| 100% | UNDERTHEDOME | 12 | Stephen King novel set in an extremely isolated Maine town (3 wds.) |
| 49% | NEEDFULTHINGS | 13 | Stephen King novel set in a gift shop (2 wds.) |
| 43% | SHINING | 7 | Stephen King novel set in haunted hotel, The __ |
| 40% | THEGREENMILE | 12 | Stephen King serial novel set on death row (3 wds.) |
| 39% | THEBURGESSBOYS | 14 | Elizabeth Strout novel set in the fictional town of Shirley Falls about two brothers (3 wds.) |
| 38% | SALEMSLOT | 9 | Stephen King novel about a town of vampires: 2 wds. |
| 38% | ADANO | 5 | "A Bell for ___" (Pulitzer-winning John Hersey novel set in an Italian town) |
| 38% | AMYANDISABELLE | 14 | Elizabeth Strout novel set in the fictional town of Shirley Falls about a mother and daughter (3 wds.) |
| 38% | ALLTHELIGHT | 11 | With 42-Across, Anthony Doerr novel set in WWII France: 3 wds. |
| 38% | THELAKEHOUSE | 12 | 2015 bestseller set in an abandoned estate by the water: 3 wds. |
| 37% | THEWATERDANCER | 14 | 2019 surrealist novel set in the antebellum South: 3 wds. |
| 36% | THUNDERPOINT | 12 | Romance series by Robyn Carr set in an Oregon coastal town (2 wds.) |
| 36% | NEEDFULTHINGS | 13 | Stephen King novel featuring a shop that always has exactly the right items in stock (2 wds.) |
| 35% | SALEM | 5 | Stephen King novel setting |
| 35% | THENICKELBOYS | 13 | Colson Whitehead novel set in Florida (3 wds.) |
| 34% | JOHNHENRYDAYS | 13 | Colson Whitehead novel set in West Virginia (3 wds.) |
| 34% | THENICKELBOYS | 13 | 2019 Colson Whitehead novel set in a Florida reform school (3 wds.) |
| 33% | THENICKELBOYS | 13 | Colson Whitehead novel set in a Florida reform school (3 wds.) |
| 32% | ATTHEEARTHSCORE | 15 | 1914 Edgar Rice Burroughs novel set in an underground land |
| 32% | BABBITT | 7 | Novel set in the fictional town of Zenith |
| 32% | PETSEMATARY | 11 | Stephen King novel with a misspelling in the title |
| 32% | MAINE | 5 | Where many Stephen King novels are set |
| 31% | THEBLACKTULIP | 13 | Alexandre Dumas historical novel set in Holland that has a flower in its title (3 wds.) |
| 31% | SALEMSLOT | 9 | King work set in Maine |
| 31% | MAINE | 5 | State where many Stephen King novels are set |
| 31% | SALEMSLOT | 9 | Stephen King novel featuring a haunted house and vampires (2 wds.) |
| 31% | SAGHARBOR | 9 | Colson Whitehead novel set in the Hamptons (2 wds.) |
| 31% | BANGOR | 6 | Maine town that inspires resident Stephen King |
| 30% | ITCHAPTERTWO | 12 | Horror sequel starring 18-Across and 32-Across set in Derry, Maine (3 wds.) |
| 30% | MAINE | 5 | New England state where many Stephen King novels are set |