| 100% | NEVERWHERE | 10 | 39-Across novel about a Scottish man who travels through London Below |
| 49% | CORALINE | 8 | 39-Across novel about a girl who goes through a forbidden door |
| 40% | STARDUST | 8 | 39-Across novel about a half-Faerie boy who rescues a girl who falls from the sky |
| 35% | THEALCHEMIST | 12 | Paulo Coelho novel about a boy who travels to find a treasure at the Egyptian pyramids: 2 wds. |
| 34% | CHANGEOFHEART | 13 | Jodi Picoult novel about a man on trial for murder who wishes to make a life-saving organ donation (3 wds.) |
| 31% | RISEANDSHINE | 12 | 43-Across novel about a morning talk show host who is fired because of an on-air gaffe (3 wds.) |
| 31% | IDIOT | 5 | Dostoyevsky novel about a "positively beautiful man," with "The" |
| 31% | INSOMNIA | 8 | Stephen King novel about a man with a sleep disorder |
| 31% | ERAGON | 6 | Christopher Paolini novel about a boy who rides the dragon Saphira |
| 30% | APPLES | 6 | With 51-Across, 2021 Liane Moriarty novel about a matriarch who mysteriously disappears |
| 30% | BEE | 3 | "___ Season" (Myla Goldberg novel about a girl who is an exceptional speller) |
| 30% | DAILYMAIL | 9 | Newspaper behind the hoax about a man who thought he had to run for 26 days instead of 26 miles for the London Marathon: 2 wds. |
| 29% | WHATALICE | 9 | With 19-Across, 2009 Liane Moriarty novel about a mother who develops amnesia: 2 wds. |
| 29% | RIO | 3 | 2011 animated feature about a macaw who travels to Brazil |
| 29% | DELILAH | 7 | Tom Jones hit about a man who murders his lover |
| 29% | BEOWULF | 7 | An Old English tale about a man who fought Grendel |
| 29% | THESTAND | 8 | Stephen King novel about a group of people who survive a worldwide pandemic: 2 wds. |
| 29% | LIFEOFPI | 8 | Yann Martel novel about a young man and a big cat |
| 29% | MISERY | 6 | Horror novel about an author who is kidnapped by a fan |
| 29% | WITHOUTATRACE | 13 | 2023 Danielle Steel novel about a man possibly walking away from his old life: 3 wds. |
| 29% | SCARECROW | 9 | 1973 movie starring Al Pacino about two men who travel to start a business in Pittsburgh |
| 29% | THESTONEDARIES | 14 | Carol Shields novel about a person who celebrates a birthday in early April by getting high? |
| 29% | MEANTTOBE | 9 | Emily Giffin novel about a high-profile couple who come from very different backgrounds (3 wds.) |
| 28% | RED | 3 | "Turning ___" (2022 Pixar film about a girl who goes through unusual changes) |
| 28% | RIP | 3 | "___ Van Winkle" (1819 story about a man who sleeps for 20 years) |
| 28% | THEBADSEED | 10 | William March novel about a 16-Across child |
| 28% | GREY | 4 | "___ Owl," movie starring Pierce Brosnan about a man who adopts Native American culture |
| 28% | NICHOLAS | 8 | With 62 Across, Charles Dickens novel about a man trying to support his sister and widowed mother, featuring a Maine college |
| 28% | ASPARKOFLIGHT | 13 | Jodi Picoult novel about a teenager who is held hostage at women's reproductive health clinic (4 wds.) |
| 28% | BOOKLOVERS | 10 | Emily Henry novel about a literary agent and an editor who meet cute while on vacation (2 wds.) |