| 100% | FORTUNESMILES | 13 | Adam Johnson short story collection that won the National Book Award for Fiction in 2015 (2 wds.) |
| 55% | THEROUNDHOUSE | 13 | Louise Erdrich novel that won the National Book Award for Fiction in 2012 (3 wds.) |
| 55% | LORDOFMISRULE | 13 | Jaimy Gordon novel that won the National Book Award for Fiction in 2010 (3 wds.) |
| 53% | INVISIBLEMAN | 12 | Novel written by Ralph Waldo Ellison (birthday today) which won the National Book Award for Fiction in 1953: 2 wds. |
| 51% | THEECHOMAKER | 12 | 2006 novel by 32-Across that won the National Book Award for Fiction (3 wds.) |
| 49% | THEFRIEND | 9 | Book that won the 2018 National Book Award for Fiction, written by Sigrid Nunez: 2 wds. |
| 48% | TEMPLEFOLK | 10 | Aaliyah Bilal short-story collection about Black Muslims in America that's a finalist for the 2023 National Book Award for Fiction (2 wds.) |
| 48% | WILLIAMSTYRON | 13 | Novelist who won the National Book Award for Fiction for 15-Across (2 wds.) |
| 45% | INVISIBLE | 9 | "___ Man," 1952 novel by Ralph Ellison featuring an unnamed protagonist that won the National Book Award for Fiction |
| 44% | JASONMOTT | 9 | Author who won the 2021 National Book Award for Fiction for "Hell of a Book": 2 wds. |
| 44% | CHARLESYU | 9 | Author who won the 2020 National Book Award for Fiction for "Interior Chinatown": 2 wds. |
| 44% | SUSANCHOI | 9 | Author who won the 2019 National Book Award for Fiction for "Trust Exercise": 2 wds. |
| 43% | TESSGUNTY | 9 | Author who won the 2022 National Book Award for Fiction for "The Rabbit Hutch": 2 wds. |
| 43% | DENIS | 5 | Novelist Johnson who won the National Book Award for Fiction for "Tree of Smoke" |
| 41% | THEEMISSARY | 11 | Book that won the 2018 National Book Award for Translated Literature, written by Yoko Tawada and translated by Margaret Mitsutani: 2 wds. |
| 41% | JESMYNWARD | 10 | Mississippi novelist who is the only woman to win the National Book Award for Fiction twice (2 wds.) |
| 40% | THISLAND | 8 | Gary Clark Jr. song that won the Grammy Award for Best Rock Song in 2020: 2 wds. |
| 40% | THEROUNDHOUSE | 13 | 2012 Novel by 44-Across that won a National Book Award for Fiction (3 wds.) |
| 40% | STAYHIGH | 8 | Brittany Howard song that won the Grammy Award for Best Rock Song in 2021: 2 wds. |
| 39% | AWHOLE | 6 | "___ New World," song from "Aladdin" that won the Academy Award for Best Original Song in 1993: 2 wds. |
| 39% | CHARLESYU | 9 | Writer whose novel "Interior Chinatown" won the 2020 National Book Award for Fiction (2 wds.) |
| 39% | SUSANCHOI | 9 | Writer whose novel "Trust Exercise" won the 2019 National Book Award for Fiction (2 wds.) |
| 39% | BADGUY | 6 | 2019 song by Billie Eilish that won the Grammy Award for Record of the Year in 2020: 2 wds. |
| 39% | MARTINESPADA | 12 | Writer whose collection "Floaters" won the 2021 National Book Award for Poetry (2 wds.) |
| 38% | SIGRIDNUNEZ | 11 | "The Vulnerables" novelist whose "The Friend" won a National Book Award for Fiction (2 wds.) |
| 38% | TESSGUNTY | 9 | Writer whose novel "The Rabbit Hutch" won the 2022 National Book Award for Fiction (2 wds.) |
| 38% | JASONMOTT | 9 | Writer whose novel "Hell of a Book" won the 2021 National Book Award for Fiction (2 wds.) |
| 38% | SIGRIDNUNEZ | 11 | "Salvation City" author whose "The Friend" won the 2018 National Book Award for Fiction (2 wds.) |
| 38% | JESMYNWARD | 10 | In 2017, she became the first woman to win two National Book Awards for fiction |
| 37% | MORNINGPHASE | 12 | Beck album that won the 2015 Grammy Award for Best Rock Album: 2 wds. |