| 100% | THEGLASSMAKER | 13 | 2024 novel by 34-Across that follows an artisan family from Renaissance-era Italy to the present day (2 wds.) |
| 32% | STELLAMARIS | 11 | 2022 prequel to "The Passenger" that is the first novel by 34-Across to feature a female protagonist (2 wds.) |
| 31% | THESOUTH | 8 | 1990 novel by 38-Across about an Irish woman who moves to Barcelona in the 1950s (2 wds.) |
| 31% | BROOKLYN | 8 | 2009 novel by 38-Across about an Irish woman who moves to New York in the 1950s (2 wds.) |
| 30% | THEMANSION | 10 | 1959 novel by William Faulkner that is the last of the trilogy on the Snopes family: 2 wds. |
| 30% | BASKETCASE | 10 | Novel by 44-Across that highlights a song by the same name cowritten with Warren Zevon: 2 wds. |
| 30% | DOCTORSLEEP | 11 | 2013 horror novel by 17-Across that's a sequel to "The Shining" (2 wds.) |
| 30% | LONGISLAND | 10 | 2024 novel by 38-Across featuring the heroine of 33-Across (2 wds.) |
| 29% | THEOVERSTORY | 12 | Novel by 30-Across that won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (2 wds.) |
| 29% | WANNABE | 7 | 2024 hit by 16-Across with Megan Thee Stallion that inspired an Instagram twerking challenge: 2 wds. |
| 29% | SPACECOWBOY | 11 | Song by 34-Across that won the 2019 Grammy for Best Country Song (2 wds.) |
| 28% | MARILYNMILIAN | 13 | Judge on 18-Across from 2001 to the present: 2 wds. |
| 28% | WINTERGARDEN | 12 | Novel by 29-Across that weaves a Russian fairy tale with a family's history (2 wds.) |
| 28% | THEOVERSTORY | 12 | 2018 novel by 32-Across that won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (2 wds.) |
| 28% | UNDERWORLD | 10 | Novel by 44-Across that follows, among other things, the home run baseball hit by Bobby Thomson to win the National League pennant for the New York Giants in 1951 |
| 28% | THELOSTORDER | 12 | 2017 Steve Berry novel that features 44-Across hunting for missing treasure from the Civil War Era (3 wds.) |
| 27% | KILLINGFLOOR | 12 | Debut novel by 25-Across that was the basis for the first season of "Reacher" (2 wds.) |
| 27% | THESENTENCE | 11 | 2021 novel by 44-Across that was nominated for an Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence (2 wds.) |
| 27% | SWAMPPEOPLE | 11 | History Channel series that follows the day-to-day life of Louisiana alligator hunters (2 wds.) |
| 27% | TUFFJUICE | 9 | "___: My Journey from the Streets to the NBA," an autobiography by Caron Butler: 2 wds. |
| 27% | AMERICANGODS | 12 | Novel by 39-Across that won the Hugo Award for Best Novel and the Nebula Award for Best Novel (2 wds.) |
| 27% | THELAKEHOUSE | 12 | 2015 bestseller by 37-Across that brings together a novelist and a detective to uncover secrets from the past (3 wds.) |
| 27% | IRONFLAME | 9 | 2023 novel by 47-Across that's a sequel to her 2023 fantasy novel "Fourth Wing" (2 wds.) |
| 27% | TARBABY | 7 | 1981 novel by 43-Across about a love affair that begins in the Caribbean (2 wds.) |
| 27% | ANIMALKINGDOM | 13 | TNT series that follows a criminal family, the Codys: 2 wds. |
| 27% | LITTLEROPE | 10 | 2024 album by 32-Across that features the singles "Hell" and "Say It Like You Mean It" (2 wds.) |
| 27% | OFA | 3 | "Half ___ Yellow Sun," novel by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie that won the 2007 Orange Prize for Fiction: 2 wds. |
| 27% | SOFAR | 5 | Up to the present: 2 wds. |
| 27% | ASI | 3 | "___ Lay Dying," 1930 novel by William Faulkner, the title of which is derived from Homer's "Odyssey": 2 wds. |
| 26% | STRIPTEASE | 10 | Novel by 44-Across that was made into a movie starring Demi Moore: 2 wds. |