| 100% | ARROWSMITH | 10 | Sinclair Lewis novel for which he received (but declined) the Pulitzer Prize |
| 53% | ARROWSMITH | 10 | 1925 novel for which the author declined a Pulitzer Prize |
| 48% | NAUSEA | 6 | Novel for which Sartre declined the Nobel Prize |
| 39% | RODGERS | 7 | Received the Pulitzer Prize for Oklahoma |
| 39% | THEUNCONSOLED | 13 | 1995 novel by Kazuo Ishiguro for which he won the Cheltenham Prize: 2 wds. |
| 39% | THEROAD | 7 | 2006 novel for which Cormac McCarthy won a Pulitzer Prize |
| 38% | ARROWSMITH | 10 | Pulitzer Prize-winning 1925 novel by Sinclair Lewis |
| 38% | ALISON | 6 | Lurie who won the Pulitzer Prize for the novel “Foreign Affairs” |
| 34% | TYLL | 4 | Novel by Daniel Kehlmann which was shortlisted for the International Booker Prize 2020 |
| 34% | AWARD | 5 | The Pulitzer Prize, for one |
| 34% | COLSONWHITEHEAD | 15 | He won the 2017 Pulitzer Prize for fiction |
| 34% | ORFEO | 5 | Novel by Richard Powers which was on the longlist for the 2014 Man Booker Prize |
| 33% | MEMORY | 6 | "The ___ Police," novel by Yoko Ogawa which was shortlisted for the International Booker Prize 2020 |
| 33% | SEASON | 6 | "Hurricane ___," novel by Fernanda Melchor which was shortlisted for the International Booker Prize 2020 |
| 32% | GREENGAGE | 9 | "The Enlightenment of the ___ Tree," novel by Shokoofeh Azar which was shortlisted for the International Booker Prize 2020 |
| 32% | CHINA | 5 | "The Adventures of ___ Iron," novel by Gabriela Cabezon Camara which was shortlisted for the International Booker Prize 2020 |
| 32% | LESS | 4 | 2018 winner of the Pulitzer Prize for fiction |
| 32% | KENDRICKLAMAR | 13 | 2018 winner of the Pulitzer Prize for music |
| 32% | LESS | 4 | 2018 novel by Andrew Sean Greer that won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction |
| 31% | TARTT | 5 | Donna who wrote the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel "The Goldfinch" |
| 31% | DAMN | 4 | Kendrick Lamar album that won the Pulitzer Prize for Music |
| 31% | THEOVERSTORY | 12 | Novel by 30-Across that won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (2 wds.) |
| 31% | DAMN | 4 | 2017 Kendrick Lamar album that won the Pulitzer Prize for Music |
| 31% | RENT | 4 | One of 10 musicals to win the Pulitzer Prize for Drama |
| 31% | RENT | 4 | Seventh of 10 musicals to win the Pulitzer Prize for Drama |
| 31% | AGEE | 4 | Pulitzer Prize winner for "A Death in the Family" |
| 30% | SHALES | 6 | Tom who won the Pulitzer Prize for Criticism for his WaPo work |
| 30% | THREEJUNES | 10 | Début novel for which Julia Glass won the 2002 National Book Award |
| 30% | JOSHUACOHEN | 11 | Author who won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction for “The Netanyahus” (May, 2022) |