| 100% | FIFTYSHADES | 11 | Erotic trilogy whose first book is being adapted into a movie: 2 wds. |
| 57% | VERONICAROTH | 12 | YA novelist whose "Divergent" book series was adapted into movies starring Shailene Woodley: 2 wds. |
| 57% | STEPHENIEMEYER | 14 | YA novelist whose "Twilight" book series was adapted into movies starring Kristen Stewart: 2 wds. |
| 55% | JAYASHER | 8 | Author whose book "Thirteen Reasons Why" was adapted into a Netflix show of the same name: 2 wds. |
| 54% | ANNBRASHARES | 12 | YA novelist whose "Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants" book series was adapted into movies starring America Ferrera: 2 wds. |
| 54% | BOOKTHIEF | 9 | Mark Zusak's novel "The ___" which was adapted into a movie: 2 wds. |
| 51% | CHERYLSTRAYED | 13 | American novelist whose memoir "Wild" was adapted into a 2014 film: 2 wds. |
| 50% | SUSANNAKAYSEN | 13 | American author whose memoir "Girl, Interrupted" was adapted into a 1999 film: 2 wds. |
| 50% | THEDRY | 6 | Novel by Australian author Jane Harper that was adapted into a movie starring Eric Bana: 2 wds. |
| 49% | NEVERLET | 8 | "___ Me Go," 2005 novel by Kazuo Ishiguro for which he won the ALA Alex Award and which was also adapted into a movie: 2 wds. |
| 48% | LESMISERABLES | 13 | Victor Hugo's novel which was also adapted into a movie starring Anne Hathaway and has a sentence with 823 words: 2 wds. |
| 47% | BARBWIRE | 8 | Comic book series published by Comics Greatest World, which was later adapted into a film starring Pamela Anderson: 2 wds. |
| 46% | ASI | 3 | "___ Lay Dying" (Faulkner novel adapted into a 2013 James Franco movie that was screened at Cannes): 2 wds. |
| 46% | GERMAINEGREER | 13 | Feminist whose first book was "The Female Eunuch": 2 wds. |
| 46% | RICHARDFORD | 11 | "The Sportswriter" novelist whose novel 47-Across was adapted into a film by 14-Across (2 wds.) |
| 45% | WOODYHARRELSON | 14 | Movie star whose first major role was a bartender on the sitcom "Cheers" (2 wds.) |
| 44% | FIGHTCLUB | 9 | Group in a 1999 movie whose first rule of membership is not to talk about it: 2 wds. |
| 44% | JRRTOLKIEN | 10 | Author of "The Lord of the Rings" which was later adapted into a movie: 4 wds. |
| 44% | ATIMETOKILL | 11 | 1989 legal thriller that was adapted into a movie starring Sandra Bullock: 4 wds. |
| 44% | JOHNTRAVOLTA | 12 | Movie star whose first major role was a student on the sitcom "Welcome Back, Kotter" (2 wds.) |
| 44% | OSCARDELAHOYA | 13 | Mexican-American boxer whose first name is the same as a movie award: 4 wds. |
| 44% | GRANTGUSTIN | 11 | "The Flash" star whose first name is a presidential last name: 2 wds. |
| 43% | JORDANPEELE | 11 | "Keanu" actor whose first name is a Middle Eastern country: 2 wds. |
| 43% | FORESTWHITAKER | 14 | "Respect" actor whose first name is a shade of green: 2 wds. |
| 43% | JOHNLECARRE | 11 | "The Spy Who Came in from the Cold" author, whose ten books have been adapted into films: 3 wds. |
| 43% | NEVERLETME | 10 | Kazuo Ishiguro's dystopian novel, "___ Go" which was adapted into a movie starring Carey Mulligan: 3 wds. |
| 43% | INTRUDERINTHE | 13 | "___ Dust," 1948 novel by William Faulkner that was adapted into a movie by Clarence Brown: 3 wds. |
| 43% | GALGADOT | 8 | Israeli actress whose first Hollywood movie was the 2009 "Fast & Furious": 2 wds. |
| 43% | STARWARS | 8 | Movie whose first sequel was "The Empire Strikes Back": 2 wds. |
| 43% | EMMYROSSUM | 10 | "Shameless" actress whose first name is the same as a TV award: 2 wds. |