| 100% | BROTHERS | 8 | The __ Karamazov was Dostoyevsky's final novel |
| 46% | ALISMITH | 8 | Author whose novel “Summer” is the final book in her Seasonal Quartet (August, 2020) |
| 45% | TENDER | 6 | Fitzgerald's final completed book, __ is the Night |
| 43% | OUTSIDERS | 9 | "The ___," 1983 drama film by Francis Ford Coppola that was based on the eponymous novel by S.E. Hinton |
| 42% | HOFF | 4 | Harry S —, English author whose 1934 debut novel Trina was published in the US as It Happened in PRK |
| 42% | IVE | 3 | "___ Been to the Mountaintop" (MLK Jr.'s final speech) |
| 41% | LITTLEWOMEN | 11 | 1860s novel that is the basis for this puzzle's theme |
| 41% | OMERTA | 6 | Final novel by the author of ''the great 'GF''' |
| 41% | TENDER | 6 | What The Night is in Fitzgerald's 1934 novel |
| 41% | ITALO | 5 | Calvino whose final novel was "Mr. Palomar" |
| 41% | DAWN | 4 | "Breaking ___," final novel in the "Twilight" series |
| 40% | RECKONING | 9 | Final settlement, and the title of the sixth novel in 27-Across's "Donovan" series |
| 40% | PENNYWISE | 9 | Evil clown who is the main character in Stephen King's novel "It" |
| 39% | MRMOTO | 6 | The last novel featuring him was "Stopover: Tokyo" |
| 39% | EMMA | 4 | Novel on which the film "Clueless" is based |
| 39% | HINTON | 6 | S E —, author of 1967 novel The Outsiders |
| 39% | HINTON | 6 | S E -, author of 1967 novel The Outsiders |
| 39% | SELF | 4 | Will —, author of novels The Butt and Dorian |
| 38% | PDT | 3 | S.F. is on it in the summer |
| 38% | INTO | 4 | Jon Krakauer's novel "___ the Wild" which was adapted into a movie by Sean Penn |
| 38% | BELOVED | 7 | 1987 novel with the opening lines “124 was spiteful. Full of a baby’s venom” |
| 38% | OMERTA | 6 | Puzo's final novel |
| 38% | BREAKINGDAWN | 12 | Fourth and final novel in "The Twilight Saga" which was released as a two part movie in 2011: 2 wds. |
| 38% | IVE | 3 | "___ been to the mountaintop" (quote from MLK's final speech) |
| 38% | GONEGIRL | 8 | Novel whose title character is the missing Amy Dunne |
| 38% | SELF | 4 | Will —, author of novels Shark, The Butt and Dorian |
| 38% | FANTASY | 7 | Sephiroth is the antagonist of Final __ 7 |
| 38% | LIGHTNESS | 9 | Milan Kundera novel, The Unbearable __ of Being |
| 37% | PASSION | 7 | The final stage of Jesus' life is known as the __ |
| 37% | RADLEYS | 7 | The Boo ___, "Wake Up Boo!" band whose name is inspired by Harper Lee's novel "To Kill a Mockingbird" |