| 100% | SALT | 4 | The Price of ___ (novel that was adapted into the movie Carol) |
| 73% | ALIVE | 5 | "Luckiest Girl ___," 2015 novel by Jessica Knoll that was adapted into 2022 mystery thriller movie of the same name |
| 71% | DAVIDMITCHELL | 13 | Author of the novel that was adapted into the 2012 film 7-/49-Across |
| 66% | DOLPHINS | 8 | "Island of the Blue ___," 1960 Scott O'Dell novel that was adapted into a 1964 James B. Clark film |
| 65% | BEAVER | 6 | "The Sign of the ___," 1983 Elizabeth George Speare novel that was adapted into the film "Keeping the Promise" |
| 63% | SHINING | 7 | "The ___ Girls," 2013 novel by Lauren Beukes that was adapted into 2022 TV series of the same name |
| 62% | BEES | 4 | "The Secret Life of ___," 2001 Sue Monk Kidd novel that was adapted into a 2008 film starring Queen Latifah |
| 62% | NAKEDSUN | 8 | "The ___," 1957 sci-fi novel by Isaac Asimov that was adapted into an episode of the TV series "Out of the Unknown": 2 wds. |
| 60% | ROOM | 4 | 2010 novel by Emma Donoghue that was adapted into a movie starring Brie Larson |
| 59% | THEDRY | 6 | Novel by Australian author Jane Harper that was adapted into a movie starring Eric Bana: 2 wds. |
| 59% | DEMI | 4 | ___ Moore, star of the podcast "Dirty Diana" that was adapted into a drama series |
| 58% | INTRUDERINTHE | 13 | "___ Dust," 1948 novel by William Faulkner that was adapted into a movie by Clarence Brown: 3 wds. |
| 58% | NILE | 4 | "Death on the ___," 1937 novel by Agatha Christie that was adapted into the eponymous 2022 mystery film |
| 58% | NATIVESON | 9 | Best-selling 1940 novel that was adapted into a film, with its author playing the protagonist, in 1951 |
| 58% | GOD | 3 | "Child of ___," 1973 novel by Cormac McCarthy that was adapted into a 2013 film |
| 57% | THEHATEUGIVE | 12 | Best-selling novel by 40-Across that was adapted into a new movie: 4 wds. |
| 57% | OUTSIDERS | 9 | S.E. Hinton's coming-of-age novel "The ___" which was adapted into a movie |
| 57% | EMMA | 4 | Jane Austen novel that was the basis of the movie "Clueless" |
| 56% | ACT | 3 | "Sister ___," 1992 film starring Whoopi Goldberg that was adapted into a stage musical of the same name |
| 55% | INTERVIEW | 9 | "___ with the Vampire," 1976 gothic horror novel by Anne Rice that was adapted into a film starring Brad Pitt |
| 55% | SCOTT | 5 | "___ Pilgrim," series of graphic novels by Bryan Lee O'Malley that was adapted into a film starring Michael Cera |
| 55% | TINY | 4 | "___ Beautiful Things," book by Cheryl Strayed that was adapted into a miniseries of the same name starring Kathryn Hahn |
| 55% | INTO | 4 | Jon Krakauer's novel "___ the Wild" which was adapted into a movie by Sean Penn |
| 55% | DAN | 3 | I wrote the Robert Langdon series and three of my novels were adapted into films |
| 54% | OVE | 3 | "A Man Called ___," 2012 novel by Fredrik Backman that was adapted into a 2022 movie titled "A Man Called Otto" |
| 54% | ANNBRASHARES | 12 | YA novelist whose "Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants" book series was adapted into movies starring America Ferrera: 2 wds. |
| 54% | OLDMAN | 6 | *"The ___ and the Sea," 1952 novel by Ernest Hemingway that was adapted into a 1958 film: 2 wds. |
| 54% | SING | 4 | "Where the Crawdads ___," 2018 novel by Delia Owens that was adapted into an eponymous 2022 thriller film |
| 54% | ROAD | 4 | "The ___," 2006 novel by Cormac McCarthy that was adapted into a 2009 survival film |
| 53% | BOOKTHIEF | 9 | Mark Zusak's novel "The ___" which was adapted into a movie: 2 wds. |