| 100% | THEBLACKECHO | 12 | First novel in Michael Connelly's Harry Bosch series (3 wds.) |
| 81% | ANGELSFLIGHT | 12 | Sixth novel in Michael Connelly's Harry Bosch series (2 wds.) |
| 74% | ECHO | 4 | "The Black ___" (first novel in Michael Connelly's Harry Bosch series) |
| 58% | THENIGHTFIRE | 12 | Michael Connelly mystery novel in which detectives Harry Bosch and 41-Across investigate an arson and a cold case (3 wds.) |
| 58% | THEDARKHOURS | 12 | Michael Connelly mystery novel in which detectives Harry Bosch and 41-Across investigate violent criminals known as the Midnight Men (3 wds.) |
| 46% | THEAWAKENING | 12 | First novel in 39-Across's "The Dragon Heart Legacy" fantasy series (2 wds.) |
| 43% | RENEEBALLARD | 12 | LAPD detective featured in Michael Connelly mystery novels (2 wds.) |
| 43% | THEBLUESTEYE | 12 | 18-Across's first novel, published in 1970: 3 wds. |
| 40% | TITUSWELLIVER | 13 | "Deadwood" actor who plays Harry Bosch in the Amazon series "Bosch" (2 wds.) |
| 39% | THELASTWIDOW | 12 | 2019 novel in Karin Slaughter's Will Trent mystery series (3 wds.) |
| 39% | THESILENTWIFE | 13 | 2020 novel in Karin Slaughter's Will Trent mystery series (3 wds.) |
| 39% | THEKEPTWOMAN | 12 | 2016 novel in Karin Slaughter's Will Trent mystery series (3 wds.) |
| 39% | AFTERTHATNIGHT | 14 | 2023 novel in Karin Slaughter's Will Trent mystery series (3 wds.) |
| 39% | INHERITANCE | 11 | First novel in 39-Across's "The Lost Bride" romance series |
| 39% | OPIONEERS | 9 | First novel in 29-Across's Great Plains trilogy (2 wds.) |
| 39% | PAYMENTINBLOOD | 14 | Second novel in Elizabeth George's mystery series featuring 32-Across (3 wds.) |
| 39% | INTHEWOODS | 10 | 2007 novel that's the first volume in 43-Across's Dublin Murder Squad mystery series (3 wds.) |
| 39% | INTHEWOODS | 10 | 2007 novel that's the first volume in 43-Across's "Dublin Murder Squad" mystery series (3 wds.) |
| 38% | DRUMSOFAUTUMN | 13 | Fourth novel in Diana Gabaldon's "Outlander" series (3 wds.) |
| 38% | DEADMANSWALK | 12 | Novel in 32-Across's "Lonesome Dove" adventure series that was adapted as a TV miniseries (3 wds.) |
| 38% | DARKOFTHEMOON | 13 | First book in a series of novels by John Sandford featuring 46-Across (4 wds.) |
| 37% | TENBIGONES | 10 | Novel in Janet Evanovich's 32-Across series that was published between "To the Nines" and "Eleven on Top" (3 wds.) |
| 36% | DEADTHING | 9 | Every __; first novel in Charlie Parker series |
| 36% | ANGELS | 6 | __ & Demons, first novel in Robert Langdon series |
| 36% | THELOSTWORLD | 12 | Novel by Michael Crichton on which the sequel to 26a which was released in 1997 was based: 3 wds. |
| 35% | GOINGROGUE | 10 | Novel in Janet Evanovich's 32-Across series subtitled "Rise and Shine Twenty-Nine" (2 wds.) |
| 35% | JUSTONEEVILACT | 14 | Eighteenth novel in Elizabeth George's mystery series featuring 32-Across (4 wds.) |
| 35% | WARDROBE | 8 | "The Lion, the Witch and the ___," first novel in the fantasy series "The Chronicles of Narnia" by C.S. Lewis |
| 34% | NEWMOON | 7 | Second novel in the "Twilight" series (2 wds.) |
| 33% | RABBITRUN | 9 | First in a John Updike novel series |