| 100% | HAPPYPLACE | 10 | 2023 romance novel by 44-Across about a separated couple pretending to still be together while vacationing with friends (2 wds.) |
| 68% | HAPPYPLACE | 10 | Emily Henry novel about a couple pretending to still be together while vacationing with friends (2 wds.) |
| 45% | BOOKLOVERS | 10 | 2022 romance novel by 44-Across about a literary agent and an editor who meet cute while on vacation (2 wds.) |
| 44% | HAPPY | 5 | With 34-Across, 2023 bestseller by 18-Across about a broken-up couple pretending to still be together |
| 40% | FUNNYSTORY | 10 | 2024 romance novel by 44-Across about a librarian who becomes roommates with her ex-fiancé’s new fiancée’s ex (2 wds.) |
| 36% | MANSFIELDPARK | 13 | Novel by 18-Across about Fanny Price, a girl sent to live with wealthy relatives: 2 wds. |
| 35% | LASTSONG | 8 | Novel by Nicholas Sparks about a 17 year old teen who is sent to stay with her father in the summer, "The ___": 2 wds. |
| 35% | CILKASJOURNEY | 13 | Novel by 15-Across about a woman who is sent to Siberia after surviving Auschwitz (2 wds.) |
| 34% | STRIPTEASE | 10 | Novel by 44-Across that was made into a movie starring Demi Moore: 2 wds. |
| 33% | BASKETCASE | 10 | Novel by 44-Across that highlights a song by the same name cowritten with Warren Zevon: 2 wds. |
| 31% | MARGARETTOWN | 12 | Novel by 44-Across about a woman with multiple personalities |
| 31% | WHITENOISE | 10 | Novel by 44-Across that was adapted as a 2022 film by Noah Baumbach (2 wds.) |
| 31% | YOUNGJANEYOUNG | 14 | Novel by 44-Across about a political intern who changes her identity when an affair with her boss becomes public (3 wds.) |
| 30% | THEHALFMOON | 11 | 2023 novel by 30-Across about a married couple running a bar in a small town (3 wds.) |
| 30% | 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.) |
| 30% | 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.) |
| 29% | TRUEBELIEVER | 12 | Novel by Nicholas Sparks about a science journalist who falls in love with a girl in Boone Creek: 2 wds. |
| 29% | TIGEREYES | 9 | Young adult novel by 38-Across about a girl coping with the death of her father (2 wds.) |
| 29% | BRINGUP | 7 | "___ the Bodies," award-winning novel by Hilary Mantel which is a sequel to 23a: 2 wds. |
| 29% | FALLINGMAN | 10 | 2007 book by 44-Across about a survivor of the 9/11 attacks: 2 wds. |
| 28% | IROBOT | 6 | 1950 sci-fi fixup novel by Isaac Asimov that shares its title with a 2004 film starring Will Smith: 2 wds. |
| 28% | IRONFLAME | 9 | 2023 novel by 47-Across that's a sequel to her 2023 fantasy novel "Fourth Wing" (2 wds.) |
| 28% | THETORNSKIRT | 12 | Novel by 47-Across about a high schooler who becomes obsessed with a homeless girl (3 wds.) |
| 28% | THEANTIDOTE | 11 | 2025 novel by 30-Across about a Nebraska town during the Great Depression: 2 wds. |
| 28% | NEVERTOOLATE | 12 | 2023 novel by 31-Across about a widow making a fresh start in Manhattan (3 wds.) |
| 28% | IWILLFINDYOU | 12 | 2023 novel by 40-Across about a man wrongly accused of murdering his son (4 wds.) |
| 28% | THEBURIEDGIANT | 14 | 2015 novel by 41-Across featuring a married couple struggling with memory (3 wds.) |
| 27% | BALTIMOREBLUES | 14 | First novel by 44-Across to feature 19-Across (2 wds.) |
| 27% | SHUTTERISLAND | 13 | Novel by 44-Across made into a film directed by Martin Scorsese (2 wds.) |
| 27% | ONLYTHEBRAVE | 12 | 2024 novel by 31-Across about a nurse in Berlin during Hitler's rise to power (3 wds.) |