| 100% | DEADMANSWALK | 12 | Novel in 32-Across's "Lonesome Dove" adventure series that was adapted as a TV miniseries (3 wds.) |
| 51% | BUFFALOGIRLS | 12 | Fictionalized biography of Calamity Jane by 32-Across that was adapted as a TV miniseries (2 wds.) |
| 48% | UNDERTHEBRIDGE | 14 | Novel by 47-Across that was adapted as a 2024 Hulu miniseries starring Lily Gladstone (3 wds.) |
| 46% | HIGHFIDELITY | 12 | 50-Across novel that was adapted into a feature film in 2000, a Broadway musical in 2006, and a TV series in 2020 (2 wds.) |
| 46% | FIREFLYLANE | 11 | Bestselling novel by Kristin Hannah about two lifelong best friends that was adapted as a Netflix series starring 19-Across and 32-Across (2 wds.) |
| 45% | CALEBCARR | 9 | Writer whose novels "The Alienist" and "The Angel of Darkness" were adapted as a TV series starring 16-Across and 32-Across (2 wds.) |
| 41% | TENBIGONES | 10 | Novel in Janet Evanovich's 32-Across series that was published between "To the Nines" and "Eleven on Top" (3 wds.) |
| 40% | WHITENOISE | 10 | Novel by 44-Across that was adapted as a 2022 film by Noah Baumbach (2 wds.) |
| 40% | ITSSOEASY | 9 | Crickets song that was a #5 hit for 32-Across in 1977: 3 wds. |
| 40% | THENOTEBOOK | 11 | 2004 romantic drama starring 18-Across and 32-Across that was adapted as a Broadway musical in 2024 (2 wds.) |
| 37% | LIFEONMARS | 10 | 2008-2009 ABC sci-fi crime drama series that was a remake of a British TV series: 3 wds. |
| 37% | AMORTOWLES | 10 | "The Lincoln Highway" writer whose novel "A Gentleman in Moscow" was adapted as a Paramount+ series starring 14-Across and 45-Across (2 wds.) |
| 37% | THELASTSTRAW | 12 | 2009 book that was #3 in the "Diary of a Wimpy Kid" series: 3 wds. |
| 37% | THEUGLYTRUTH | 12 | 2010 book that was #5 in the "Diary of a Wimpy Kid" series: 3 wds. |
| 37% | THETHIRDWHEEL | 13 | 2012 book that was #7 in the "Diary of a Wimpy Kid" series: 3 wds. |
| 37% | BLUEBAYOU | 9 | Roy Orbison song that was a #3 hit for 32-Across in 1977: 2 wds. |
| 35% | BIGLITTLELIES | 13 | Novel by 32-Across that was made into the 2017 HBO murder-mystery miniseries about seemingly perfect lives (3 wds.) |
| 35% | THEBEETQUEEN | 12 | 32-Across novel that features a town's root vegetable crop (3 wds.) |
| 35% | THENAMESAKE | 11 | Debut novel by 25-Across/27-Across that was adapted as a film starring Kal Penn and directed by Mira Nair (2 wds.) |
| 34% | PAYMENTINBLOOD | 14 | Second novel in Elizabeth George's mystery series featuring 32-Across (3 wds.) |
| 33% | FROMTHESUN | 10 | "3rd Rock ___," a TV series that John Lithgow starred in as Dick Solomon, an alien disguised as a human: 3 wds. |
| 33% | MASTEROFNONE | 12 | Aziz Ansari's Netflix series that was renewed for a second season: 3 wds. |
| 33% | BRAVENEWWORLD | 13 | 2020 Peacock sci-fi series that was based on an Aldous Huxley novel: 3 wds. |
| 33% | CHARIOTSOFFIRE | 14 | Vangelis instrumental song that was a hit in 1982: 3 wds. |
| 33% | LIES | 4 | "Big Little ___," novel by Liane Moriarty that was adapted into a TV series starring Reese Witherspoon and Meryl Streep |
| 32% | MUSICBOXDANCER | 14 | Frank Mills instrumental song that was a hit in 1979: 3 wds. |
| 32% | EMPIREFALLS | 11 | Novel by 28-Across adapted as a 2005 HBO miniseries starring Paul Newman (2 wds.) |
| 32% | JANETHEVIRGIN | 13 | Gina Rodriguez' series which was adapted from a Venezuelan telenovela: 3 wds. |
| 32% | BIGLITTLELIES | 13 | TV series with Reese Witherspoon and Nicole Kidman that is based on Liane Moriarty's novel of the same name: 3 wds. |
| 32% | THEWALKINGDEAD | 14 | Dystopian horror TV series that depicts the post-apocalyptic horror and is based on a comic series by Robert Kirkman: 3 wds. |