| 100% | CHANGEOFHEART | 13 | Jodi Picoult novel about a man on trial for murder who wishes to make a life-saving organ donation (3 wds.) |
| 32% | ASPARKOFLIGHT | 13 | Jodi Picoult novel about a teenager who is held hostage at women's reproductive health clinic (4 wds.) |
| 31% | VANISHINGACTS | 13 | Jodi Picoult novel about a missing persons investigator who discovers she'd been kidnapped by her father as a child (2 wds.) |
| 31% | WITHOUTATRACE | 13 | 2023 Danielle Steel novel about a man possibly walking away from his old life: 3 wds. |
| 30% | THEBEANTREES | 12 | 1988 Barbara Kingsolver novel about a young woman who cares for an abandoned baby: 3 wds. |
| 30% | BYTHESEA | 8 | Current film about a couple who take a vacation to try to save their marriage: 3 wds. |
| 30% | ALIASGRACE | 10 | Netflix miniseries based on a Margaret Atwood novel about a domestic servant on parole for murder (2 wds.) |
| 28% | DAILYMAIL | 9 | Newspaper behind the hoax about a man who thought he had to run for 26 days instead of 26 miles for the London Marathon: 2 wds. |
| 27% | TOMMYLEEJONES | 13 | "Men in Black" costar who played Dr. Mark Toland on "One Life to Live": 3 wds. |
| 27% | LEAVING | 7 | "___ Time" (Jodi Picoult novel about a daughter's search for her missing mother) |
| 27% | RISEANDSHINE | 12 | 43-Across novel about a morning talk show host who is fired because of an on-air gaffe (3 wds.) |
| 27% | IWILLFINDYOU | 12 | 2023 novel by 40-Across about a man wrongly accused of murdering his son (4 wds.) |
| 27% | INOBLIVION | 10 | "Living ___," independent dark comedy starring Peter Dinklage about an indie-filmmaker who tries to make a low budget movie: 2 wds. |
| 27% | THEREWERENONE | 13 | "And Then ___," Agatha Christie's best selling novel published in 1939 about a group of strangers who arrive as guests on a private island: 3 wds. |
| 26% | BOOKLOVERS | 10 | Emily Henry novel about a literary agent and an editor who meet cute while on vacation (2 wds.) |
| 26% | BIGLITTLELIES | 13 | Novel by 32-Across that was made into the 2017 HBO murder-mystery miniseries about seemingly perfect lives (3 wds.) |
| 26% | JOHNHENRYDAYS | 13 | 2001 Colson Whitehead novel, about a historical festival, that was short-listed for the Pulitzer Prize: 3 wds. |
| 26% | DICKVANDYKE | 11 | "Diagnosis: Murder" star who played a murderous photographer on "Columbo": 3 wds. |
| 26% | AJANAOMIKING | 12 | "The Birth of a Nation" actress who plays law student Michaela Pratt on "How to Get Away with Murder" (3 wds.) |
| 25% | GETAJOB | 7 | Advice to a lazy teenager who's always asking for money: 3 wds. |
| 25% | THEALCHEMIST | 12 | Paulo Coelho novel about a boy who travels to find a treasure at the Egyptian pyramids: 2 wds. |
| 25% | PLAYEDWITHFIRE | 14 | "The Girl Who ___," sequel novel about Lisbeth Salander in a dangerous investigation: 3 wds. |
| 25% | BLESSTHISMESS | 13 | 2019 sitcom about a city couple who relocate to a Nebraska farm: 3 wds. |
| 25% | BOOKLOVERS | 10 | 2022 romance novel by 44-Across about a literary agent and an editor who meet cute while on vacation (2 wds.) |
| 25% | GONEBABYGONE | 12 | 1998 18-Across novel about a missing woman that was made into a 2007 Ben Affleck film: 3 wds. |
| 25% | CILKASJOURNEY | 13 | Novel by 15-Across about a woman who is sent to Siberia after surviving Auschwitz (2 wds.) |
| 25% | NEEDTOKNOW | 10 | 2021 Doja Cat hit whose title refers to her curiosity about a particular man: 3 wds. |
| 25% | NORMMACDONALD | 13 | "SNL" actor and comedian who won $500,000 for charity on "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" in 2000: 2 wds. |
| 25% | MARIAHCAREY | 11 | Singer who duetted with Boyz II Men on 1995's "One Sweet Day," a #1 hit for 16 weeks: 2 wds. |
| 24% | THEBUCKETLIST | 13 | 2007 film with Morgan Freeman as a terminally ill man on a wish-fulfilling trip: 3 wds. |