| 100% | ASKAGAINYES | 11 | Bestselling novel by 30-Across selected as the "The Tonight Show" Summer Reads choice for 2019 (3 wds.) |
| 40% | RULEOFWOLVES | 12 | Novel by 40-Across that won the 2021 Goodreads Choice Award for Young Adult Fantasy (3 wds.) |
| 39% | THEWATERDANCER | 14 | 2019 bestselling fantasy novel by 45-Across set in the pre-Civil War South (3 wds.) |
| 38% | THEOVERSTORY | 12 | Novel by 30-Across that won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (2 wds.) |
| 38% | ASINGLETHREAD | 13 | 2019 novel by 34-Across about the women who embroidered the kneelers for Winchester Cathedral in the 1930s (3 wds.) |
| 37% | LOOKBOTHWAYS | 12 | 2019 novel by 30-Across that was a National Book Award finalist: 3 wds. |
| 36% | THEDUTCHHOUSE | 13 | 2019 bestselling novel by 28-Across (3 wds.) |
| 34% | BEWILDERMENT | 12 | Novel by 30-Across shortlisted for the 2021 Booker Prize |
| 34% | HEADABOVEWATER | 14 | 2019 album by 30-Across with the hit single of the same name (3 wds.) |
| 33% | KISSMEKATE | 10 | 1948 Broadway show, with music and lyrics by 41-Across, that won the first Tony for Best Musical: 3 wds. |
| 33% | STATEOFWONDER | 13 | 2011 novel by 28-Across that was shortlisted for the Orange Prize for Fiction (3 wds.) |
| 33% | THEECHOMAKER | 12 | 2006 novel by 32-Across that won the National Book Award for Fiction (3 wds.) |
| 32% | ASBRAVEASYOU | 12 | 2016 novel by 30-Across that won the Kirkus Prize: 4 wds. |
| 32% | SPINNINGSILVER | 14 | 2019 Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel winner by 27-Across that's loosely based on the tale of "Rumpelstiltskin" (2 wds.) |
| 32% | WAYSIDESCHOOL | 13 | Setting for a series of novels by 30-Across (2 wds.) |
| 32% | AANDE | 5 | Original network for the series based on the 18-Across novels by 40-Across (3 wds.) |
| 32% | ONTHECOMEUP | 11 | 2019 bestselling novel by 39-Across about an aspiring hip-hop artist (4 wds.) |
| 32% | STRAIGHTMAN | 11 | Novel by 28-Across adapted as the 2023 AMC series "Lucky Hank" starring 36-Across (2 wds.) |
| 31% | THEANTIDOTE | 11 | 2025 novel by 30-Across about a Nebraska town during the Great Depression: 2 wds. |
| 31% | KINGOFSCARS | 11 | 2019 fantasy novel by 30-Across about a young ruler with dark powers trying to rebuild his country after a civil war (3 wds.) |
| 31% | LEIGHBARDUGO | 12 | 18-Across and 29-Across writer whose novel "Ninth House" won the 2019 Goodreads Choice Award for Best Fantasy (2 wds.) |
| 30% | THEOVERSTORY | 12 | 2018 novel by 32-Across that won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (2 wds.) |
| 30% | THEMISERYINDEX | 14 | 2019-2021 TBS comedy game show hosted by 17-Across: 3 wds. |
| 30% | LIPSYNCBATTLE | 13 | Music competition series hosted by 45-Across based on a "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon" segment (3 wds.) |
| 30% | OLDTOWNROAD | 11 | 2019 song by Lil Nas X which peaked at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for nineteen consecutive weeks: 3 wds. |
| 30% | THEFAMILIAR | 11 | 2024 historical fantasy novel by 30-Across featuring two people with magical powers in the Spanish Golden Age (2 wds.) |
| 30% | KISSMEKATE | 10 | 1948 show with music and lyrics by 39-Across that won the first Tony Award for Best Musical (3 wds.) |
| 30% | THANKYOUNOTES | 13 | Segment on "The Tonight Show" where Jimmy Fallon reads messages of gratitude: 3 wds. |
| 29% | KILLINGFLOOR | 12 | Debut novel by 25-Across that was the basis for the first season of "Reacher" (2 wds.) |
| 29% | PRETTYBIRDS | 11 | Bestselling novel by 29-Across/30-Across set in 1990s Sarajevo (2 wds.) |