| 100% | THEBOOKTHIEF | 12 | Award-winning Markus Zusak novel made into a film starring 3-Down and 10-Down (3 wds.) |
| 59% | LIVEBYNIGHT | 11 | Dennis Lehane novel made into a film starring Ben Affleck and Elle Fanning (3 wds.) |
| 55% | MYSTICRIVER | 11 | Dennis Lehane novel made into a film starring Sean Penn and Tim Robbins (2 wds.) |
| 55% | SHUTTERISLAND | 13 | Dennis Lehane novel made into a film starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Mark Ruffalo (2 wds.) |
| 55% | THEBESTOFME | 11 | Nicholas Sparks novel made into a film starring James Marsden and Michelle Monaghan (4 wds.) |
| 55% | SAFEHAVEN | 9 | Nicholas Sparks novel made into a film starring Josh Duhamel and Julianne Hough (2 wds.) |
| 55% | THECHOICE | 9 | Nicholas Sparks novel made into a film starring Benjamin Walker and Teresa Palmer (2 wds.) |
| 55% | THENOTEBOOK | 11 | Nicholas Sparks novel made into a film starring Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams (2 wds.) |
| 53% | THEHATEUGIVE | 12 | 2017 bestselling novel by 39-Across made into a film starring Amandla Stenberg and Regina Hall (4 wds.) |
| 53% | THEHATEUGIVE | 12 | 2017 bestselling novel by Angie Thomas made into a film starring Amandla Stenberg and Regina Hall (4 wds.) |
| 52% | THIEF | 5 | "The Book ___" (Markus Zusak novel made into a film starring Geoffrey Rush) |
| 49% | APAINTEDHOUSE | 13 | Novel by John Grisham which was made into a television film starring Scott Glenn in 2003: 3 wds. |
| 49% | TORTILLAFLAT | 12 | Novel by 32-Across made into a 1942 film starring Spencer Tracy and Hedy Lamarr (2 wds.) |
| 46% | FOG | 3 | "House of Sand and ___" (Andre Dubus III novel made into a film starring Ben Kingsley) |
| 46% | LONESOMEDOVE | 12 | Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by 5-Down made into a TV miniseries starring Robert Duvall and Tommy Lee Jones (2 wds.) |
| 45% | 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. |
| 44% | COMANCHEMOON | 12 | Bestselling novel by 5-Down made into a TV miniseries starring Val Kilmer and Steve Zahn (2 wds.) |
| 43% | ATIMETO | 7 | "___ Kill," novel by John Grisham which was made into a movie starring Sandra Bullock: 3 wds. |
| 43% | THEALIENIST | 11 | 1994 crime novel by 4-Down/48-Across made into a 2018 miniseries starring 18-Across and 29-Across (2 wds.) |
| 42% | THEOLDMAN | 9 | "___ and the Sea," a 1999 Academy award-winning animated short film based on Ernest Hemingway's novel by the same name: 3 wds. |
| 42% | DOLORES | 7 | "___ Claiborne" (Stephen King novel made into a film starring Kathy Bates) |
| 42% | ATONEMENT | 9 | Booker Prize-shortlisted novel made into a film starring Keira Knightley |
| 41% | GONEBABYGONE | 12 | Novel by 44-Across made into a film directed by Ben Affleck (3 wds.) |
| 41% | SANTINI | 7 | "The Great ___" (Pat Conroy novel made into a film starring Robert Duvall) |
| 41% | HOURS | 5 | Michael Cunningham novel made into a film starring Nicole Kidman, with "The" |
| 41% | TROY | 4 | A greek epic which was made into a film starring Brad Pitt and Orlando Bloom |
| 41% | AHISTORYOF | 10 | With 47-Across, 1997 graphic novel by John Wagner, later made into a David Cronenberg film: 3 wds. |
| 41% | THEWINDSOFWAR | 13 | Historical novel by 43-Across made into a TV miniseries starring Robert Mitchum and Ali MacGraw (4 wds.) |
| 41% | OFMICEANDMEN | 12 | Novella by 32-Across made into a 1939 film starring Lon Chaney Jr. and Burgess Meredith (4 wds.) |
| 41% | OSCAR | 5 | "___ and Lucinda" (Peter Carey novel adapted into a film starring Ralph Fiennes and Cate Blanchett) |