| 100% | PASTTENSE | 9 | 2018 Jack Reacher novel by 40-Across (2 wds.) |
| 85% | BLUEMOON | 8 | 2019 Jack Reacher novel by 40-Across (2 wds.) |
| 64% | SHELLGAME | 9 | 2018 novel by 40-Across featuring 18-Across (2 wds.) |
| 61% | NIGHTSCHOOL | 11 | 2016 Jack Reacher novel by Lee Child (2 wds.) |
| 58% | ECHOBURNING | 11 | 2001 novel by Lee Child in which Jack Reacher helps a woman named Carmen: 2 wds. |
| 57% | LOVEANDRUIN | 11 | 2018 novel by 40-Across about Ernest Hemingway's third marriage (3 wds.) |
| 54% | WORTHDYINGFOR | 13 | 2010 Jack Reacher novel by Lee Child (3 wds.) |
| 54% | NEVERGOBACK | 11 | 2013 Jack Reacher novel by Lee Child (3 wds.) |
| 53% | PACIFICVORTEX | 13 | 1983 novel by 40-Across that introduces adventure hero Dirk Pitt (2 wd.) |
| 53% | EVERYBREATH | 11 | 2018 bestselling novel by 35-Across (2 wds.) |
| 52% | NIGHTSCHOOL | 11 | 2016 novel by Lee Child in which Jack Reacher joins a mission to find a soldier who's cut a deal with a terrorist: 2 wds. |
| 50% | THESTRANGER | 11 | 2015 novel by 40-Across featuring a mysterious man who manipulates people by revealing personal secrets (2 wds.) |
| 48% | ALASKANHOLIDAY | 14 | 2018 Christmas romance novel by Debbie Macomber (2 wds.) |
| 48% | THEOVERSTORY | 12 | 2018 novel by 32-Across that won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (2 wds.) |
| 48% | THEPARISWIFE | 12 | 2011 novel by 40-Across about Ernest Hemingway's first marriage (3 wds.) |
| 48% | SULFURSPRINGS | 13 | Mystery novel by William Kent Krueger featuring 40-Across (2 wds.) |
| 48% | COPPERRIVER | 11 | Mystery novel by William Kent Krueger featuring 40-Across (2 wds.) |
| 47% | HOLYGHOST | 9 | 2018 novel by John Sandford featuring 46-Across (2 wds.) |
| 47% | RULEOFWOLVES | 12 | Novel by 40-Across that won the 2021 Goodreads Choice Award for Young Adult Fantasy (3 wds.) |
| 47% | THEHATEUGIVE | 12 | Best-selling novel by 40-Across that was adapted into a new movie: 4 wds. |
| 47% | BACKTOBLOOD | 11 | Novel about Cuban immigrants by Tom Wolfe (March 2, 1930-May 14, 2018) (3 wds.) |
| 46% | IWILLFINDYOU | 12 | 2023 novel by 40-Across about a man wrongly accused of murdering his son (4 wds.) |
| 46% | LEECHILD | 8 | Pen name of the British novelist who writes the Jack Reacher novel series (2 wds.) |
| 45% | THEFALLEN | 9 | Thriller novel by David Baldacci which was part of "Memory Man" series and became a NYT 2018 Bestseller: 2 wds. |
| 45% | SHESCOUNTRY | 11 | #1 song by 40-Across that mentions "her down-home roots" (2008): 2 wds. |
| 45% | DEPTHOFWINTER | 13 | 2018 bestseller by 40-Across featuring 18-Across (3 wds.) |
| 44% | STRIPTEASE | 10 | Novel by 44-Across that was made into a movie starring Demi Moore: 2 wds. |
| 44% | WORTHDYINGFOR | 13 | 2010 novel by Lee Child about Jack Reacher meets the Duncans and solves an old case of a missing child: 3 wds. |
| 44% | ARMANDGAMACHE | 13 | Québec Chief Inspector in the mystery series by 40-Across (2 wds.) |
| 43% | YEARONE | 7 | 2017 bestselling fantasy novel by 45-Across (2 wds.) |