| 100% | THECOLLECTOR | 12 | 2023 Daniel Silva novel featuring Gabriel Allon investigating an international art heist (2 wds.) |
| 56% | THECELLIST | 10 | 2021 Daniel Silva novel featuring Gabriel Allon investigating a murder with the help of a Russian musician/money launderer (2 wds.) |
| 49% | THENEWGIRL | 10 | 2019 Daniel Silva novel featuring spy Gabriel Allon investigating the disappearance of the daughter of a Saudi prince (3 wds.) |
| 26% | THEOTHERWOMAN | 13 | 2018 bestselling novel by Daniel Silva featuring 42-Across (3 wds.) |
| 26% | HOUSEOFSPIES | 12 | 2017 bestselling novel by Daniel Silva featuring 42-Across (3 wds.) |
| 25% | INDEMNITYONLY | 13 | First novel featuring 38-Across: 2 wds. |
| 25% | BLUEHEAVEN | 10 | C.J. Box novel featuring Joe Pickett that won an Edgar Award for Best Novel (2 wds.) |
| 24% | SILVA | 5 | Daniel who writes the Gabriel Allon spy novels |
| 24% | GABRIELALLON | 12 | Israeli intelligence officer featured in 18 novels by Daniel Silva, including 18-Across and 30-Across (2 wds.) |
| 24% | AFACETODIEFOR | 13 | 2022 28-Across novel featuring an archaeologist obsessed with Helen of Troy (5 wds.) |
| 24% | SARAPARETSKY | 12 | Author of "Brush Back," the latest of 17 novels featuring 38-Across: 2 wds. |
| 22% | THEDISAPPEARED | 14 | C.J. Box novel featuring Joe Pickett investigating a missing persons case (2 wds.) |
| 22% | THECOLLECTORS | 13 | Second novel featuring the Camel Club (2 wds.) |
| 22% | ANANSIBOYS | 10 | 16-Across's 2005 novel featuring trickster Mr. Nancy, who's also in 28-Across: 2 wds. |
| 22% | THESHORE | 8 | "Kafka on ___," 2002 World Fantasy Award-winning Haruki Murakami novel featuring themes of magical realism: 2 wds. |
| 21% | THEBOXER | 8 | 1997 drama featuring Daniel Day-Lewis as an Irish prizefighter: 2 wds. |
| 21% | SALEMSLOT | 9 | Stephen King novel featuring a haunted house and vampires (2 wds.) |
| 21% | FLIGHTBEHAVIOR | 14 | Barbara Kingsolver novel featuring the discovery of monarch butterflies in rural Tennessee (2 wds.) |
| 20% | CRACKERISLAND | 13 | 2023 Gorillaz album that features collaborations with Stevie Nicks and Bad Bunny: 2 wds. |
| 20% | THEPERSUASION | 13 | 2020 28-Across novel featuring a former spy with paranormal abilities (2 wds.) |
| 19% | HIGHSEAS | 8 | International waters: 2 wds. |
| 19% | LOOKSINTO | 9 | Investigates: 2 wds. |
| 19% | CODEOFSILENCE | 13 | 1985 Chuck Norris movie featuring Henry Silva about an officer who teams up with a crime-fighting robot: 3 wds. |
| 19% | AWALK | 5 | "___ to Remember": 2 wds. (Nicholas Sparks novel) |
| 19% | DEALBREAKER | 11 | Harlan Coben novel about a sports agent investigating the disappearance of his star client's ex-girlfriend, featuring an Iowa university |
| 19% | BEL | 3 | "___ Canto" (Ann Patchett novel featuring an opera singer) |
| 19% | NEEDFULTHINGS | 13 | Stephen King novel featuring a shop that always has exactly the right items in stock (2 wds.) |
| 19% | CROOKMANIFESTO | 14 | 2023 Colson Whitehead novel that's a sequel to 47-Across (2 wds.) |
| 19% | TWINPEAKS | 9 | Former ABC show featuring Kyle MacLachlan as an FBI agent: 2 wds. |
| 19% | DEADMANSFOLLY | 13 | 1956 Agatha Christie novel featuring 30-Across (3 wds.) |