| 100% | FISHRUMBLE | 10 | S.E. Hinton novel about a melee between aquatic schools? |
| 40% | TEX | 3 | S.E. Hinton novel adapted into a 1982 film starring Matt Dillon |
| 38% | OUTSIDERS | 9 | S.E. Hinton's coming-of-age novel "The ___" which was adapted into a movie |
| 35% | THE{NICKEL}BOYS | 15 | Pulitzer-winning Colson Whitehead novel about a reform school in Jim Crow-era Florida |
| 35% | OFMICEANDME | 11 | Novel about a research-lab assistant's reminiscences? |
| 35% | THEOTHERBOY | 11 | M.G. Hennessey young adult novel about a transgender preteen in middle school (3 wds.) |
| 35% | WHATYOUWISHFOR | 14 | Katherine Center novel about a school librarian and her relationship with the principal (4 wds.) |
| 35% | TEX | 3 | S.E. Hinton novel |
| 33% | RUMBLEFISH | 10 | Classic S.E. Hinton teen novel |
| 32% | STUART | 6 | "___ Little" (E.B. White's children's novel about a mouse) |
| 32% | WASHINGTONBLACK | 15 | 2018 Esi Edugyan novel about a slave’s path to freedom |
| 32% | JANEEYRE | 8 | Charlotte Brontë's novel about a governess |
| 32% | MADAMEOVARY | 11 | Novel about a surrogate mother? |
| 32% | INVISIBLEMAN | 12 | Ralph Ellison novel about a nameless protagonist's journey in racist America |
| 32% | ROBINSON | 8 | Daniel Defoe's novel about a castaway, __ Crusoe |
| 32% | GEISHASMEMOIRS | 14 | Novel about a Japanese entertainer, abridged? |
| 31% | LEAVING | 7 | "___ Time" (Jodi Picoult novel about a daughter's search for her missing mother) |
| 31% | RUMBLEFISH | 10 | Matt Dillon film based on an S. E. Hinton novel |
| 31% | OMOO | 4 | 1847 novel about a mutiny |
| 31% | CRADLECATS | 10 | Kurt Vonnegut novel about felines in a baby's bed? |
| 31% | LUCINDA | 7 | Oscar and __, Carey's novel about a glass church |
| 31% | LORDJIM | 7 | Joseph Conrad's 1899 novel about a young seaman |
| 30% | ZORRO | 5 | Allende novel about a masked hero |
| 30% | PIONEERSO | 9 | Willa Cather novel about a wagon train traveler's copy of a Winfrey-based magazine? |
| 30% | FIND | 4 | "I Will ___ You" (Harlan Coben novel about a father's search for his missing son) |
| 30% | THEOUTSIDERS | 12 | S. E. Hinton classic |
| 30% | HRH | 3 | Danielle Steel novel about a European princess |
| 30% | CHRISTINE | 9 | Stephen King novel about a possessed car |
| 30% | CUJO | 4 | Stephen King novel about a scary dog |
| 30% | CUJO | 4 | Stephen King novel about a rabid dog |