| 100% | THELITTLELIAR | 13 | Novel by 43-Across about a boy who always tells the truth (3 wds.) |
| 52% | TARBABY | 7 | 1981 novel by 43-Across about a love affair that begins in the Caribbean (2 wds.) |
| 47% | THEPILOTSWIFE | 13 | Novel by 29-Across about the aftermath of a plane crash (3 wds.) |
| 47% | JOHNNYBGOODE | 12 | Song by 17-Across about a boy who "could play a guitar just like a-ringin' a bell": 3 wds. |
| 47% | THETORNSKIRT | 12 | Novel by 47-Across about a high schooler who becomes obsessed with a homeless girl (3 wds.) |
| 45% | HONEST | 6 | Describes a person who always tells the truth |
| 45% | YOUNGJANEYOUNG | 14 | Novel by 44-Across about a political intern who changes her identity when an affair with her boss becomes public (3 wds.) |
| 44% | THEROOSTERBAR | 13 | 2017 bestselling novel by 38-Across about law school students who open a tavern (3 wds.) |
| 44% | THEALCHEMIST | 12 | Paulo Coelho novel about a boy who travels to find a treasure at the Egyptian pyramids: 2 wds. |
| 44% | THELYINGWOODS | 13 | 2018 mystery by 44-Across about a boy who works in an orchard in rural Louisiana (3 wds.) |
| 43% | ASINGLETHREAD | 13 | 2019 novel by 34-Across about the women who embroidered the kneelers for Winchester Cathedral in the 1930s (3 wds.) |
| 43% | 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. |
| 43% | THEANTIDOTE | 11 | 2025 novel by 30-Across about a Nebraska town during the Great Depression: 2 wds. |
| 41% | RISEANDSHINE | 12 | 43-Across novel about a morning talk show host who is fired because of an on-air gaffe (3 wds.) |
| 41% | TIGEREYES | 9 | Young adult novel by 38-Across about a girl coping with the death of her father (2 wds.) |
| 41% | CILKASJOURNEY | 13 | Novel by 15-Across about a woman who is sent to Siberia after surviving Auschwitz (2 wds.) |
| 41% | SONGOFSOLOMON | 13 | 1977 novel by 43-Across about an African-American man in 1930s-1960s Michigan (3 wds.) |
| 41% | THESHAGGYDOG | 12 | Disney live-action movie about a boy who transforms into his neighbor's pet: 3 wds. |
| 41% | THESOUTH | 8 | 1990 novel by 38-Across about an Irish woman who moves to Barcelona in the 1950s (2 wds.) |
| 40% | WORTHDYINGFOR | 13 | 2010 novel by Lee Child about Jack Reacher meets the Duncans and solves an old case of a missing child: 3 wds. |
| 40% | BROOKLYN | 8 | 2009 novel by 38-Across about an Irish woman who moves to New York in the 1950s (2 wds.) |
| 40% | BOOKLOVERS | 10 | 2022 romance novel by 44-Across about a literary agent and an editor who meet cute while on vacation (2 wds.) |
| 40% | RAMONATHEPEST | 13 | 1968 novel by 38-Across about the Quimby family (3 wds.) |
| 40% | HENRYANDRIBSY | 13 | 1954 novel by 38-Across about the Huggins family (3 wds.) |
| 40% | THEHORNETSNEST | 14 | 2003 novel by 46-Across about the Revolutionary War (3 wds.) |
| 40% | FRECKLEJUICE | 12 | Chapter book by 38-Across about a boy who buys a potion to change his facial features (2 wds.) |
| 40% | HOMECOMING | 10 | 2023 novel by 37-Across that tells the story of a journalist who uncovers secrets from the past |
| 40% | ERAGON | 6 | Christopher Paolini novel about a boy who rides the dragon Saphira |
| 39% | THEBLUESTEYE | 12 | 1970 novel by 43-Across about an African-American girl in 1940s Ohio (3 wds.) |
| 39% | HELPTHECHILD | 12 | "God ___," 2014 novel by Toni Morrison about a blue-black skinned girl who is neglected by her light-skinned parents: 3 wds. |