| 100% | CLOUDATLAS | 10 | Acclaimed 2004 science fiction work by David Mitchell made into a 2012 film |
| 36% | LES | 3 | "___ Misérables" (Broadway musical made into a 2012 film) |
| 34% | THELORAX | 8 | Children's book made into a 2012 3-D animated film |
| 33% | ELLA | 4 | "___ Enchanted" (Newbery-winning book made into a 2004 film) |
| 32% | IROBOT | 6 | Sci-fi classic made into a 2004 film starring Will Smith |
| 31% | PROMETHEUS | 10 | 2012 science fiction film directed by Ridley Scott |
| 30% | END | 3 | "The World's ___," science fiction film with a cameo by Pierce Brosnan |
| 30% | PROMETHEUS | 10 | 2012 science fiction film directed by Ridley Scott starring Michael Fassbender |
| 30% | ICESTATIONZEBRA | 15 | 1963 submarine thriller by Alistair MacLean made into a 1968 film |
| 29% | TICKTICKBOOM | 12 | Off Broadway musical made into a 2021 film directed by Lin-Manuel Miranda |
| 29% | ALIENVSPREDATOR | 15 | Face-off in a 2004 science fiction film |
| 28% | SNOWFALLINGONCEDARS | 19 | Best-selling David Guterson novel made into a 1999 film |
| 28% | GONEBABYGONE | 12 | Novel by 44-Across made into a film directed by Ben Affleck (3 wds.) |
| 28% | SHUTTERISLAND | 13 | Novel by 44-Across made into a film directed by Martin Scorsese (2 wds.) |
| 27% | TORTILLAFLAT | 12 | Novel by 32-Across made into a 1942 film starring Spencer Tracy and Hedy Lamarr (2 wds.) |
| 27% | OFMICEANDMEN | 12 | Novella by 32-Across made into a 1939 film starring Lon Chaney Jr. and Burgess Meredith (4 wds.) |
| 27% | DUNE | 4 | Sci-fi novel made into a 1984 cult film |
| 27% | THEHATEUGIVE | 12 | 2017 bestselling novel by Angie Thomas made into a film starring Amandla Stenberg and Regina Hall (4 wds.) |
| 27% | ADO | 3 | "Much ___ About Nothing," a 2012 film by Joss Whedon |
| 27% | ABFAB | 5 | Britcom made into a 2016 film, informally |
| 26% | LESMISERABLES | 13 | 1987 Best Musical Tony winner made into a 2012 Hugh Jackman movie: 2 wds. |
| 26% | GONEGIRL | 8 | Gillian Flynn thriller novel made into a hit 2014 film |
| 26% | END | 3 | "The ___ of the Affair" (Graham Greene novel made into a Neil Jordan film) |
| 26% | BRIDGETJ1SSDIARY | 16 | 1996 Helen Fielding book made into a film starring Renée Zellweger |
| 26% | MOSQUITOCOAST | 13 | Paul Theroux novel made into a Harrison Ford film, with "The" |
| 26% | IRONWEED | 8 | 1983 William Kennedy novel, later made into a Jack Nicholson film |
| 26% | DOLORES | 7 | "___ Claiborne" (Stephen King novel made into a film starring Kathy Bates) |
| 26% | ATONEMENT | 9 | Booker Prize-shortlisted novel made into a film starring Keira Knightley |
| 26% | AHISTORYOF | 10 | With 47-Across, 1997 graphic novel by John Wagner, later made into a David Cronenberg film: 3 wds. |
| 26% | EMMA | 4 | 1816 novel made into a 1996 film |