| 100% | THEKAISERSWEB | 13 | 2021 Steve Berry novel that features 44-Across investigating historical events during a modern election in Germany (3 wds.) |
| 41% | THELOSTORDER | 12 | 2017 Steve Berry novel that features 44-Across hunting for missing treasure from the Civil War Era (3 wds.) |
| 29% | THEBEETQUEEN | 12 | 32-Across novel that features a town's root vegetable crop (3 wds.) |
| 28% | THESONGOF | 9 | With 24-Across, 2011 Madeline Miller novel that became a 2021 hit thanks to TikTok: 3 wds. |
| 27% | LOOKBOTHWAYS | 12 | 29-Across novel subtitled "A Tale Told in Ten Blocks" that won the Carnegie Medal in 2021 (3 wds.) |
| 27% | WHITENOISE | 10 | Award-winning 1985 book by 44-Across that features a "toxic event": 2 wds. |
| 27% | OLIVEAGAIN | 10 | Elizabeth Strout novel that features a story about the mother from 16-Across (2 wds.) |
| 27% | EMPRESSORCHID | 13 | Anchee Min historical novel set in China that has a flower in its title (2 wds) |
| 26% | THEROUNDHOUSE | 13 | 2012 Novel by 44-Across that won a National Book Award for Fiction (3 wds.) |
| 25% | THECELLIST | 10 | 2021 Daniel Silva novel featuring Gabriel Allon investigating a murder with the help of a Russian musician/money launderer (2 wds.) |
| 25% | THEBLACKTULIP | 13 | Alexandre Dumas historical novel set in Holland that has a flower in its title (3 wds.) |
| 25% | CONCRETEROSE | 12 | 2021 bestselling novel by Angie Thomas that is a prequel of 13-Across (2 wds.) |
| 25% | GOLDFINCH | 9 | Songbird that featured in a 2013 Donna Tartt novel |
| 25% | STRIPTEASE | 10 | Novel by 44-Across that was made into a movie starring Demi Moore: 2 wds. |
| 25% | THEXFACTOR | 10 | Music competition series created by Simon Cowell that featured 53-Across as a host in 2012 and 2013 (3 wds.) |
| 25% | WHITENOISE | 10 | Novel by 44-Across that was adapted as a 2022 film by Noah Baumbach (2 wds.) |
| 24% | AROUNDTHEMOON | 13 | Science fiction novel by Jules Verne that features a lunar trip: 3 wds. |
| 24% | TARBABY | 7 | 1981 novel by 43-Across about a love affair that begins in the Caribbean (2 wds.) |
| 24% | THENIGHTINGALE | 14 | 2015 novel by 44-Across set in France during World War II (2 wds.) |
| 24% | BASKETCASE | 10 | Novel by 44-Across that highlights a song by the same name cowritten with Warren Zevon: 2 wds. |
| 24% | THESENTENCE | 11 | 2021 novel by 44-Across that was nominated for an Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence (2 wds.) |
| 24% | THEMAZERUNNER | 13 | Dystopian young adult novel that was turned into a 2014 movie: 3 wds. |
| 24% | BRINGINGUPBABY | 14 | 1938 Katharine Hepburn/Cary Grant screwball comedy that featured a leopard: 3 wds. |
| 24% | DANINREALLIFE | 13 | Steve Carrell/Juliette Binoche rom-com that features a meet-cute in a bookstore (4 wds.) |
| 23% | THECROWN | 8 | Historical drama series that won four Golden Globes in 2021: 2 wds. |
| 23% | KISSCAM | 7 | Jumbotron feature at a sporting event that encourages smooching: 2 wds. |
| 23% | THEFAMILIAR | 11 | 2024 historical fantasy novel by 30-Across featuring two people with magical powers in the Spanish Golden Age (2 wds.) |
| 23% | STELLAMARIS | 11 | 2022 prequel to "The Passenger" that is the first novel by 34-Across to feature a female protagonist (2 wds.) |
| 23% | IKNOWWHATYOU | 12 | With 30-Across, Lois Duncan horror novel that was turned into a film in 1997: 4 wds. |
| 23% | LETITBE | 7 | Last studio album from the Beatles that features a track by the same name: 3 wds. |