| 100% | ONTHECOMEUP | 11 | 2019 bestselling novel by 39-Across about an aspiring hip-hop artist (4 wds.) |
| 87% | ONTHECOMEUP | 11 | 2019 bestselling novel by Angie Thomas about an aspiring hip-hop artist (4 wds.) |
| 43% | THEDUTCHHOUSE | 13 | 2019 bestselling novel by 28-Across (3 wds.) |
| 43% | THEHATEUGIVE | 12 | 2017 bestselling novel by 39-Across made into a film starring Amandla Stenberg and Regina Hall (4 wds.) |
| 40% | THEBLUESTEYE | 12 | Novel by 44-Across about an African-American girl in 1940s Ohio (3 wds.) |
| 40% | THEBLUESTEYE | 12 | Novel by 44-Across about an African American girl in 1940s Ohio (3 wds.) |
| 39% | THEWHISTLER | 11 | 2016 bestselling novel by 38-Across about a corrupt Florida judge (2 wds.) |
| 39% | SONGOFSOLOMON | 13 | Novel by 44-Across about an African-American man in 1930s-1960s Michigan (3 wds.) |
| 39% | SONGOFSOLOMON | 13 | Novel by 44-Across about an African American man in 1930s-1960s Michigan (3 wds.) |
| 38% | THEROOSTERBAR | 13 | 2017 bestselling novel by 38-Across about law school students who open a tavern (3 wds.) |
| 37% | ASKAGAINYES | 11 | Bestselling novel by 30-Across selected as the "The Tonight Show" Summer Reads choice for 2019 (3 wds.) |
| 37% | THEBLUESTEYE | 12 | 1970 novel by 43-Across about an African-American girl in 1940s Ohio (3 wds.) |
| 37% | IWALKTHELINE | 12 | 1956 hit single by 39-Across adapted as the title of an Oscar-winning biopic about 39-Across and June Carter (4 wds.) |
| 37% | SONGOFSOLOMON | 13 | 1977 novel by 43-Across about an African-American man in 1930s-1960s Michigan (3 wds.) |
| 36% | THESOUTH | 8 | 1990 novel by 38-Across about an Irish woman who moves to Barcelona in the 1950s (2 wds.) |
| 36% | ETHANFROME | 10 | 1911 novel by 39-Across adapted as a film starring Liam Neeson as the title farmer in an unhappy marriage (2 wds.) |
| 36% | HONEY | 5 | 2003 dance film about an aspiring hip-hop choreographer |
| 36% | BROOKLYN | 8 | 2009 novel by 38-Across about an Irish woman who moves to New York in the 1950s (2 wds.) |
| 35% | THEWATERDANCER | 14 | 2019 bestselling fantasy novel by 45-Across set in the pre-Civil War South (3 wds.) |
| 35% | YOUNGJANEYOUNG | 14 | Novel by 44-Across about a political intern who changes her identity when an affair with her boss becomes public (3 wds.) |
| 35% | 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.) |
| 34% | ASINGLETHREAD | 13 | 2019 novel by 34-Across about the women who embroidered the kneelers for Winchester Cathedral in the 1930s (3 wds.) |
| 34% | FIREFLYLANE | 11 | Bestselling novel by Kristin Hannah about two lifelong best friends that was adapted as a Netflix series starring 19-Across and 32-Across (2 wds.) |
| 34% | THEDOLLHOUSE | 12 | Novel by 39-Across set in New York City's Barbizon Hotel (2 wds.) |
| 34% | BOOKLOVERS | 10 | 2022 romance novel by 44-Across about a literary agent and an editor who meet cute while on vacation (2 wds.) |
| 34% | ITENDSWITHUS | 12 | 2016 novel by 33-Across featuring a love triangle with florist Lily, her boyfriend, and an old flame: 4 wds. |
| 33% | BYANYOTHERNAME | 14 | 2024 novel by 45-Across about two playwrights living centuries apart (4 wds.) |
| 33% | MRSFLETCHER | 11 | 2017 bestselling novel by 37-Across (2 wds.) |
| 33% | EVERYBREATH | 11 | 2018 bestselling novel by 35-Across (2 wds.) |
| 33% | THENOTEBOOK | 11 | 1996 bestselling novel by 35-Across (2 wds.) |