| 100% | GONEBABYGONE | 12 | Novel by 44-Across made into a film directed by Ben Affleck (3 wds.) |
| 78% | SHUTTERISLAND | 13 | Novel by 44-Across made into a film directed by Martin Scorsese (2 wds.) |
| 69% | GONEBABYGONE | 12 | 1998 18-Across novel about a missing woman that was made into a 2007 Ben Affleck film: 3 wds. |
| 64% | LIVEBYNIGHT | 11 | Dennis Lehane novel made into a film starring Ben Affleck and Elle Fanning (3 wds.) |
| 59% | AHISTORYOF | 10 | With 47-Across, 1997 graphic novel by John Wagner, later made into a David Cronenberg film: 3 wds. |
| 56% | TORTILLAFLAT | 12 | Novel by 32-Across made into a 1942 film starring Spencer Tracy and Hedy Lamarr (2 wds.) |
| 56% | STRIPTEASE | 10 | Novel by 44-Across that was made into a movie starring Demi Moore: 2 wds. |
| 56% | APAINTEDHOUSE | 13 | Novel by John Grisham which was made into a television film starring Scott Glenn in 2003: 3 wds. |
| 56% | THEHATEUGIVE | 12 | 2017 bestselling novel by 39-Across made into a film starring Amandla Stenberg and Regina Hall (4 wds.) |
| 55% | MAZERUNNER | 10 | James Dashner's dystopian novel, "The ___" which was adapted into a film directed by Wes Ball: 2 wds. |
| 55% | THEHATEUGIVE | 12 | 2017 bestselling novel by Angie Thomas made into a film starring Amandla Stenberg and Regina Hall (4 wds.) |
| 52% | DEATHONTHENILE | 14 | Novel by 19-Across set in Egypt adapted into a 2022 film starring and directed by 33-Across (4 wds.) |
| 52% | THEBOOKTHIEF | 12 | Award-winning Markus Zusak novel made into a film starring 3-Down and 10-Down (3 wds.) |
| 50% | SOPHIESCHOICE | 13 | 1979 novel by 47-Across adapted into a film starring 30-Across (2 wds.) |
| 50% | MYBROTHERSWAR | 13 | American film directed by James Brolin in which his son Josh Brolin made a cameo: 3 wds. |
| 49% | DAVINCI | 7 | "The ___ Code," 2003 novel by Dan Brown that was made into a film: 2 wds. |
| 48% | WHITENOISE | 10 | Novel by 44-Across that was adapted as a 2022 film by Noah Baumbach (2 wds.) |
| 48% | ATIMETO | 7 | "___ Kill," novel by John Grisham which was made into a movie starring Sandra Bullock: 3 wds. |
| 48% | THEWINDSOFWAR | 13 | Historical novel by 43-Across made into a TV miniseries starring Robert Mitchum and Ali MacGraw (4 wds.) |
| 48% | OFMICEANDMEN | 12 | Novella by 32-Across made into a 1939 film starring Lon Chaney Jr. and Burgess Meredith (4 wds.) |
| 47% | THEROUNDHOUSE | 13 | 2012 Novel by 44-Across that won a National Book Award for Fiction (3 wds.) |
| 46% | SHUTTERISLAND | 13 | 2003 18-Across novel about a mental hospital that was made into a 2010 Leonardo DiCaprio film: 2 wds. |
| 46% | RICHARDFORD | 11 | "The Sportswriter" novelist whose novel 47-Across was adapted into a film by 14-Across (2 wds.) |
| 46% | THEDARKCRYSTAL | 14 | 1982 fantasy film, directed by 15-Across, with a 2019 prequel series on Netflix: 3 wds. |
| 46% | THERIVERKING | 12 | 2000 novel by 46-Across adapted as a film starring Edward Burns (3 wds.) |
| 45% | FOG | 3 | "House of Sand and ___" (Andre Dubus III novel made into a film starring Ben Kingsley) |
| 45% | MYSTICRIVER | 11 | Dennis Lehane novel made into a film starring Sean Penn and Tim Robbins (2 wds.) |
| 45% | SHUTTERISLAND | 13 | Dennis Lehane novel made into a film starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Mark Ruffalo (2 wds.) |
| 45% | THEBESTOFME | 11 | Nicholas Sparks novel made into a film starring James Marsden and Michelle Monaghan (4 wds.) |
| 45% | SAFEHAVEN | 9 | Nicholas Sparks novel made into a film starring Josh Duhamel and Julianne Hough (2 wds.) |