| 100% | COMANCHEMOON | 12 | Bestselling novel by 5-Down made into a TV miniseries starring Val Kilmer and Steve Zahn (2 wds.) |
| 61% | LONESOMEDOVE | 12 | Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by 5-Down made into a TV miniseries starring Robert Duvall and Tommy Lee Jones (2 wds.) |
| 51% | THEWINDSOFWAR | 13 | Historical novel by 43-Across made into a TV miniseries starring Robert Mitchum and Ali MacGraw (4 wds.) |
| 47% | THEHATEUGIVE | 12 | 2017 bestselling novel by Angie Thomas made into a film starring Amandla Stenberg and Regina Hall (4 wds.) |
| 46% | THEHATEUGIVE | 12 | 2017 bestselling novel by 39-Across made into a film starring Amandla Stenberg and Regina Hall (4 wds.) |
| 45% | THEALIENIST | 11 | 1994 crime novel by 4-Down/48-Across made into a 2018 miniseries starring 18-Across and 29-Across (2 wds.) |
| 42% | TORTILLAFLAT | 12 | Novel by 32-Across made into a 1942 film starring Spencer Tracy and Hedy Lamarr (2 wds.) |
| 36% | STRIPTEASE | 10 | Novel by 44-Across that was made into a movie starring Demi Moore: 2 wds. |
| 34% | THEDRY | 6 | Novel by Australian author Jane Harper that was adapted into a movie starring Eric Bana: 2 wds. |
| 34% | JOYRIDE | 7 | 2001 Paul Walker and Steve Zahn movie about a road trip gone wrong which was directed by John Dahl: 2 wds. |
| 34% | MYSTICRIVER | 11 | Dennis Lehane novel made into a film starring Sean Penn and Tim Robbins (2 wds.) |
| 34% | SHUTTERISLAND | 13 | Dennis Lehane novel made into a film starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Mark Ruffalo (2 wds.) |
| 34% | SAFEHAVEN | 9 | Nicholas Sparks novel made into a film starring Josh Duhamel and Julianne Hough (2 wds.) |
| 34% | THECHOICE | 9 | Nicholas Sparks novel made into a film starring Benjamin Walker and Teresa Palmer (2 wds.) |
| 34% | THENOTEBOOK | 11 | Nicholas Sparks novel made into a film starring Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams (2 wds.) |
| 33% | THEBOOKTHIEF | 12 | Award-winning Markus Zusak novel made into a film starring 3-Down and 10-Down (3 wds.) |
| 33% | LIVEBYNIGHT | 11 | Dennis Lehane novel made into a film starring Ben Affleck and Elle Fanning (3 wds.) |
| 33% | THEBESTOFME | 11 | Nicholas Sparks novel made into a film starring James Marsden and Michelle Monaghan (4 wds.) |
| 32% | OFMICEANDMEN | 12 | Novella by 32-Across made into a 1939 film starring Lon Chaney Jr. and Burgess Meredith (4 wds.) |
| 32% | SHUTTERISLAND | 13 | Novel by 44-Across made into a film directed by Martin Scorsese (2 wds.) |
| 32% | BIGLITTLELIES | 13 | HBO murder-mystery miniseries starring 15-Across and Reese Witherspoon based on a novel by 32-Across (3 wds.) |
| 32% | SOPHIESCHOICE | 13 | 1979 novel by 47-Across adapted into a film starring 30-Across (2 wds.) |
| 31% | EMPIREFALLS | 11 | Novel by 28-Across adapted as a 2005 HBO miniseries starring Paul Newman (2 wds.) |
| 30% | 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.) |
| 30% | APAINTEDHOUSE | 13 | Novel by John Grisham which was made into a television film starring Scott Glenn in 2003: 3 wds. |
| 29% | GONEBABYGONE | 12 | Novel by 44-Across made into a film directed by Ben Affleck (3 wds.) |
| 29% | THENAMESAKE | 11 | Debut novel by 25-Across/27-Across that was adapted as a film starring Kal Penn and directed by Mira Nair (2 wds.) |
| 29% | UNDERTHEBRIDGE | 14 | Novel by 47-Across that was adapted as a 2024 Hulu miniseries starring Lily Gladstone (3 wds.) |
| 29% | BEAUTIFULDAY | 12 | Bestselling novel by Elin Hilderbrand featuring a summer wedding on Nantucket (2 wds.) |
| 29% | THEALIENIST | 11 | American period drama TV series starring Dakota Fanning which is based on a novel of the same name by Caleb Carr: 2 wds. |