| 100% | OPENSEASON | 10 | First novel by C.J. Box to feature Wyoming game warden Joe Pickett (2 wds.) |
| 68% | OPEN | 4 | "___ Season" (first novel by C.J. Box to feature game warden Joe Pickett) |
| 47% | THEDISAPPEARED | 14 | C.J. Box novel featuring Joe Pickett investigating a missing persons case (2 wds.) |
| 46% | BLUEHEAVEN | 10 | C.J. Box novel featuring Joe Pickett that won an Edgar Award for Best Novel (2 wds.) |
| 42% | BALTIMOREBLUES | 14 | First novel by 44-Across to feature 19-Across (2 wds.) |
| 39% | THEJURYMASTER | 13 | First novel by Robert Dugoni to feature fictional lawyer David Sloane (3 wds.) |
| 34% | THEHOBBIT | 9 | Fantasy novel by J.R.R. Tolkien which follows Bilbo Baggins' quest to find a treasure: 2 wds. |
| 34% | ODDSAGAINST | 11 | First novel by 36-Across featuring private investigator and former jockey Sid Halley (2 wds.) |
| 33% | SPLITSECOND | 11 | First novel by 31-Across featuring former Secret Service agents Sean King and Michelle Maxwell (2 wds.) |
| 32% | THESILKWORM | 11 | 2014 novel by J.K. Rowling (as Robert Galbraith) featuring private investigator Cormoran Strike (2 wds.) |
| 31% | STELLAMARIS | 11 | 2022 prequel to "The Passenger" that is the first novel by 34-Across to feature a female protagonist (2 wds.) |
| 31% | INDEMNITYONLY | 13 | First novel featuring 38-Across: 2 wds. |
| 30% | THEEXCHANGE | 11 | 2023 novel by 41-Across that features lawyer Mitch McDeere, who first appeared in the 1991 novel "The Firm" (2 wds.) |
| 30% | ROSEANNA | 8 | 1965 novel by Maj Sjowall and Per Wahloo; first to feature detective Martin Beck |
| 29% | POSTOFFICE | 10 | First novel written by Charles Bukowski which was published when he was 50 years old: 2 wds. |
| 29% | MANSFIELDPARK | 13 | Novel by 18-Across about Fanny Price, a girl sent to live with wealthy relatives: 2 wds. |
| 29% | BRINGUP | 7 | "___ the Bodies," award-winning novel by Hilary Mantel which is a sequel to 23a: 2 wds. |
| 28% | HOLYGHOST | 9 | 2018 novel by John Sandford featuring 46-Across (2 wds.) |
| 28% | SULFURSPRINGS | 13 | Mystery novel by William Kent Krueger featuring 40-Across (2 wds.) |
| 28% | COPPERRIVER | 11 | Mystery novel by William Kent Krueger featuring 40-Across (2 wds.) |
| 28% | THELORDOFTHE | 12 | "___ Rings," epic fantasy novel by J.R.R. Tolkien which features characters like Frodo, Sam, Merry and Pippin: 4 wds. |
| 27% | THEIDENTICALS | 13 | Bestselling novel by Elin Hilderbrand featuring twin sisters on Nantucket (2 wds.) |
| 27% | GODS | 4 | "Men Like ___," 1923 novel by H.G. Wells that was one of the first to feature the idea of parallel universes |
| 27% | FIGHTCLUB | 9 | 1996 novel by Chuck Palahniuk featuring an unnamed protagonist, with a film adaptation starring Brad Pitt and Edward Norton: 2 wds. |
| 27% | ATIMETOKILL | 11 | First novel by lawyer and writer 38-Across: 4 wds. |
| 27% | DOCTORSLEEP | 11 | 2013 horror novel by 17-Across that's a sequel to "The Shining" (2 wds.) |
| 27% | LASTSONG | 8 | Novel by Nicholas Sparks about a 17 year old teen who is sent to stay with her father in the summer, "The ___": 2 wds. |
| 27% | THEIDENTICALS | 13 | 2017 bestselling novel by Elin Hilderbrand featuring twin sisters in Nantucket (2 wds.) |