| 100% | MAUS | 4 | Pulitzer-winning graphic novel whose main characters are depicted as mice |
| 51% | MAUS | 4 | Pulitzer-winning graphic novel whose title is German for "mouse" |
| 45% | OLDCURIOSITY | 12 | & 5D The —, 1841 Charles Dickens novel whose main character is Nell Trent |
| 44% | RICKRIORDAN | 11 | Best-selling author of fantasy novels whose main characters are descended from gods: 2 wds. |
| 38% | OSLO | 4 | 2017 Tony-winning play whose main characters are diplomats |
| 37% | TOMBRAIDER | 10 | Franchise whose main character is Lara Croft |
| 37% | CSI | 3 | Show whose main character was Gil Grissom |
| 37% | COCO | 4 | 2017 film whose main character is Miguel Rivera |
| 37% | ELF | 3 | 2003 holiday movie whose main character is Buddy |
| 37% | ISH | 3 | "Grown-___" (sitcom whose main character is Zoey Johnson) |
| 37% | CARS | 4 | 2006 film whose main character is Lightning McQueen |
| 36% | MOM | 3 | Sitcom whose main characters are Christy and Bonnie Plunkett |
| 35% | RIO | 3 | 2011 animated film whose main character is a Spix's macaw |
| 35% | GONEGIRL | 8 | Novel whose title character is the missing Amy Dunne |
| 35% | BRIDE | 5 | "The Princess ___," 1987 Robin Wright starrer whose main character is Princess Buttercup |
| 35% | AFTER | 5 | "Ever ___," 1998 Drew Barrymore film whose main character is inspired by Cinderella |
| 35% | THECURSE | 8 | 2023 Nathan Fielder/Emma Stone show whose main characters are aspiring HGTV hosts |
| 35% | SWAN | 4 | "The ___ Princess," 1994 film starring Michelle Nicastro whose main character is Princess Odette |
| 35% | ENCHANTED | 9 | 2007 Amy Adams and Patrick Dempsey starrer whose main character is Princess Giselle |
| 34% | WATERSHIPDOWN | 13 | Richard Adams novel whose main characters include a talking rabbit named Hazel (2 wds.) |
| 34% | CHARLOTTESWEB | 13 | E.B. White novel whose main characters include a talking pig named Wilbur (2 wds.) |
| 33% | LITTLEWOMEN | 11 | Louisa May Alcott classic whose main characters are hidden in the answers to the starred clues |
| 33% | LARRYMCMURTRY | 13 | American novelist whose 1985 novel "Lonesome Dove" won the Pulitzer Prize and whose six novels were adapted into films: 2 wds. |
| 33% | ONTHEROAD | 9 | Novel whose character Carlo Marx was modelled on Allen Ginsberg |
| 33% | MAUS | 4 | First graphic novel to win a Pulitzer (1992) |
| 33% | MAUS | 4 | Only graphic novel to win a Pulitzer Prize |
| 33% | WALDO | 5 | "Where's ___?," collection of children's puzzles whose main character is always lost and must be found |
| 33% | DIARIES | 7 | "The Princess ___," Anne Hathaway starrer that debuted on July 29th, 2001, whose main character is Princess Mia |
| 33% | VEEP | 4 | Show whose main character's autobiography was titled A Woman First: First Woman |
| 32% | MAUS | 4 | Only graphic novel to win a Pulitzer Prize (awarded 1992) |