| 100% | THETORNSKIRT | 12 | Novel by 47-Across about a high schooler who becomes obsessed with a homeless girl (3 wds.) |
| 53% | YOUNGJANEYOUNG | 14 | Novel by 44-Across about a political intern who changes her identity when an affair with her boss becomes public (3 wds.) |
| 50% | TRUEBELIEVER | 12 | Novel by Nicholas Sparks about a science journalist who falls in love with a girl in Boone Creek: 2 wds. |
| 48% | 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.) |
| 46% | HELPTHECHILD | 12 | "God ___," 2014 novel by Toni Morrison about a blue-black skinned girl who is neglected by her light-skinned parents: 3 wds. |
| 45% | MANSFIELDPARK | 13 | Novel by 18-Across about Fanny Price, a girl sent to live with wealthy relatives: 2 wds. |
| 44% | THESECRETLIFE | 13 | With 47-Across, 12/25/13 film about an ordinary guy who fantasizes about being a hero: 3 wds. |
| 44% | TIGEREYES | 9 | Young adult novel by 38-Across about a girl coping with the death of her father (2 wds.) |
| 43% | THELITTLELIAR | 13 | Novel by 43-Across about a boy who always tells the truth (3 wds.) |
| 42% | AHISTORYOF | 10 | With 47-Across, 1997 graphic novel by John Wagner, later made into a David Cronenberg film: 3 wds. |
| 42% | THEROOSTERBAR | 13 | 2017 bestselling novel by 38-Across about law school students who open a tavern (3 wds.) |
| 41% | PLAYEDWITHFIRE | 14 | "The Girl Who ___," sequel novel about Lisbeth Salander in a dangerous investigation: 3 wds. |
| 40% | 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. |
| 40% | CILKASJOURNEY | 13 | Novel by 15-Across about a woman who is sent to Siberia after surviving Auschwitz (2 wds.) |
| 39% | LILYANDDUNKIN | 13 | Donna Gephart young adult novel about a transgender teenager who befriends a classmate with bipolar disorder (3 wds.) |
| 39% | MEANTTOBE | 9 | Emily Giffin novel about a high-profile couple who come from very different backgrounds (3 wds.) |
| 39% | KINGOFSCARS | 11 | 2019 fantasy novel by 30-Across about a young ruler with dark powers trying to rebuild his country after a civil war (3 wds.) |
| 38% | SMILE | 5 | Graphic novel by Raina Telgemeier about a girl with braces |
| 38% | RAMONATHEPEST | 13 | One in a series of books by 46-Across about a girl starting kindergarten: 3 wds. |
| 38% | ITSTARTSWITHUS | 14 | 2022 bestseller by 41-Across about a woman who reconnects with an old flame (4 wds.) |
| 38% | LANDLINE | 8 | Science-fiction novel by 29-Across about a woman who connects with a younger version of her husband on an old rotary phone |
| 38% | EDIBLEWOMAN | 11 | "The ___," 1969 novel by Margaret Atwood about a young woman named Marian who is a market researcher: 2 wds. |
| 37% | UNDERTHEBRIDGE | 14 | Novel by 47-Across that was adapted as a 2024 Hulu miniseries starring Lily Gladstone (3 wds.) |
| 37% | WHATALICE | 9 | With 19-Across, 2009 Liane Moriarty novel about a mother who develops amnesia: 2 wds. |
| 37% | THEHALFMOON | 11 | 2023 novel by 30-Across about a married couple running a bar in a small town (3 wds.) |
| 37% | BOOKLOVERS | 10 | 2022 romance novel by 44-Across about a literary agent and an editor who meet cute while on vacation (2 wds.) |
| 37% | HAPPYPLACE | 10 | 2023 romance novel by 44-Across about a separated couple pretending to still be together while vacationing with friends (2 wds.) |
| 37% | BREAKINGBAD | 11 | Popular American neo-western crime drama by Vince Gilligan about a high school chemistry teacher diagnosed with lung cancer: 2 wds. |
| 37% | THESILVERARROW | 14 | Lev Grossman novel about a girl whose rich uncle sends her a steam locomotive with special powers (3 wds.) |
| 37% | THESONGOF | 9 | With 24-Across, 2011 Madeline Miller novel that became a 2021 hit thanks to TikTok: 3 wds. |