| 100% | FOE | 3 | J. M. Coetzee novel based on, and rhyming with, “Robinson Crusoe” |
| 34% | FATHER | 6 | Play based on a Clarence Day novel: Life With __ |
| 34% | WIZ | 3 | 1974 musical based on a 1900 novel, with "The" |
| 34% | HEATHERS | 8 | Musical based on a 1989 film, rhymes with feathers |
| 34% | BFG | 3 | 2016 film based on a Roald Dahl novel, with "The" |
| 33% | SUMMERTIME | 10 | 2009 novel by J M Coetzee |
| 33% | DOUBLE | 6 | "___ Indemnity," Barbara Stanwyck starrer based on James M. Cain's novel |
| 33% | LOTR | 4 | Movie trilogy based on J.R.R. Tolkien novels, for short |
| 32% | SHOGUN | 6 | 1980 miniseries based on a James Clavell novel, starring Richard Chamberlain and Toshiro Mifune |
| 32% | CAMELOT | 7 | Broadway musical based on the T.H. White novel "The Once and Future King" |
| 31% | RINGS | 5 | "Lord of the ___," 2000 board game based on the eponymous J. R. R. Tolkien novel |
| 31% | MASADA | 6 | 1981 miniseries based on an Ernest Gann novel, starring Peter O'Toole and Peter Strauss |
| 31% | JUDE | 4 | 1996 period drama film based on a Thomas Hardy novel starring Kate Winslet and Christopher Eccleston |
| 31% | NORTHANDSOUTH | 13 | 1985 miniseries based on a John Jakes novel, starring Patrick Swayze and James Read: 3 wds. |
| 31% | THETHORNBIRDS | 13 | 1983 miniseries based on a Colleen McCullough novel, starring Richard Chamberlain and Rachel Ward: 3 wds. |
| 31% | THEREVENANT | 11 | Leonardo DiCaprio drama based on a novel by Michael Punke and a 1915 poem (2 wds.) |
| 31% | FUDGE | 5 | Former TV series based on Judy Blume novels about a boy and his annoying younger brother |
| 30% | HOWARDS | 7 | __ End, based on 1910 E.M. Forster novel |
| 30% | EYRE | 4 | "Jane ___," a 2011 romantic drama based on Charlotte Bronte's novel, starring Mia Wasikowska and Michael Fassbender |
| 30% | THESENTINEL | 11 | A 2006 crime thriller based on Gerald Petievich's novel, starring 18a and Michael Douglas: 2 wds. |
| 30% | ROWLING | 7 | J.K. ___, author of the novels on which the "Harry Potter" film series is based |
| 30% | ADDAMS | 6 | "The ___ Family," 1991 supernatural comedy film based on the famous TV series, with characters like Morticia and Wednesday |
| 29% | SERPENT | 7 | "The Essex ___," series based on Sarah Perry's eponymous novel, starring Claire Danes and Tom Hiddleston on Apple TV+ |
| 29% | LITTLEMERMAID | 13 | Musical based on a fairytale by Hans Christian Andersen with music by Alan Menken and Howard Ashman: 2 wds. |
| 29% | END | 3 | "Howards ___" (Emma Thompson film based on an E.M. Forster novel) |
| 29% | SOPHIESCHOICE | 13 | 1982 Meryl Streep drama, based on a William Styron novel, whose title begins with a woman's name: 2 wds. |
| 29% | HIGHFIDELITY | 12 | Film based on a Nick Hornby novel set in a record shop starring John Cusack and Joan Cusack (2 wds.) |
| 29% | CABARET | 7 | Broadway musical about a Berlin nightclub based on a play by John Van Druten and a novel by Christopher Isherwood |
| 29% | WRY | 3 | Type of humor and rhymes with dry |
| 29% | YAY | 3 | Word that means, and rhymes with, "Hooray!" |