| 100% | COWS | 4 | The —, 2017 novel by Dawn O’Porter |
| 57% | FATALTREE | 9 | The —, 2017 novel by Jake Arnott |
| 53% | ALEGACYOFSPIES | 14 | 2017 novel by John le Carré that wraps up the story of 30-Across (4 wds.) |
| 52% | ODDS | 4 | The —, 2012 novel by Stewart O’Nan |
| 49% | AGOODHARDLOOK | 13 | 2011 novel by 52-Across that features the writer Flannery O'Connor (4 wds.) |
| 48% | JERICHOSWAR | 11 | 2017 novel by Gerald Seymour |
| 48% | THEBONEFIELD | 12 | 2017 novel by Simon Kernick |
| 48% | BEHINDHER | 9 | 2017 novel by Sarah Pinborough |
| 48% | ALL | 3 | "Turtles ___ The Way Down," 2017 young adult novel authored by John Green |
| 47% | THEGIRL | 7 | 2017 novel by J P Delaney |
| 47% | BIGLITTLELIES | 13 | Novel by 32-Across that was made into the 2017 HBO murder-mystery miniseries about seemingly perfect lives (3 wds.) |
| 45% | SEE | 3 | "O say can you __, by the dawn'sÉ" |
| 43% | SEE | 3 | "O say can you ___, by the dawn's early light..." |
| 43% | THEPOWER | 8 | 2023 TV show and 2017 novel by Naomi Alderman |
| 43% | MACHINE | 7 | Novel by H. G. Wells: The Time __ |
| 42% | PEOPLE | 6 | Novel by Chinua Achebe: A Man of the __ |
| 42% | ORANGE | 6 | Novel by Joanne Harris: Five Quarters of the __ |
| 42% | DOLLHOUSE | 9 | 2011 novel by the Kardashian sisters |
| 42% | CHOLERA | 7 | Novel by García Márquez: Love in the Time of __ |
| 41% | PIMPERNEL | 9 | "Flowery" novel by Baroness Orczy, The Scarlet __ |
| 41% | RAILWAY | 7 | Classic novel by Edith Nesbit, The __ Children |
| 41% | LANARK | 6 | 1981 novel by the late Alasdair Gray |
| 41% | WOLFHALL | 8 | 2009 novel by the late Hilary Mantel |
| 41% | LOVESTORY | 9 | Novel by Erich Segal starts with the death of Jenny |
| 41% | BEWILDERMENT | 12 | Novel by 30-Across shortlisted for the 2021 Booker Prize |
| 41% | WOODSTOCK | 9 | 1826 novel by Walter Scott subtitled The Cavalier |