| 100% | ALEJANDRA | 9 | 2023 horror novel by V. Castro, The Haunting of __ |
| 47% | DIARY | 5 | 2003 modern horror novel by Chuck Palahniuk which follows the story of Misty Wilmot |
| 43% | SHINING | 7 | "The ___," horror novel by Stephen King about a family's trip in the peak of winter to a desolate hotel |
| 42% | HILLHOUSE | 9 | The Haunting of __, Netflix spooky horror series |
| 41% | HOMECOMING | 10 | 2023 novel by 37-Across that tells the story of a journalist who uncovers secrets from the past |
| 41% | PET | 3 | "___ Sematary," adapted horror film of 1989 of a novel of the same name by Stephen King |
| 41% | HILL | 4 | "The Haunting of ___ House," 2018 Netflix horror drama based on Shirley Jackson's eponymous novel |
| 40% | CHOLERA | 7 | Novel by García Márquez: Love in the Time of __ |
| 38% | LOVESTORY | 9 | Novel by Erich Segal starts with the death of Jenny |
| 38% | OMERTA | 6 | Final novel by the author of ''the great 'GF''' |
| 38% | PEOPLE | 6 | Novel by Chinua Achebe: A Man of the __ |
| 38% | ORANGE | 6 | Novel by Joanne Harris: Five Quarters of the __ |
| 38% | WERTHER | 7 | The Sorrows of Young __, novel by Goethe |
| 37% | FUTILITY | 8 | Novel by Morgan Robertson that seemingly predicted the sinking of the Titanic |
| 37% | MONSIEUR | 8 | 1974 novel by Lawrence Durrell subtitled The Prince of Darkness |
| 37% | EUPHUES | 7 | 1578 novel by John Lyly subtitled The Anatomy of Wit |
| 37% | CASTLE | 6 | Gothic novel by Horace Walpole: The __ of Otranto |
| 37% | POYNTON | 7 | The Spoils of __, 1895 novel by Henry James |
| 37% | SAMPIG | 6 | The Adventures of —, 1940 novel by Alison Uttley |
| 37% | EMBER | 5 | The City of ___ (2003 novel by Jeanne DuPrau) |
| 37% | THEPILOTSWIFE | 13 | Novel by 29-Across about the aftermath of a plane crash (3 wds.) |
| 37% | WORLDS | 6 | Sci-fi novel by H.G. Wells: The War of the __ |
| 37% | BILLYLIAR | 9 | 1959 novel by Keith Waterhouse featuring the fictional country of Ambrosia |
| 37% | NOSTROMO | 8 | 1904 novel by Joseph Conrad subtitled A Tale of the Seaboard |
| 37% | BENHUR | 6 | 1880 novel by Lew Wallace subtitled A Tale of the Christ |
| 37% | AYESHA | 6 | 1905 novel by H Rider Haggard subtitled The Return of She |
| 37% | PHANTOM | 7 | The__ of the Opera, novel written by Gaston Leroux |