery novel series: 2 wds. |
| 34% | ORIENTEXPRESS | 13 | Train that's the setting for murder in a 2017 remake directed by Kenneth Branagh (2 wds.) |
| 34% | ASBRAVEASYOU | 12 | 29-Across novel that won the Kirkus Prize in 2016 and the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work for Youth/Teen in 2017 (4 wds.) |
| 33% | ANGELSFLIGHT | 12 | Sixth novel in Michael Connelly's Harry Bosch series (2 wds.) |
| 33% | MORRISCHESTNUT | 14 | Actor who plays the title character of 47-Across in a CBS series that premiered in January: 2 wds. |
| 33% | JUSTONEEVILACT | 14 | Eighteenth novel in Elizabeth George's mystery series featuring 32-Across (4 wds.) |
| 33% | PAYMENTINBLOOD | 14 | Second novel in Elizabeth George's mystery series featuring 32-Across (3 wds.) |
| 33% | GREYSANATOMY | 12 | ABC's medical drama TV series starring Ellen Pompeo that is set in the fictional Seattle Grace Hospital: 2 wds. |
| 32% | THEAWAKENING | 12 | First novel in 39-Across's "The Dragon Heart Legacy" fantasy series (2 wds.) |
| 32% | MENU | 4 | "Murder on the ___" (second novel in Miranda Bliss's Cooking Class Mystery series) |
| 32% | ARMANDGAMACHE | 13 | Québec Chief Inspector in the mystery series by 40-Across (2 wds.) |