| 100% | BALTIMOREBLUES | 14 | First novel by 44-Across to feature 19-Across (2 wds.) |
| 66% | STELLAMARIS | 11 | 2022 prequel to "The Passenger" that is the first novel by 34-Across to feature a female protagonist (2 wds.) |
| 63% | THEJURYMASTER | 13 | First novel by Robert Dugoni to feature fictional lawyer David Sloane (3 wds.) |
| 62% | OPENSEASON | 10 | First novel by C.J. Box to feature Wyoming game warden Joe Pickett (2 wds.) |
| 58% | ODDSAGAINST | 11 | First novel by 36-Across featuring private investigator and former jockey Sid Halley (2 wds.) |
| 57% | SPLITSECOND | 11 | First novel by 31-Across featuring former Secret Service agents Sean King and Michelle Maxwell (2 wds.) |
| 56% | INDEMNITYONLY | 13 | First novel featuring 38-Across: 2 wds. |
| 54% | HAPPYPLACE | 10 | 2023 romance novel by 44-Across about a separated couple pretending to still be together while vacationing with friends (2 wds.) |
| 54% | STRIPTEASE | 10 | Novel by 44-Across that was made into a movie starring Demi Moore: 2 wds. |
| 53% | SULFURSPRINGS | 13 | Mystery novel by William Kent Krueger featuring 40-Across (2 wds.) |
| 53% | COPPERRIVER | 11 | Mystery novel by William Kent Krueger featuring 40-Across (2 wds.) |
| 53% | THEEXCHANGE | 11 | 2023 novel by 41-Across that features lawyer Mitch McDeere, who first appeared in the 1991 novel "The Firm" (2 wds.) |
| 52% | BASKETCASE | 10 | Novel by 44-Across that highlights a song by the same name cowritten with Warren Zevon: 2 wds. |
| 52% | WHITENOISE | 10 | Award-winning 1985 book by 44-Across that features a "toxic event": 2 wds. |
| 52% | PULITZERPRIZE | 13 | Prestigious award for authors, won by 42-Across for her first novel: 2 wds. |
| 51% | TORONTORAPTORS | 14 | Team led by 18-Across and 44-Across to the franchise's first NBA championship (2 wds.) |
| 51% | DOUGWILLIAMS | 12 | First African American quarterback to be named 44-Across, in 1988: 2 wds. |
| 50% | MANSFIELDPARK | 13 | Novel by 18-Across about Fanny Price, a girl sent to live with wealthy relatives: 2 wds. |
| 50% | DARKOFTHEMOON | 13 | First book in a series of novels by John Sandford featuring 46-Across (4 wds.) |
| 50% | SHUTTERISLAND | 13 | Novel by 44-Across made into a film directed by Martin Scorsese (2 wds.) |
| 49% | TESSMONAGHAN | 12 | Reporter-turned-investigator in a series of novels by 44-Across (2 wds.) |
| 49% | AMELIAEARHART | 13 | First female aviator to fly solo across the Atlantic: 2 wds. |
| 49% | AMELIAEARHART | 13 | First woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean: 2 wds. |
| 48% | WHITENOISE | 10 | Novel by 44-Across that was adapted as a 2022 film by Noah Baumbach (2 wds.) |
| 48% | THENIGHTINGALE | 14 | 2015 novel by 44-Across set in France during World War II (2 wds.) |
| 48% | SLEEPINGMURDER | 14 | Posthumously released novel by 44-Across subtitled "Miss Marple's Last Case" (2 wds.) |
| 48% | TESSMONAGHAN | 12 | Reporter-turned-investigator in a series of crime novels by 44-Across (2 wds.) |
| 48% | SHELLGAME | 9 | 2018 novel by 40-Across featuring 18-Across (2 wds.) |
| 48% | VIWARSHAWSKI | 12 | Fictional private investigator featured in 19 novels, including 28-Across, by 40-Across (3 wds.) |