| 100% | STAYCLOSE | 9 | Cush Jumbo miniseries based on Coben novel |
| 51% | ROOTS | 5 | Miniseries based on a Haley novel |
| 49% | ROOTS | 5 | TV miniseries based on an Alex Haley novel |
| 48% | ROOTS | 5 | 1977 TV miniseries based on an Alex Haley novel |
| 47% | STATIONELEVEN | 13 | Dystopian miniseries based on an Emily St. John Mandel novel |
| 47% | BIGLITTLELIES | 13 | 2017 HBO miniseries based on a Liane Moriarty novel: 3 wds. |
| 47% | SHARP | 5 | "___ Objects" (Amy Adams HBO miniseries based on a Gillian Flynn novel) |
| 46% | SHARP | 5 | "___ Objects" (2018 Amy Adams HBO miniseries based on a Gillian Flynn novel) |
| 46% | LOT | 3 | "Salem's ___," 2004 TV miniseries based on Stephen King's eponymous novel |
| 46% | TRUE | 4 | "I Know This Much Is ___" (HBO miniseries based on a Wally Lamb novel) |
| 46% | KNOW | 4 | "I ___ This Much Is True" (HBO miniseries based on a Wally Lamb novel) |
| 45% | ROOTS | 5 | American historical drama miniseries based on Alex Haley's novel of the same name |
| 45% | SHOGUN | 6 | 1980 miniseries based on a James Clavell novel, starring Richard Chamberlain and Toshiro Mifune |
| 44% | MASADA | 6 | 1981 miniseries based on an Ernest Gann novel, starring Peter O'Toole and Peter Strauss |
| 44% | NORTHANDSOUTH | 13 | 1985 miniseries based on a John Jakes novel, starring Patrick Swayze and James Read: 3 wds. |
| 44% | THETHORNBIRDS | 13 | 1983 miniseries based on a Colleen McCullough novel, starring Richard Chamberlain and Rachel Ward: 3 wds. |
| 42% | ALIASGRACE | 10 | Netflix miniseries based on a Margaret Atwood novel about a domestic servant on parole for murder (2 wds.) |
| 39% | CATCH | 5 | "___-22," war-based American dark comedy miniseries based on the eponymous novel by Joseph Heller |
| 38% | SAPHO | 5 | Massenet opera based on a Daudet novel |
| 38% | APASSAGETOINDIA | 15 | 1984 film based on the 1924 novel |
| 38% | GODFATHER | 9 | Blockbuster based on Mario Puzo's novel |
| 38% | LOLITA | 6 | Kubrick film based on a Nabokov novel |
| 38% | BAMBI | 5 | Disney film based on an Austrian novel |
| 38% | JAWS | 4 | Spielberg thriller based on a Benchley novel |
| 37% | FARGO | 5 | 2014 Emmy-winning miniseries based on a 1996 film |
| 37% | ZHIVAGO | 7 | Doctor __, film based on banned Russian novel |
| 37% | LES | 3 | "___ Misérables" (musical based on a French novel) |
| 36% | ANNA | 4 | "Inventing ___" (Shonda Rhimes miniseries based on a real con artist) |
| 35% | CANNERYROW | 10 | Nolte movie based on two Steinbeck novels |
| 35% | POLDARK | 7 | BBC series based on Winston Graham novels |