| 100% | THEDUTCHHOUSE | 13 | 2019 bestselling novel by 28-Across (3 wds.) |
| 69% | ASKAGAINYES | 11 | Bestselling novel by 30-Across selected as the "The Tonight Show" Summer Reads choice for 2019 (3 wds.) |
| 69% | ONTHECOMEUP | 11 | 2019 bestselling novel by 39-Across about an aspiring hip-hop artist (4 wds.) |
| 66% | THEWATERDANCER | 14 | 2019 bestselling fantasy novel by 45-Across set in the pre-Civil War South (3 wds.) |
| 63% | ONTHECOMEUP | 11 | 2019 bestselling novel by Angie Thomas about an aspiring hip-hop artist (4 wds.) |
| 61% | LOOKBOTHWAYS | 12 | 2019 novel by 30-Across that was a National Book Award finalist: 3 wds. |
| 61% | THEOTHERWOMAN | 13 | 2018 bestselling novel by Daniel Silva featuring 42-Across (3 wds.) |
| 61% | HOUSEOFSPIES | 12 | 2017 bestselling novel by Daniel Silva featuring 42-Across (3 wds.) |
| 59% | STATEOFWONDER | 13 | 2011 novel by 28-Across that was shortlisted for the Orange Prize for Fiction (3 wds.) |
| 58% | MRSFLETCHER | 11 | 2017 bestselling novel by 37-Across (2 wds.) |
| 58% | EVERYBREATH | 11 | 2018 bestselling novel by 35-Across (2 wds.) |
| 58% | THENOTEBOOK | 11 | 1996 bestselling novel by 35-Across (2 wds.) |
| 58% | THELASTLETTER | 13 | 2019 military romance novel by 47-Across (3 wds.) |
| 57% | THEROOSTERBAR | 13 | 2017 bestselling novel by 38-Across about law school students who open a tavern (3 wds.) |
| 57% | THEBLUESTEYE | 12 | 1970 novel by 18-Across: 3 wds. |
| 57% | SONGOFSOLOMON | 13 | 1977 novel by 18-Across: 3 wds. |
| 56% | THEBEACHCLUB | 12 | Bestselling novel by Elin Hilderbrand featuring a Nantucket resort (3 wds.) |
| 56% | NOBODYSFOOL | 11 | Novel by 28-Across adapted as a 1994 film starring Paul Newman (2 wds.) |
| 55% | PRETTYBIRDS | 11 | Bestselling novel by 29-Across/30-Across set in 1990s Sarajevo (2 wds.) |
| 55% | EMPIREFALLS | 11 | Novel by 28-Across adapted as a 2005 HBO miniseries starring Paul Newman (2 wds.) |
| 54% | STRAIGHTMAN | 11 | Novel by 28-Across adapted as the 2023 AMC series "Lucky Hank" starring 36-Across (2 wds.) |
| 53% | THEWHISTLER | 11 | 2016 bestselling novel by 38-Across about a corrupt Florida judge (2 wds.) |
| 52% | CONCRETEROSE | 12 | 2021 bestselling novel by Angie Thomas that is a prequel of 13-Across (2 wds.) |
| 51% | KINGOFSCARS | 11 | 2019 fantasy novel by 30-Across about a young ruler with dark powers trying to rebuild his country after a civil war (3 wds.) |
| 51% | THEHOUSEOF | 10 | With 39-Across, 1982 debut novel by 29-Across: 3 wds. |
| 51% | ASINGLETHREAD | 13 | 2019 novel by 34-Across about the women who embroidered the kneelers for Winchester Cathedral in the 1930s (3 wds.) |
| 50% | BLUEMOON | 8 | 2019 Jack Reacher novel by 40-Across (2 wds.) |
| 50% | THANKUNEXT | 10 | 2019 studio album by 29-Across (3 wds.) |
| 50% | THEIDENTICALS | 13 | Bestselling novel by Elin Hilderbrand featuring twin sisters on Nantucket (2 wds.) |
| 50% | THEHATEUGIVE | 12 | 2017 bestselling novel by 39-Across made into a film starring Amandla Stenberg and Regina Hall (4 wds.) |