| 100% | GOLDFINCH | 9 | Pulitzer-winning novel by Donna Tartt, with "the" |
| 75% | THEGOLDFINCH | 12 | Donna Tartt novel that won the 2014 Pulitzer Prize (2 wds.) |
| 64% | LITTLEFRIEND | 12 | The —, 2002 novel by Donna Tartt |
| 62% | LESS | 4 | Novel by Andrew Sean Greer that won the Pulitzer Prize in 2018 |
| 61% | THEOVERSTORY | 12 | Novel by 30-Across that won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (2 wds.) |
| 60% | SECRET | 6 | "The ___ History," dark academia novel by Donna Tartt |
| 59% | LESS | 4 | 2018 novel by Andrew Sean Greer that won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction |
| 59% | THEGOOD | 7 | & 19A 1931 novel by Pearl Buck that won the Pulitzer Prize the following year |
| 59% | THEOVERSTORY | 12 | 2018 novel by 32-Across that won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (2 wds.) |
| 59% | OVERSTORY | 9 | "The ___," novel by Richard Powers that won the 2019 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction |
| 57% | SECRET | 6 | "The ___ History," '90s novel by Donna Tartt that was an instant best-seller |
| 56% | NIGHT | 5 | "The ___ Watchman," 2020 novel by Louise Erdrich that won the 2021 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction |
| 55% | TYLER | 5 | Anne with the Pulitzer-winning novel "Breathing Lessons" |
| 55% | ROAD | 4 | "The ___," 2006 novel by Cormac McCarthy featuring an unnamed protagonist that won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction |
| 53% | THEGOLDFINCH | 12 | 2019 film based on a 2013 best-selling novel by Donna Tartt: 2 wds. |
| 52% | TARTT | 5 | Donna who wrote the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel "The Goldfinch" |
| 51% | VAMPIRE | 7 | Interview with the __, novel by Anne Rice |
| 51% | LOVESTORY | 9 | Novel by Erich Segal starts with the death of Jenny |
| 49% | TARR | 4 | 1918 novel by Wyndham Lewis with the character Otto Kreisler |
| 49% | ARM | 3 | "The Man with the Golden ___" (National Book Award-winning novel by Nelson Algren) |
| 48% | POSTCARDS | 9 | Novel by 29-Across that won the 1992 PEN/Faulkner Award for fiction |
| 48% | CUJO | 4 | 1981 novel by Stephen King that won the British Fantasy Award |
| 48% | AMERICANAH | 10 | Novel by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie that won the 2013 National Book Critics Circle Award |
| 48% | ASBRAVEASYOU | 12 | 2016 novel by 30-Across that won the Kirkus Prize: 4 wds. |
| 48% | SPAHN | 5 | Hall of Fame pitcher Warren with the most wins by a lefty |
| 47% | AGE | 3 | Edith Wharton's Pulitzer winning novel "The ___ of Innocence" |
| 46% | ONEOFOURS | 9 | Pulitzer-winning novel by Willa Cather |
| 46% | THEUNCONSOLED | 13 | 1995 novel by Kazuo Ishiguro for which he won the Cheltenham Prize: 2 wds. |
| 46% | LONESOMEDOVE | 12 | Western novel that won the 1986 Pulitzer Prize: 2 wds. |