| 100% | THEWATERDANCER | 14 | 2019 surrealist novel set in the antebellum South: 3 wds. |
| 53% | THEWATERDANCER | 14 | 2019 bestselling fantasy novel by 45-Across set in the pre-Civil War South (3 wds.) |
| 47% | THEBURGESSBOYS | 14 | Elizabeth Strout novel set in the fictional town of Shirley Falls about two brothers (3 wds.) |
| 46% | SAGHARBOR | 9 | 2009 Colson Whitehead novel set in the Hamptons (2 wds.) |
| 46% | SAGHARBOR | 9 | Colson Whitehead novel set in the Hamptons (2 wds.) |
| 46% | AMYANDISABELLE | 14 | Elizabeth Strout novel set in the fictional town of Shirley Falls about a mother and daughter (3 wds.) |
| 43% | THENICKELBOYS | 13 | 2019 Colson Whitehead novel set in a Florida reform school (3 wds.) |
| 42% | GAMEOFTHRONES | 13 | Fantasy drama set in the fictional continents of Westeros and Essos which will air its final season this year (2019): 3 wds. |
| 41% | DONOVANSREEF | 12 | 1963 John Ford film set in the South Pacific starring John Wayne (2 wds.) |
| 41% | THEGOODFIGHT | 12 | CBS All Access series set in the world of a Chicago law firm: 3 wds. |
| 40% | STARTREKPICARD | 14 | CBS All Access series set in the future world of a retired Starfleet admiral: 3 wds. |
| 40% | THENICKELBOYS | 13 | Colson Whitehead novel set in Florida (3 wds.) |
| 40% | ONEBYONE | 8 | Mystery novel by 45-Across set in the French Alps (3 wds.) |
| 39% | JOHNHENRYDAYS | 13 | Colson Whitehead novel set in West Virginia (3 wds.) |
| 39% | THEFOURWINDS | 12 | Novel by 29-Across set in the Great Plains during the Dust Bowl era (3 wds.) |
| 39% | BABBITT | 7 | Novel set in the fictional town of Zenith |
| 39% | THENICKELBOYS | 13 | Colson Whitehead novel set in a Florida reform school (3 wds.) |
| 39% | FARFROMHEAVEN | 13 | Family drama starring 45-Across set in the 1950s (3 wds.) |
| 38% | THERUNNINGMAN | 13 | 1987 science fiction film set in the 21st century about a battle-to-the-death television game show: 3 wds. |
| 38% | BRAVENEWWORLD | 13 | *Dystopian novel set in the year 2540 |
| 38% | SHANE | 5 | 1949 novel set in the Wyoming Territory |
| 38% | SULA | 4 | Toni Morrison novel set in the Bottom |
| 38% | ALLTHELIGHT | 11 | With 42-Across, Anthony Doerr novel set in WWII France: 3 wds. |
| 38% | UNDERTHEDOME | 12 | Stephen King novel set in an extremely isolated Maine town (3 wds.) |
| 38% | THEDUSTBOWL | 11 | 2012 documentary by 43-Across that was set in the 1930s: 3 wds. |
| 38% | FORCEOFNATURE | 13 | Murder mystery by 43-Across set in the remote Australian bushland (3 wds.) |
| 38% | THELOSTMAN | 10 | Murder mystery by 43-Across set in the remote Australian outback (3 wds.) |
| 37% | AUGUST | 6 | Faulkner's novel set in the 1930s: Light in __ |
| 37% | HEIDI | 5 | Classic children's novel set in the Swiss Alps |
| 37% | SCOTTTUROW | 10 | Author of novels set in the fictional Kindle County |