| 100% | BACKTOBLOOD | 11 | Novel about Cuban immigrants by Tom Wolfe (3 wds.) |
| 93% | BACKTOBLOOD | 11 | Novel about Cuban immigrants by Tom Wolfe (March 2, 1930-May 14, 2018) (3 wds.) |
| 38% | THEHIGHNOTES | 12 | 2022 Danielle Steel novel about an aspiring singer: 3 wds. |
| 38% | LEARNINGTOFLY | 13 | 1991 rock song by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: 3 wds. |
| 38% | IAMCHARLOTTE | 12 | & 22A 2004 novel by Tom Wolfe |
| 37% | SONGOFSOLOMON | 13 | 1977 Toni Morrison novel about Macon "Milkman" Dead growing into manhood: 3 wds. |
| 37% | THREESISTERS | 12 | Novel by 15-Across about siblings who survived Auschwitz (2 wds.) |
| 36% | PLAYEDWITHFIRE | 14 | "The Girl Who ___," sequel novel about Lisbeth Salander in a dangerous investigation: 3 wds. |
| 36% | ANXIOUSPEOPLE | 13 | 2020 best-selling novel about a group held hostage by a bank robber: 2 wds. |
| 35% | RAMONATHEPEST | 13 | 1968 novel by 38-Across about the Quimby family (3 wds.) |
| 35% | HENRYANDRIBSY | 13 | 1954 novel by 38-Across about the Huggins family (3 wds.) |
| 35% | THEHORNETSNEST | 14 | 2003 novel by 46-Across about the Revolutionary War (3 wds.) |
| 35% | QUEENOFKINGS | 12 | Maria Dahvana Headley fantasy novel about Cleopatra (3 wds.) |
| 35% | THEBEANTREES | 12 | 1988 Barbara Kingsolver novel about a young woman who cares for an abandoned baby: 3 wds. |
| 35% | WITHOUTATRACE | 13 | 2023 Danielle Steel novel about a man possibly walking away from his old life: 3 wds. |
| 35% | WHATISTHEWHAT | 13 | 2006 novel by Dave Eggers about a Sudanese child refugee (4 wds.) |
| 34% | THEPILOTSWIFE | 13 | Novel by 29-Across about the aftermath of a plane crash (3 wds.) |
| 34% | THEWHISTLER | 11 | 2016 bestselling novel by 38-Across about a corrupt Florida judge (2 wds.) |
| 34% | BIGLITTLELIES | 13 | 2014 Liane Moriarty novel about suburban women confronting domestic abuse: 3 wds. |
| 34% | LEARNINGTOFLY | 13 | 1991 song by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers from the album "Into the Great Wide Open": 3 wds. |
| 34% | THEKITERUNNER | 13 | 2003 novel by Khaled Hosseini: 3 wds. |
| 34% | WELLMEETAGAIN | 13 | Mary Higgins Clark novel about former best friends (3 wds.) |
| 33% | GONEBABYGONE | 12 | 1998 18-Across novel about a missing woman that was made into a 2007 Ben Affleck film: 3 wds. |
| 33% | MANSFIELDPARK | 13 | Novel by 18-Across about Fanny Price, a girl sent to live with wealthy relatives: 2 wds. |
| 33% | CILKASJOURNEY | 13 | Novel by 15-Across about a woman who is sent to Siberia after surviving Auschwitz (2 wds.) |
| 33% | LEAVINGTIME | 11 | 2014 novel by 45-Across about a daughter investigating her mother's disappearance (2 wds.) |
| 33% | THEANTIDOTE | 11 | 2025 novel by 30-Across about a Nebraska town during the Great Depression: 2 wds. |
| 33% | THEBLUESTEYE | 12 | Novel by 44-Across about an African-American girl in 1940s Ohio (3 wds.) |
| 33% | THELITTLELIAR | 13 | Novel by 43-Across about a boy who always tells the truth (3 wds.) |
| 33% | THEBLUESTEYE | 12 | Novel by 44-Across about an African American girl in 1940s Ohio (3 wds.) |