| 100% | THEJURYMASTER | 13 | First novel by Robert Dugoni to feature fictional lawyer David Sloane (3 wds.) |
| 47% | THECONVICTION | 13 | Last David Sloane novel by Robert Dugoni (2 wds.) |
| 47% | WRONGFULDEATH | 13 | Second David Sloane novel by Robert Dugoni (2 wds.) |
| 42% | BALTIMOREBLUES | 14 | First novel by 44-Across to feature 19-Across (2 wds.) |
| 40% | OPENSEASON | 10 | First novel by C.J. Box to feature Wyoming game warden Joe Pickett (2 wds.) |
| 35% | ATIMETOKILL | 11 | First novel by lawyer and writer 38-Across: 4 wds. |
| 34% | THEEXCHANGE | 11 | 2023 novel by 41-Across that features lawyer Mitch McDeere, who first appeared in the 1991 novel "The Firm" (2 wds.) |
| 33% | 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.) |
| 31% | ROSEANNA | 8 | 1965 novel by Maj Sjowall and Per Wahloo; first to feature detective Martin Beck |
| 31% | CANON | 5 | "The 7th ___," novel by Robert Dugoni |
| 30% | STELLAMARIS | 11 | 2022 prequel to "The Passenger" that is the first novel by 34-Across to feature a female protagonist (2 wds.) |
| 30% | THELOSTWORLD | 12 | Novel by Michael Crichton on which the sequel to 26a which was released in 1997 was based: 3 wds. |
| 30% | COMETOGRIEF | 11 | Third novel by 36-Across featuring Sid Halley (3 wds.) |
| 29% | OPEN | 4 | "___ Season" (first novel by C.J. Box to feature game warden Joe Pickett) |
| 29% | THEPARISWIFE | 12 | 2011 novel by 40-Across about Ernest Hemingway's first marriage (3 wds.) |
| 29% | PLEASESEEUS | 11 | 2021 Edgar Award for Best First Novel winner by Caitlin Mullen (3 wds.) |
| 29% | AROUNDTHEMOON | 13 | Science fiction novel by Jules Verne that features a lunar trip: 3 wds. |
| 29% | THEBEACHCLUB | 12 | 2000 bestselling debut novel by Elin Hilderbrand featuring a Nantucket resort (3 wds.) |
| 29% | THEOTHERWOMAN | 13 | 2018 bestselling novel by Daniel Silva featuring 42-Across (3 wds.) |
| 29% | HOUSEOFSPIES | 12 | 2017 bestselling novel by Daniel Silva featuring 42-Across (3 wds.) |
| 29% | THEBEACHCLUB | 12 | Bestselling novel by Elin Hilderbrand featuring a Nantucket resort (3 wds.) |
| 29% | GODS | 4 | "Men Like ___," 1923 novel by H.G. Wells that was one of the first to feature the idea of parallel universes |
| 29% | SUNALSORISES | 12 | "The ___," novel by Ernest Hemingway (birthday today) about expatriates traveling to Pamplona to watch the running of the bulls: 3 wds. |
| 29% | VIWARSHAWSKI | 12 | Fictional private investigator featured in 19 novels, including 28-Across, by 40-Across (3 wds.) |
| 28% | CANON | 5 | "The 7th ___," 2016 legal thriller novel by Robert Dugoni set in San Francisco |
| 28% | INDEMNITYONLY | 13 | First novel featuring 38-Across: 2 wds. |
| 28% | THEBURIEDGIANT | 14 | 2015 novel by 41-Across featuring a married couple struggling with memory (3 wds.) |