| 100% | THEHATEUGIVE | 12 | Best-selling novel by 40-Across that was adapted into a new movie: 4 wds. |
| 57% | INTRUDERINTHE | 13 | "___ Dust," 1948 novel by William Faulkner that was adapted into a movie by Clarence Brown: 3 wds. |
| 55% | STRIPTEASE | 10 | Novel by 44-Across that was made into a movie starring Demi Moore: 2 wds. |
| 55% | THEDRY | 6 | Novel by Australian author Jane Harper that was adapted into a movie starring Eric Bana: 2 wds. |
| 55% | ROOM | 4 | 2010 novel by Emma Donoghue that was adapted into a movie starring Brie Larson |
| 55% | ATIMETOKILL | 11 | 1989 legal thriller that was adapted into a movie starring Sandra Bullock: 4 wds. |
| 49% | OVE | 3 | "A Man Called ___," 2012 novel by Fredrik Backman that was adapted into a 2022 movie titled "A Man Called Otto" |
| 48% | WHITENOISE | 10 | Novel by 44-Across that was adapted as a 2022 film by Noah Baumbach (2 wds.) |
| 48% | CARRIE | 6 | 1974 novel by Stephen King that was adapted into a 1976 film starring Sissy Spacek |
| 47% | UNDERTHEBRIDGE | 14 | Novel by 47-Across that was adapted as a 2024 Hulu miniseries starring Lily Gladstone (3 wds.) |
| 47% | OLDMAN | 6 | *"The ___ and the Sea," 1952 novel by Ernest Hemingway that was adapted into a 1958 film: 2 wds. |
| 46% | NATIVESON | 9 | Best-selling 1940 novel that was adapted into a film, with its author playing the protagonist, in 1951 |
| 45% | ROAD | 4 | "The ___," 2006 novel by Cormac McCarthy that was adapted into a 2009 survival film |
| 45% | OUTER | 5 | "___ Dark," 1968 novel by Cormac McCarthy that was adapted into a 2009 short film |
| 45% | GOD | 3 | "Child of ___," 1973 novel by Cormac McCarthy that was adapted into a 2013 film |
| 44% | AREYOUTHEREGOD | 14 | With 49-Across, 2023 movie starring Abby Ryder Fortson that was adapted from a 1970 Judy Blume novel: 4 wds. |
| 44% | ASI | 3 | "___ Lay Dying" (Faulkner novel adapted into a 2013 James Franco movie that was screened at Cannes): 2 wds. |
| 44% | LIES | 4 | "Big Little ___," novel by Liane Moriarty that was adapted into a TV series starring Reese Witherspoon and Meryl Streep |
| 43% | HIGHFIDELITY | 12 | 50-Across novel that was adapted into a feature film in 2000, a Broadway musical in 2006, and a TV series in 2020 (2 wds.) |
| 43% | THEMAZERUNNER | 13 | Dystopian young adult novel that was turned into a 2014 movie: 3 wds. |
| 43% | WOMENTALKING | 12 | Novel by 36-Across about an isolated Mennonite community in Bolivia that was adapted by 17-Across into a film starring Frances McDormand, Claire Foy, and Rooney Mara (2 wds.) |
| 43% | EVERYBODYS | 10 | With 44-Across, novel by 12-Across that was made into a 1988 movie starring Dennis Quaid and Jessica Lange |
| 43% | FIREFLYLANE | 11 | Bestselling novel by Kristin Hannah about two lifelong best friends that was adapted as a Netflix series starring 19-Across and 32-Across (2 wds.) |
| 42% | RICHARDFORD | 11 | "The Sportswriter" novelist whose novel 47-Across was adapted into a film by 14-Across (2 wds.) |
| 42% | GIRLONFIRE | 10 | Album by 40-Across that won a Grammy for Best R&B Album (3 wds.) |
| 42% | DAVINCI | 7 | "The ___ Code," 2003 novel by Dan Brown that was made into a film: 2 wds. |
| 42% | COUNTRY | 7 | "No ___ for Old Men," 2005 novel by Cormac McCarthy that was adapted into a 2007 crime film |
| 42% | DARK | 4 | "The ___ Knight Returns," graphic novel by Frank Miller that was adapted into a film trilogy starring Christian Bale as Batman |
| 41% | LOOKBOTHWAYS | 12 | 2019 novel by 30-Across that was a National Book Award finalist: 3 wds. |
| 41% | SHADOWANDBONE | 13 | Fantasy trilogy by 40-Across adapted into a 2021 Netflix series (3 wds.) |