| 100% | GOR | 3 | Queens College philosophy professor John Lange, writing as John Norman, set a series of sword and planet novels on this planet |
| 32% | WMICHAELGEAR | 12 | "North America's Forgotten Past" series co-author who writes the sci-fi novel series set on a hostile planet known as Donovan (3 wds.) |
| 25% | EARTHSEACYCLE | 13 | Series of high fantasy novels and stories by 44-Across set on an otherworldly archipelago in an uncharted ocean (2 wds.) |
| 25% | HOLYGHOST | 9 | Book by John Sandford which was part of the "Virgil Flowers" novel series and became a NYT 2018 Bestseller: 2 wds. |
| 25% | BOND | 4 | ___ villain (evil mastermind from a series of novels and movies) |
| 25% | THESECRETLIFE | 13 | "___ of Bees," a 2008 drama film with Queen Latifah and was based on a novel by Sue Monk Kidd: 3 wds. |
| 25% | WILLIAM | 7 | ___ Faulkner, author of "The Sound and the Fury" who once wrote the entire outline to a novel on his office walls |
| 25% | THEFAMOUSFIVE | 13 | Series of children's novels written by Enid Blyton featuring the adventures of a group of young children and their dog Timmy: 3 wds. |
| 24% | WAYSIDESCHOOL | 13 | Setting for a series of novels by 30-Across (2 wds.) |
| 24% | GRAPES | 6 | "The ___ of Wrath," 1940 film starring Henry Fonda as a sharecropper, based on the eponymous John Steinbeck novel |
| 24% | BARSTOW | 7 | Stan —, author of novels A Kind of Loving and The Watchers on the Shore |
| 24% | STAN | 4 | & 21A Author of novels A Kind of Loving and The Watchers on the Shore |
| 24% | VIRGILFLOWERS | 13 | Criminal investigator featured in 11 John Sandford novels who began as a supporting character in Sandford's "Prey" series of novels (2 wds.) |
| 24% | HIGHFIDELITY | 12 | Film based on a Nick Hornby novel set in a record shop starring John Cusack and Joan Cusack (2 wds.) |
| 24% | KATHYREICHS | 11 | "Bones" writer who had a cameo as a forensic anthropology professor on the TV adaptation of her series (2 wds.) |
| 23% | DUNE | 4 | Sci-fi novel set on the planet of Arrakis |
| 23% | STORMOF | 7 | "A ___ Swords," third novel in the epic fantasy series "A Song of Ice and Fire" by George R.R. Martin: 2 wds. |
| 23% | PAPERTRAIL | 10 | Series of documents that trace a path, as suggested by this puzzle |
| 23% | SOLAR | 5 | The sun and planets are a part of this system |
| 23% | PORNO | 5 | "My Dad Wrote a ___" (comedy podcast featuring a series of erotic novels called "Belinda Blinked") |
| 23% | DARKOFTHEMOON | 13 | First book in a series of novels by John Sandford featuring 46-Across (4 wds.) |
| 23% | PLAZA | 5 | "Eloise at the ___" (Disney film based on a series of Kay Thompson children's novels) |
| 23% | 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.) |
| 23% | SOLAR | 5 | The sun and the planets are a part of this system |
| 23% | ROTATES | 7 | Works on, as a set of tires |
| 23% | GAMEOFTHRONES | 13 | Current HBO series based on a series of George R.R. Martin fantasy novels: 3 wds. |
| 22% | MEN | 3 | Of Mice and ___, "Restoring Force" band whose name is inspired by a John Steinbeck novel |
| 22% | EDEN | 4 | "East of ___" (movie based on a John Steinbeck novel) |
| 22% | MALORY | 6 | "___ Towers," series of novels by Enid Blyton that is set in a girls' boarding school |
| 22% | LIVINGONTHEEDGE | 15 | Taking lots of risks ... and a hint to the entries on this puzzle's border |