| 100% | NEVERGOBACK | 11 | Lee Child novel in which former Army cop Jack Reacher must clear his name (3 wds.) |
| 49% | WORTHDYINGFOR | 13 | Lee Child novel in which Jack Reacher investigates a human trafficking ring in Nebraska (3 wds.) |
| 46% | NIGHTSCHOOL | 11 | Lee Child novel in which Jack Reacher hunts for missing American bombs in Germany (2 wds.) |
| 41% | ECHOBURNING | 11 | 2001 novel by Lee Child in which Jack Reacher helps a woman named Carmen: 2 wds. |
| 35% | NIGHTSCHOOL | 11 | 2016 novel by Lee Child in which Jack Reacher joins a mission to find a soldier who's cut a deal with a terrorist: 2 wds. |
| 35% | WORTHDYINGFOR | 13 | 2010 Jack Reacher novel by Lee Child (3 wds.) |
| 35% | NEVERGOBACK | 11 | 2013 Jack Reacher novel by Lee Child (3 wds.) |
| 34% | BACK | 4 | "Never Go ___" 2013 novel by Lee Child in which Jack Reacher helps the commander of his old unit, Major Susan Turner |
| 32% | NIGHTSCHOOL | 11 | 2016 Jack Reacher novel by Lee Child (2 wds.) |
| 31% | WORTHDYINGFOR | 13 | 2010 novel by Lee Child about Jack Reacher meets the Duncans and solves an old case of a missing child: 3 wds. |
| 31% | GONE | 4 | "___ Tomorrow" 2009 novel by Lee Child in which Jack Reacher investigates the death of Susan Mark |
| 29% | FAIL | 4 | "Without ___" 2002 novel written by Lee Child in which Jack Reacher helps Mary Ellen Froelich protect the Vice-President-Elect |
| 25% | THELATESHIFT | 12 | HBO's television film based on Bill Carter's novel in which Paul Elder plays Rupert Murdoch: 3 wds. |
| 25% | REACHER | 7 | Last name of Jack, Lee Child novel hero |
| 24% | MYBROTHERSWAR | 13 | American film directed by James Brolin in which his son Josh Brolin made a cameo: 3 wds. |
| 24% | MANONFIRE | 9 | 2004 film in which Denzel Washington plays the bodyguard for a child who's kidnapped: 3 wds. |
| 24% | EDGARALLANPOE | 13 | American writer who completed only one novel in his lifetime, "The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket": 3 wds. |
| 23% | INGOODFAITH | 11 | Salman Rushdie's work in which he discusses his book "The Satanic verses" and his life after its publication: 3 wds. |
| 23% | THEODDCOUPLE | 12 | 1968 comedy in which Jack Lemmon played neatnik Felix Ungar: 3 wds. |
| 23% | MOUNTMCKINLEY | 13 | The former name of Denali, the tallest peak in North America which is situated in Alaska: 2 wds. |
| 23% | TOTHEFUTURE | 11 | "Back ___," 1985 science fiction film in which the protagonist travels back in time and accidentally becomes his mother's romantic interest: 3 wds. |
| 23% | ROCKOFAGES | 10 | A musical comedy-drama in which Tom Cruise plays a self-indulgent rock star who plays for a band named "Arsenal": 3 wds |
| 23% | ALEXRODRIGUEZ | 13 | Former Yankees slugger who, in his 2012 children's book, is a young baseballer learning the value of practice: 2 wds. |
| 22% | ONTHEROAD | 9 | Jack Kerouac novel published in 1957 (3 wds.) |
| 22% | THENIGHTFIRE | 12 | Michael Connelly mystery novel in which detectives Harry Bosch and 41-Across investigate an arson and a cold case (3 wds.) |
| 22% | ANNASEWELL | 10 | English novelist who published only one novel in her lifetime, "Black Beauty," which is one of the top ten best selling children's novels: 2 wds. |
| 22% | THEDARKHOURS | 12 | Michael Connelly mystery novel in which detectives Harry Bosch and 41-Across investigate violent criminals known as the Midnight Men (3 wds.) |
| 22% | PASTTENSE | 9 | 2018 Jack Reacher novel by 40-Across (2 wds.) |
| 22% | BLUEMOON | 8 | 2019 Jack Reacher novel by 40-Across (2 wds.) |
| 21% | DENNISRODMAN | 12 | Former Bulls power forward who, in his 2015 children's book, is a literal "wild bull" learning it's okay to be different: 2 wds. |