| 100% | BACKTOBLOOD | 11 | Novel about Cuban immigrants by Tom Wolfe (March 2, 1930-May 14, 2018) (3 wds.) |
| 31% | ANXIOUSPEOPLE | 13 | 2020 best-selling novel about a group held hostage by a bank robber: 2 wds. |
| 29% | THEANTIDOTE | 11 | 2025 novel by 30-Across about a Nebraska town during the Great Depression: 2 wds. |
| 29% | LOVEANDRUIN | 11 | 2018 novel by 40-Across about Ernest Hemingway's third marriage (3 wds.) |
| 28% | EVERYBREATH | 11 | 2018 bestselling novel by 35-Across (2 wds.) |
| 28% | MANSFIELDPARK | 13 | Novel by 18-Across about Fanny Price, a girl sent to live with wealthy relatives: 2 wds. |
| 28% | ALASKANHOLIDAY | 14 | 2018 Christmas romance novel by Debbie Macomber (2 wds.) |
| 28% | PASTTENSE | 9 | 2018 Jack Reacher novel by 40-Across (2 wds.) |
| 28% | DEARJOHN | 8 | Novel by Nicholas Sparks about a US Army soldier whose father suffers from Asperger's syndrome: 2 wds. |
| 28% | SHELLGAME | 9 | 2018 novel by 40-Across featuring 18-Across (2 wds.) |
| 28% | HOLYGHOST | 9 | 2018 novel by John Sandford featuring 46-Across (2 wds.) |
| 27% | THREESISTERS | 12 | Novel by 15-Across about siblings who survived Auschwitz (2 wds.) |
| 27% | TRUEBELIEVER | 12 | Novel by Nicholas Sparks about a science journalist who falls in love with a girl in Boone Creek: 2 wds. |
| 27% | THEGREMLINS | 11 | First children's novel written by Roald Dahl (birthday today) in 1943 about mischievous mythical creatures: 2 wds. |
| 27% | EDIBLEWOMAN | 11 | "The ___," 1969 novel by Margaret Atwood about a young woman named Marian who is a market researcher: 2 wds. |
| 27% | ASI | 3 | "___ Lay Dying," 1930 novel by William Faulkner, the title of which is derived from Homer's "Odyssey": 2 wds. |
| 27% | ONCHESILBEACH | 13 | May 18, 2018 film starring Saoirse Ronan based on an Ian McEwan novel (3 wds.) |
| 27% | SHADOWTYRANTS | 13 | 2018 novel in the Oregon Files series by 18-Across and 39-Across (2 wds.) |
| 26% | THEMIDDLE | 9 | 2009-2018 ABC sitcom about an Indiana family, or a 2018 song by Zedd, Maren Morris, and Grey: 2 wds. |
| 26% | THEFALLEN | 9 | Thriller novel by David Baldacci which was part of "Memory Man" series and became a NYT 2018 Bestseller: 2 wds. |
| 26% | THEOVERSTORY | 12 | 2018 novel by 32-Across that won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (2 wds.) |
| 26% | HOLYGHOST | 9 | Book by John Sandford which was part of the "Virgil Flowers" novel series and became a NYT 2018 Bestseller: 2 wds. |
| 26% | LEAVINGTIME | 11 | 2014 novel by 45-Across about a daughter investigating her mother's disappearance (2 wds.) |
| 26% | EASYRAWLINS | 11 | Fictional war veteran and private investigator featured in 14 novels by 29-Across (2 wds.) |
| 26% | LASTSONG | 8 | Novel by Nicholas Sparks about a 17 year old teen who is sent to stay with her father in the summer, "The ___": 2 wds. |
| 26% | THEWHISTLER | 11 | 2016 bestselling novel by 38-Across about a corrupt Florida judge (2 wds.) |
| 26% | MANA | 4 | "Every ___ Tiger" (1999 book by Tom Clancy): 2 wds. |
| 25% | TIMETRAVELERS | 13 | "The ___ Wife," bestselling debut novel by Audrey Niffenegger published in 2003 about a man who moves through time and his wife: 2 wds. |
| 25% | THEHIGHNOTES | 12 | 2022 Danielle Steel novel about an aspiring singer: 3 wds. |
| 25% | SALEMSLOT | 9 | Stephen King novel about a town of vampires: 2 wds. |