| 100% | HOLYGHOST | 9 | 2018 novel by John Sandford featuring 46-Across (2 wds.) |
| 73% | DARKOFTHEMOON | 13 | First book in a series of novels by John Sandford featuring 46-Across (4 wds.) |
| 61% | HOLYGHOST | 9 | Book by John Sandford which was part of the "Virgil Flowers" novel series and became a NYT 2018 Bestseller: 2 wds. |
| 56% | SHELLGAME | 9 | 2018 novel by 40-Across featuring 18-Across (2 wds.) |
| 49% | THEOTHERWOMAN | 13 | 2018 bestselling novel by Daniel Silva featuring 42-Across (3 wds.) |
| 48% | INOUR | 5 | "The Fault ___ Stars," novel by John Green: 2 wds. |
| 47% | THEOVERSTORY | 12 | 2018 novel by 32-Across that won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (2 wds.) |
| 46% | LOVELIES | 8 | 2018 song by 38-Across featuring Khalid: 2 wds. |
| 45% | MAYBESOMEDAY | 12 | 2014 novel by 33-Across featuring a love triangle with college student Sydney, her boyfriend, and her neighbor: 2 wds. |
| 44% | THEUNCONSOLED | 13 | 1995 novel by 41-Across featuring a pianist struggling with memory (2 wds.) |
| 44% | EVERYBREATH | 11 | 2018 bestselling novel by 35-Across (2 wds.) |
| 43% | ODDSAGAINST | 11 | First novel by 36-Across featuring private investigator and former jockey Sid Halley (2 wds.) |
| 43% | DANIELDERONDA | 13 | 1876 novel by 42-Across featuring the characters Hugo Mallinger and Gwendolen Harleth (2 wds.) |
| 43% | LOVEANDRUIN | 11 | 2018 novel by 40-Across about Ernest Hemingway's third marriage (3 wds.) |
| 43% | SULFURSPRINGS | 13 | Mystery novel by William Kent Krueger featuring 40-Across (2 wds.) |
| 43% | COPPERRIVER | 11 | Mystery novel by William Kent Krueger featuring 40-Across (2 wds.) |
| 43% | BALTIMOREBLUES | 14 | First novel by 44-Across to feature 19-Across (2 wds.) |
| 42% | THEGREATALONE | 13 | 2018 novel by 44-Across set in Alaska after the Vietnam War (3 wds.) |
| 42% | CALLFORTHEDEAD | 14 | 1961 novel by John le Carré that introduces 30-Across (4 wds.) |
| 42% | COMETOGRIEF | 11 | Third novel by 36-Across featuring Sid Halley (3 wds.) |
| 42% | PASTTENSE | 9 | 2018 Jack Reacher novel by 40-Across (2 wds.) |
| 42% | SPLITSECOND | 11 | First novel by 31-Across featuring former Secret Service agents Sean King and Michelle Maxwell (2 wds.) |
| 42% | BACKTOBLOOD | 11 | Novel about Cuban immigrants by Tom Wolfe (March 2, 1930-May 14, 2018) (3 wds.) |
| 42% | THESTRANGER | 11 | 2015 novel by 40-Across featuring a mysterious man who manipulates people by revealing personal secrets (2 wds.) |
| 40% | THEHORNETSNEST | 14 | 2003 novel by 46-Across about the Revolutionary War (3 wds.) |
| 40% | THEFAMILIAR | 11 | 2024 historical fantasy novel by 30-Across featuring two people with magical powers in the Spanish Golden Age (2 wds.) |
| 40% | DRAGONRIDER | 11 | Fantasy novel by 29-Across that features a boy named Ben and a fire-breathing creature named Firedrake (2 wds.) |
| 40% | STELLAMARIS | 11 | 2022 prequel to "The Passenger" that is the first novel by 34-Across to feature a female protagonist (2 wds.) |
| 40% | THEFALLEN | 9 | Thriller novel by David Baldacci which was part of "Memory Man" series and became a NYT 2018 Bestseller: 2 wds. |
| 40% | LOVELIES | 8 | 2018 hit by 17-Across and Normani: 2 wds. |