| 100% | THISOTHEREDEN | 13 | Paul Harding generational saga set on a remote island that's a finalist for the 2023 National Book Award for Fiction (3 wds.) |
| 54% | TEMPLEFOLK | 10 | Aaliyah Bilal short-story collection about Black Muslims in America that's a finalist for the 2023 National Book Award for Fiction (2 wds.) |
| 48% | NIGHTWATCH | 10 | Jayne Anne Phillips novel set in a post-Civil War asylum that's on the longlist for the 2023 National Book Award for Fiction (2 wds.) |
| 41% | SILENTSPRING | 12 | 44-Across book about the environmental harm done by pesticides that was a finalist for the 1963 National Book Award for Nonfiction (2 wds.) |
| 38% | THEECHOMAKER | 12 | 2006 novel by 32-Across that won the National Book Award for Fiction (3 wds.) |
| 36% | THEROUNDHOUSE | 13 | Louise Erdrich novel that won the National Book Award for Fiction in 2012 (3 wds.) |
| 36% | LORDOFMISRULE | 13 | Jaimy Gordon novel that won the National Book Award for Fiction in 2010 (3 wds.) |
| 36% | JASONMOTT | 9 | Writer whose novel "Hell of a Book" won the 2021 National Book Award for Fiction (2 wds.) |
| 36% | THEFRIEND | 9 | Book that won the 2018 National Book Award for Fiction, written by Sigrid Nunez: 2 wds. |
| 35% | JASONMOTT | 9 | Author who won the 2021 National Book Award for Fiction for "Hell of a Book": 2 wds. |
| 34% | FORTUNESMILES | 13 | Adam Johnson short story collection that won the National Book Award for Fiction in 2015 (2 wds.) |
| 33% | THEROUNDHOUSE | 13 | 2012 Novel by 44-Across that won a National Book Award for Fiction (3 wds.) |
| 33% | LAURENGROFF | 11 | "Fates and Furies" author whose "Florida" was nominated for the 2018 National Book Award for Fiction (2 wds.) |
| 32% | CHARLESYU | 9 | Writer whose novel "Interior Chinatown" won the 2020 National Book Award for Fiction (2 wds.) |
| 32% | SUSANCHOI | 9 | Writer whose novel "Trust Exercise" won the 2019 National Book Award for Fiction (2 wds.) |
| 32% | ADA | 3 | Poet Limón whose collection "Bright Dead Things" was a finalist for the 2015 National Book Award |
| 32% | SIGRIDNUNEZ | 11 | "Salvation City" author whose "The Friend" won the 2018 National Book Award for Fiction (2 wds.) |
| 32% | TESSGUNTY | 9 | Writer whose novel "The Rabbit Hutch" won the 2022 National Book Award for Fiction (2 wds.) |
| 32% | LOOKBOTHWAYS | 12 | 2019 novel by 30-Across that was a National Book Award finalist: 3 wds. |
| 31% | RALPHELLISON | 12 | African-American author of "Invisible Man," winner of the 1953 National Book Award for Fiction: 2 wds. |
| 31% | CHARLESYU | 9 | Author who won the 2020 National Book Award for Fiction for "Interior Chinatown": 2 wds. |
| 31% | SUSANCHOI | 9 | Author who won the 2019 National Book Award for Fiction for "Trust Exercise": 2 wds. |
| 31% | TESSGUNTY | 9 | Author who won the 2022 National Book Award for Fiction for "The Rabbit Hutch": 2 wds. |
| 31% | JAMESMCBRIDE | 12 | African-American author of "The Good Lord Bird," winner of the 2013 National Book Award for Fiction: 2 wds. |
| 31% | WILLIAMSTYRON | 13 | Novelist who won the National Book Award for Fiction for 15-Across (2 wds.) |
| 30% | THESEAAROUNDUS | 14 | 44-Across book about the science and history of the ocean that won the 1952 National Book Award for Nonfiction (4 wds.) |
| 30% | JAMESMCBRIDE | 12 | 15-Across and 47-Across writer who won the 2013 National Book Award for Fiction for "The Good Lord Bird" (2 wds.) |
| 30% | SUSANCHOI | 9 | 15-Across and 33-Across writer who won the 2019 National Book Award for Fiction for her novel "Trust Exercise" (2 wds.) |
| 30% | JESMYNWARD | 10 | Mississippi novelist who is the only woman to win the National Book Award for Fiction twice (2 wds.) |
| 30% | INVISIBLE | 9 | "___ Man," 1952 novel by Ralph Ellison featuring an unnamed protagonist that won the National Book Award for Fiction |