| 100% | NEVERWHERE | 10 | Television series which is set in a magical realm called "London Below" and was later adapted into a novel by 45a |
| 35% | APAINTEDHOUSE | 13 | Novel by John Grisham which was made into a television film starring Scott Glenn in 2003: 3 wds. |
| 35% | HANDMAIDSTALE | 13 | Margaret Atwood's dystopian novel, "The ___" which has been adapted into a film, an opera and a TV series: 2 wds. |
| 35% | DEATHONTHENILE | 14 | Novel by 19-Across set in Egypt adapted into a 2022 film starring and directed by 33-Across (4 wds.) |
| 35% | LIES | 4 | "Big Little ___," novel by Liane Moriarty that was adapted into a TV series starring Reese Witherspoon and Meryl Streep |
| 34% | BARBWIRE | 8 | Comic book series published by Comics Greatest World, which was later adapted into a film starring Pamela Anderson: 2 wds. |
| 34% | HIGHFIDELITY | 12 | 50-Across novel that was adapted into a feature film in 2000, a Broadway musical in 2006, and a TV series in 2020 (2 wds.) |
| 34% | AMERICANGODS | 12 | Television series based on 45a's novel which is about Shadow Moon, a former convict and Mr. Wednesday, a con artist: 2 wds. |
| 34% | EARTHS | 6 | "Crisis on Infinite ___," comic book maxiseries published by DC Comics and which is set in a shared universe |
| 34% | SANFORD | 7 | "___ and Son," NBC TV series co-created by Bud Yorkin which is set in California |
| 33% | NEVERLET | 8 | "___ Me Go," 2005 novel by Kazuo Ishiguro for which he won the ALA Alex Award and which was also adapted into a movie: 2 wds. |
| 33% | OFTHEDAY | 8 | "The Remains ___," 1989 novel by Kazuo Ishiguro (birthday today) for which he won the Booker Prize and which was also adapted into a film: 3 wds. |
| 32% | SEED | 4 | "The Bad ___," horror novel written by William March which was adapted into a movie |
| 32% | WOMENTALKING | 12 | Novel by 36-Across about an isolated Mennonite community in Bolivia that was adapted by 17-Across into a film starring Frances McDormand, Claire Foy, and Rooney Mara (2 wds.) |
| 32% | INTO | 4 | Jon Krakauer's novel "___ the Wild" which was adapted into a movie by Sean Penn |
| 32% | FACTOTUM | 8 | Second novel written by Charles Bukowski which was adapted into a film starring Marisa Tomei |
| 31% | MAZERUNNER | 10 | James Dashner's dystopian novel, "The ___" which was adapted into a film directed by Wes Ball: 2 wds. |
| 31% | WITCHER | 7 | "The ___," 2019 TV series based on the book series by Andrzej Sapkowski which was adapted into a video game |
| 31% | FIGHT | 5 | "___ Club," 1996 novel by Chuck Palahniuk which was adapted into a film by David Fincher |
| 31% | LINCOLN | 7 | "The ___ Lawyer," 2005 legal thriller novel by Michael Connelly which was adapted into a film |
| 31% | MALORY | 6 | "___ Towers," series of novels by Enid Blyton that is set in a girls' boarding school |
| 31% | OLDMAN | 6 | *"The ___ and the Sea," 1952 novel by Ernest Hemingway that was adapted into a 1958 film: 2 wds. |
| 31% | ARABIAN | 7 | "___ Nights," collection of folk tales like "Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves" which was adapted into a video game in 1985 |
| 31% | ANATOMY | 7 | "___ of a Murder," 1958 legal thriller novel by John D. Voelker which was adapted into a film |
| 31% | TWILIGHT | 8 | 2005 novel by Stephenie Meyer featuring vampires that was adapted into a film series starring Robert Pattinson |
| 30% | NUN | 3 | "Requiem for a ___," play by Albert Camus published in 1962 which was adapted from William Faulkner's novel |
| 30% | ELITE | 5 | Spanish thriller teen drama series on Netflix which is set in a fictional school |
| 30% | LESMISERABLES | 13 | Victor Hugo's novel which was also adapted into a movie starring Anne Hathaway and has a sentence with 823 words: 2 wds. |
| 30% | HOLYGHOST | 9 | Book by John Sandford which was part of the "Virgil Flowers" novel series and became a NYT 2018 Bestseller: 2 wds. |
| 30% | OVE | 3 | "A Man Called ___," 2012 novel by Fredrik Backman that was adapted into a 2022 movie titled "A Man Called Otto" |