| 100% | THEDISAPPEARED | 14 | C.J. Box novel featuring Joe Pickett investigating a missing persons case (2 wds.) |
| 55% | BLUEHEAVEN | 10 | C.J. Box novel featuring Joe Pickett that won an Edgar Award for Best Novel (2 wds.) |
| 46% | OPENSEASON | 10 | First novel by C.J. Box to feature Wyoming game warden Joe Pickett (2 wds.) |
| 35% | OPEN | 4 | "___ Season" (first novel by C.J. Box to feature game warden Joe Pickett) |
| 30% | THECELLIST | 10 | 2021 Daniel Silva novel featuring Gabriel Allon investigating a murder with the help of a Russian musician/money launderer (2 wds.) |
| 29% | VANISHINGACTS | 13 | Jodi Picoult novel about a missing persons investigator who discovers she'd been kidnapped by her father as a child (2 wds.) |
| 29% | THENEWGIRL | 10 | 2019 Daniel Silva novel featuring spy Gabriel Allon investigating the disappearance of the daughter of a Saudi prince (3 wds.) |
| 29% | SALEMSLOT | 9 | Stephen King novel featuring a haunted house and vampires (2 wds.) |
| 28% | THEPERSUASION | 13 | 2020 28-Across novel featuring a former spy with paranormal abilities (2 wds.) |
| 27% | ATSEA | 5 | Lost___ (like a missing ship): 2 wds. |
| 27% | ATSEA | 5 | Lost ___ (like a missing ship): 2 wds. |
| 27% | INDEMNITYONLY | 13 | First novel featuring 38-Across: 2 wds. |
| 26% | NEEDFULTHINGS | 13 | Stephen King novel featuring a shop that always has exactly the right items in stock (2 wds.) |
| 26% | NOONE | 5 | Not a single person: 2 wds. |
| 25% | ORIENTEXPRESS | 13 | Luxury passenger train where 50-Across investigates a murder: 2 wds. |
| 25% | NOHAIR | 6 | A bald person has ___ (lack of follicles): 2 wds. |
| 25% | SARAPARETSKY | 12 | Author of "Brush Back," the latest of 17 novels featuring 38-Across: 2 wds. |
| 25% | THEKAISERSWEB | 13 | 2021 Steve Berry novel that features 44-Across investigating historical events during a modern election in Germany (3 wds.) |
| 25% | THESTRANGER | 11 | 2015 novel by 40-Across featuring a mysterious man who manipulates people by revealing personal secrets (2 wds.) |
| 25% | CRYLIKEABABY | 12 | 1968 Box Tops song featuring a sitar: 4 wds. |
| 24% | THECOLLECTOR | 12 | 2023 Daniel Silva novel featuring Gabriel Allon investigating an international art heist (2 wds.) |
| 24% | THEBEACHCLUB | 12 | Bestselling novel by Elin Hilderbrand featuring a Nantucket resort (3 wds.) |
| 24% | IDO | 3 | Last words of a single person: 2 wds. |
| 24% | THEBURIEDGIANT | 14 | 2015 novel by 41-Across featuring a married couple struggling with memory (3 wds.) |
| 23% | THECOLLECTORS | 13 | Second novel featuring the Camel Club (2 wds.) |
| 23% | ANANSIBOYS | 10 | 16-Across's 2005 novel featuring trickster Mr. Nancy, who's also in 28-Across: 2 wds. |
| 23% | THESHORE | 8 | "Kafka on ___," 2002 World Fantasy Award-winning Haruki Murakami novel featuring themes of magical realism: 2 wds. |
| 23% | GOPAST | 6 | Miss, as a highway exit: 2 wds. |
| 23% | THEBEACHCLUB | 12 | 2000 bestselling debut novel by Elin Hilderbrand featuring a Nantucket resort (3 wds.) |
| 23% | GONEGIRL | 8 | Feature film starring 36-Across based on a Gillian Flynn novel (2 wds.) |