| 100% | THEBLUESTEYE | 12 | Novel by 44-Across about an African American girl in 1940s Ohio (3 wds.) |
| 91% | THEBLUESTEYE | 12 | Novel by 44-Across about an African-American girl in 1940s Ohio (3 wds.) |
| 79% | THEBLUESTEYE | 12 | 1970 novel by 43-Across about an African-American girl in 1940s Ohio (3 wds.) |
| 70% | SONGOFSOLOMON | 13 | Novel by 44-Across about an African American man in 1930s-1960s Michigan (3 wds.) |
| 68% | SONGOFSOLOMON | 13 | Novel by 44-Across about an African-American man in 1930s-1960s Michigan (3 wds.) |
| 55% | SONGOFSOLOMON | 13 | 1977 novel by 43-Across about an African-American man in 1930s-1960s Michigan (3 wds.) |
| 54% | SULA | 4 | 1973 novel by 43-Across about two African-American girls growing up in rural Ohio |
| 46% | YOUNGJANEYOUNG | 14 | Novel by 44-Across about a political intern who changes her identity when an affair with her boss becomes public (3 wds.) |
| 43% | THELYINGWOODS | 13 | 2018 mystery by 44-Across about a boy who works in an orchard in rural Louisiana (3 wds.) |
| 43% | BOOKLOVERS | 10 | 2022 romance novel by 44-Across about a literary agent and an editor who meet cute while on vacation (2 wds.) |
| 42% | THEGREATALONE | 13 | 2018 novel by 44-Across set in Alaska after the Vietnam War (3 wds.) |
| 42% | THESOUTH | 8 | 1990 novel by 38-Across about an Irish woman who moves to Barcelona in the 1950s (2 wds.) |
| 41% | BROOKLYN | 8 | 2009 novel by 38-Across about an Irish woman who moves to New York in the 1950s (2 wds.) |
| 41% | SONGOFSOLOMON | 13 | 1977 novel by Toni Morrison which is about the life of an African-American man living in Michigan: 3 wds. |
| 39% | THETORNSKIRT | 12 | Novel by 47-Across about a high schooler who becomes obsessed with a homeless girl (3 wds.) |
| 39% | HOME | 4 | 2012 novel by 43-Across about an African-American veteran of the Korean War |
| 39% | BELOVED | 7 | 1987 novel by 43-Across about an African-American family after the Civil War |
| 38% | THENIGHTINGALE | 14 | 2015 novel by 44-Across set in France during World War II (2 wds.) |
| 38% | NEVERTOOLATE | 12 | 2023 novel by 31-Across about a widow making a fresh start in Manhattan (3 wds.) |
| 37% | THEHALFMOON | 11 | 2023 novel by 30-Across about a married couple running a bar in a small town (3 wds.) |
| 37% | ONLYTHEBRAVE | 12 | 2024 novel by 31-Across about a nurse in Berlin during Hitler's rise to power (3 wds.) |
| 37% | ASINGLETHREAD | 13 | 2019 novel by 34-Across about the women who embroidered the kneelers for Winchester Cathedral in the 1930s (3 wds.) |
| 37% | THESENTENCE | 11 | 2021 novel by 44-Across that was nominated for an Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence (2 wds.) |
| 36% | TRUEBELIEVER | 12 | Novel by Nicholas Sparks about a science journalist who falls in love with a girl in Boone Creek: 2 wds. |
| 36% | GONEBABYGONE | 12 | Novel by 44-Across made into a film directed by Ben Affleck (3 wds.) |
| 36% | HAPPYPLACE | 10 | 2023 romance novel by 44-Across about a separated couple pretending to still be together while vacationing with friends (2 wds.) |
| 36% | THELYINGGAME | 12 | Mystery novel by 45-Across set at an all-girls' boarding school (3 wds.) |
| 36% | DOUGWILLIAMS | 12 | First African American quarterback to be named 44-Across, in 1988: 2 wds. |
| 35% | MANSFIELDPARK | 13 | Novel by 18-Across about Fanny Price, a girl sent to live with wealthy relatives: 2 wds. |
| 35% | FUNNYSTORY | 10 | 2024 romance novel by 44-Across about a librarian who becomes roommates with her ex-fiancé’s new fiancée’s ex (2 wds.) |