| 100% | BEACH | 5 | Alex Garland's much-loved travel themed novel "The ___," which was also adapted into a film by Danny Boyle starring Leonardo DiCaprio |
| 35% | LESMISERABLES | 13 | Victor Hugo's novel which was also adapted into a movie starring Anne Hathaway and has a sentence with 823 words: 2 wds. |
| 35% | FACTOTUM | 8 | Second novel written by Charles Bukowski which was adapted into a film starring Marisa Tomei |
| 34% | MAZERUNNER | 10 | James Dashner's dystopian novel, "The ___" which was adapted into a film directed by Wes Ball: 2 wds. |
| 34% | OFTHEDAY | 8 | "The Remains ___," 1989 novel by Kazuo Ishiguro (birthday today) for which he won the Booker Prize and which was also adapted into a film: 3 wds. |
| 33% | NEVERLET | 8 | "___ Me Go," 2005 novel by Kazuo Ishiguro for which he won the ALA Alex Award and which was also adapted into a movie: 2 wds. |
| 31% | INTO | 4 | Jon Krakauer's novel "___ the Wild" which was adapted into a movie by Sean Penn |
| 31% | BARBWIRE | 8 | Comic book series published by Comics Greatest World, which was later adapted into a film starring Pamela Anderson: 2 wds. |
| 31% | APAINTEDHOUSE | 13 | Novel by John Grisham which was made into a television film starring Scott Glenn in 2003: 3 wds. |
| 30% | INTERVIEW | 9 | "___ with the Vampire," 1976 gothic horror novel by Anne Rice that was adapted into a film starring Brad Pitt |
| 30% | FIGHT | 5 | "___ Club," 1996 novel by Chuck Palahniuk which was adapted into a film by David Fincher |
| 30% | CARRIE | 6 | 1974 novel by Stephen King that was adapted into a 1976 film starring Sissy Spacek |
| 30% | LINCOLN | 7 | "The ___ Lawyer," 2005 legal thriller novel by Michael Connelly which was adapted into a film |
| 30% | TWILIGHT | 8 | 2005 novel by Stephenie Meyer featuring vampires that was adapted into a film series starring Robert Pattinson |
| 30% | DARK | 4 | "The ___ Knight Returns," graphic novel by Frank Miller that was adapted into a film trilogy starring Christian Bale as Batman |
| 29% | RICHARDFORD | 11 | "The Sportswriter" novelist whose novel 47-Across was adapted into a film by 14-Across (2 wds.) |
| 29% | TEX | 3 | S.E. Hinton novel adapted into a 1982 film starring Matt Dillon |
| 28% | MEYOURLOVE | 10 | "Bring ___," short story written by Charles Bukowski which was adapted into a film starring Ian Hart: 3 wds. |
| 28% | TITANIC | 7 | 1997 film starring Leonardo DiCaprio that was inspired by a real-life disaster involving an "unsinkable" ship |
| 28% | SOPHIESCHOICE | 13 | 1979 novel by 47-Across adapted into a film starring 30-Across (2 wds.) |
| 28% | SHUTTERISLAND | 13 | Dennis Lehane novel made into a film starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Mark Ruffalo (2 wds.) |
| 27% | HANDMAIDSTALE | 13 | Margaret Atwood's dystopian novel, "The ___" which has been adapted into a film, an opera and a TV series: 2 wds. |
| 27% | BOOKTHIEF | 9 | Mark Zusak's novel "The ___" which was adapted into a movie: 2 wds. |
| 27% | FOUNTAINHEAD | 12 | "The ___," 1949 drama film starring Gary Cooper which was based on a novel of the same name by Ayn Rand |
| 27% | ROAD | 4 | "The ___," 2006 novel by Cormac McCarthy that was adapted into a 2009 survival film |
| 26% | RASSELAS | 8 | Name by which Samuel Johnson's 1759 novel The Prince of Abissinia: A Tale is also known |
| 26% | PELICAN | 7 | "The ___ Brief," novel by John Grisham which was made into a movie starring Julia Roberts |
| 26% | THEORIENT | 9 | "Murder on ___ Express," Agatha Christie's detective novel published in 1934, which was adapted into a film starring Kenneth Branagh in 2017: 2 wds. |
| 26% | LEGEND | 6 | "I Am ___," 1954 horror novel by Richard Matheson featuring vampires that was adapted into a film starring Will Smith |
| 26% | NATIVESON | 9 | Best-selling 1940 novel that was adapted into a film, with its author playing the protagonist, in 1951 |