| 100% | KILL | 4 | Road -, 1994 Jack Ketchum novel also published as Joyride |
| 91% | ROADKILL | 8 | 1994 Jack Ketchum novel also published as Joyride |
| 34% | GIRLFRIDAY | 10 | 2009 novel by Jane Green published in the US as Dune Road |
| 31% | MEETTHEBARON | 12 | 1937 novel by John Creasey also published as The Man in the Blue Mask |
| 29% | OPENING | 7 | & 19A 1951 novel by Ngaio Marsh also published as Night at the Vulcan |
| 28% | STRANGELAND | 11 | The —, 1954 novel by Hammond Innes also published as The Naked Land |
| 28% | ONTHEROAD | 9 | Jack Kerouac novel published in 1957 (3 wds.) |
| 27% | AMERIKA | 7 | Incomplete novel by Franz Kafka also known as Der Verschollene published posthumously in 1927 |
| 27% | STARJUMPS | 9 | Exercises also known as jacks |
| 26% | KEROUAC | 7 | Jack —, author of novels The Dharma Bums and On the Road |
| 26% | COHO | 4 | Fish also known as a blue jack |
| 26% | LUDLUM | 6 | Robert, writer who also published novels under the names Jonathan Ryder and Michael Shepherd |
| 26% | KEROUAC | 7 | Jack —, author of the novels The Dharma Bums and On the Road |
| 26% | AMERIKA | 7 | Unfinished Kafka novel also known as The Man Who Disappeared |
| 25% | NOBODYSFOOL | 11 | Novel by 28-Across adapted as a 1994 film starring Paul Newman (2 wds.) |
| 24% | AGNESGREY | 9 | Writing as "Acton Bell", Anne Bronte published this first novel in 1847 |
| 24% | TANEHISICOATES | 14 | Essayist who published 16-Across as his debut novel: 2 wds., hyph. |
| 24% | STEPHENKING | 11 | "Carrie" author who also wrote horror novels as Richard Bachman: 2 wds. |
| 23% | RIGHTHO | 7 | & 15A 1934 novel by P G Wodehouse published in the US as Brinkley Manor |
| 22% | SOPHIEKINSELLA | 14 | Author of the "Shopaholic" novels who also wrote stand-alone novels as Madeleine Wickham: 2 wds. |
| 22% | ASH | 3 | ___ Ketchum, Pokemon trainer also known as Satoshi |
| 22% | POST | 4 | Publish, as on Instagram |
| 21% | POSTS | 5 | Publishes, as a blog entry |
| 21% | BETTEROFFDEAD | 13 | Jack Reacher novel |
| 21% | NOTHINGTOLOSE | 13 | Jack Reacher novel |
| 21% | ALIAS | 5 | Also known as |
| 21% | HOFF | 4 | Harry S —, English author whose 1934 debut novel Trina was published in the US as It Happened in PRK |