| 100% | SOBIG | 5 | Pulitzer-winning novel by Edna Ferber: 2 wds. |
| 65% | THEREIVERS | 10 | "___: A Reminiscence," the last novel by William Faulkner that won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction: 2 wds. |
| 63% | THEOVERSTORY | 12 | Novel by 30-Across that won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (2 wds.) |
| 61% | THEOVERSTORY | 12 | 2018 novel by 32-Across that won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (2 wds.) |
| 55% | GIANT | 5 | 1950 novel by Edna Ferber |
| 55% | SOBIG | 5 | 1924 novel by Edna Ferber |
| 53% | OFA | 3 | "Half ___ Yellow Sun," novel by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie that won the 2007 Orange Prize for Fiction: 2 wds. |
| 50% | BRINGUP | 7 | "___ the Bodies," award-winning novel by Hilary Mantel which is a sequel to 23a: 2 wds. |
| 48% | VIS | 3 | "___ for Vengeance," novel by Sue Grafton: 2 wds. |
| 48% | MIS | 3 | "___ for Malice," novel by Sue Grafton: 2 wds. |
| 48% | AIS | 3 | "___ for Alibi," novel by Sue Grafton: 2 wds. |
| 48% | OFO | 3 | "Story ___," novel by Anne Desclos: 2 wds. |
| 48% | NEVERLET | 8 | "___ Me Go," 2005 novel by Kazuo Ishiguro for which he won the ALA Alex Award and which was also adapted into a movie: 2 wds. |
| 47% | THEUNCONSOLED | 13 | 1995 novel by Kazuo Ishiguro for which he won the Cheltenham Prize: 2 wds. |
| 47% | LONESOMEDOVE | 12 | Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by 5-Down made into a TV miniseries starring Robert Duvall and Tommy Lee Jones (2 wds.) |
| 46% | AMERICANGODS | 12 | Novel by 39-Across that won the Hugo Award for Best Novel and the Nebula Award for Best Novel (2 wds.) |
| 46% | LESS | 4 | Novel by Andrew Sean Greer that won the Pulitzer Prize in 2018 |
| 46% | AMAD | 4 | 1967 novel by Sue Kaufman "Diary of ___ Housewife": 2 wds. |
| 45% | ATALE | 5 | "___ of Two Cities," novel by Charles Dickens: 2 wds. |
| 45% | HANDMAIDSTALE | 13 | "The ___," 1985 dystopian novel by Margaret Atwood: 2 wds. |
| 45% | ATALE | 5 | "____ of Two Cities," novel by Charles Dickens: 2 wds. |
| 45% | INOUR | 5 | "The Fault ___ Stars," novel by John Green: 2 wds. |
| 45% | ATALE | 5 | "___ of Two Cities" novel by Charles Dickens: 2 wds. |
| 45% | ASBRAVEASYOU | 12 | 2016 novel by 30-Across that won the Kirkus Prize: 4 wds. |
| 45% | THEGOODEARTH | 12 | 1932 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by 26-Across (3 wds.) |
| 45% | INVISIBLEMAN | 12 | 1953 National Book Award-winning novel by 45-Across (2 wds.) |
| 44% | SOBIG | 5 | Pulitzer-winning Ferber novel |
| 44% | STRIPTEASE | 10 | Novel by 44-Across that was made into a movie starring Demi Moore: 2 wds. |
| 44% | OVERSTORY | 9 | "The ___," novel by Richard Powers that won the 2019 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction |