| 100% | IDIOT | 5 | Dostoyevsky novel about a "positively beautiful man," with "The" |
| 54% | INSOMNIA | 8 | Stephen King novel about a man with a sleep disorder |
| 51% | WHATYOUWISHFOR | 14 | Katherine Center novel about a school librarian and her relationship with the principal (4 wds.) |
| 49% | HER | 3 | 2013 movie about a man who falls in love with the voice on his smartphone |
| 48% | GIVER | 5 | Dystopian 1993 novel about a colorless world, with "The" |
| 47% | WHEREWEBELONG | 13 | Emily Giffin novel about a television producer reunited with the daughter she gave up for adoption (3 wds.) |
| 47% | SSN | 3 | Tom Clancy's '96 techno-thriller novel about a nuclear attack sub that tied in with a video game of the same name |
| 45% | CARRIE | 6 | Horror novel about a girl with telekinetic powers |
| 45% | DEENIE | 6 | Judy Blume novel about a girl with scoliosis |
| 45% | GOD | 3 | "To a ___ Unknown," novel by American author John Steinbeck about the relationship of a man to his land |
| 45% | SMILE | 5 | Raina Telgemeier graphic novel about a girl with braces |
| 44% | DRUNKONLOVE | 11 | Jasmine Guillory novel about a Napa Valley winery co-owner who has a one-night stand with the winery's newest hire, featuring a North Carolina university |
| 44% | AMILLIONJUNES | 13 | Emily Henry novel about a young woman who finds a connection with the son of her family's enemy when he returns home one summer (3 wds.) |
| 44% | AARON | 5 | Man with a rod, in the Bible |
| 44% | LEAKHOUSE | 9 | Charles Dickens novel about a residence with constant plumbing problems? |
| 43% | JUDE | 4 | "___ the Obscure," novel by Thomas Hardy about, published in 1895 a working-class young man who dreams of becoming a scholar |
| 43% | LIFEOFPI | 8 | Yann Martel novel about a young man and a big cat |
| 43% | ERAGON | 6 | Christopher Paolini novel about a boy who rides the dragon Saphira |
| 43% | NEVERWHERE | 10 | 39-Across novel about a Scottish man who travels through London Below |
| 43% | SWINDLER | 8 | 2022 documentary about a con man, The Tinder __ |
| 42% | CENTAUR | 7 | Horse creature with the torso of a man |
| 42% | HALO | 4 | "The Man with the ___," 2018 documentary about British professional triathlete Tim Don |
| 42% | MEMENTO | 7 | 2000 Guy Pearce movie about a man with amnesia |
| 42% | ARM | 3 | "The Man with the Golden ___" (National Book Award-winning novel by Nelson Algren) |
| 41% | COURTTOTRYBEATINGVICTIM | 23 | Ambiguous headline about a man charged with killing his attacker? |
| 41% | CLAYAIKEN | 9 | Singer with the double-platinum album "Measure of a Man" |
| 41% | SHRINKING | 9 | The Incredible __ Man, a sci-fi about radiation |
| 41% | ERA | 3 | The man took a picture with his cam___ |
| 41% | IDIOT | 5 | Dostoyevsky novel, with "The" |
| 41% | POSSESSED | 9 | Dostoyevsky novel, with "The" |