| 100% | MORRISON | 8 | Toni __, wrote the prize-winning novel Beloved |
| 57% | TARTT | 5 | Donna who wrote the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel "The Goldfinch" |
| 54% | MORRISON | 8 | Toni who wrote Beloved and The Bluest Eye |
| 50% | LESS | 4 | Novel by Andrew Sean Greer that won the Pulitzer Prize in 2018 |
| 50% | LONESOMEDOVE | 12 | Western novel that won the 1986 Pulitzer Prize: 2 wds. |
| 50% | OURS | 4 | "One of ___" (Willa Cather novel that won the Pulitzer Prize) |
| 50% | LESS | 4 | Andrew Sean Greer novel that won the 2018 Pulitzer Prize |
| 50% | LIFEOFPI | 8 | Yann Martel novel that won the 2002 Man Booker Prize |
| 50% | THEOVERSTORY | 12 | Novel by 30-Across that won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (2 wds.) |
| 50% | REMAINS | 7 | "The ___ of the Day" (Kazuo Ishiguro novel that won the Booker Prize) |
| 50% | ALISON | 6 | Lurie who won the Pulitzer Prize for the novel “Foreign Affairs” |
| 50% | THEGOLDFINCH | 12 | Donna Tartt novel that won the 2014 Pulitzer Prize (2 wds.) |
| 50% | THEOVERSTORY | 12 | Richard Powers novel that won the 2019 Pulitzer Prize (2 wds.) |
| 50% | THENICKELBOYS | 13 | Colson Whitehead novel that won the 2020 Pulitzer Prize (3 wds.) |
| 49% | BELOVED | 7 | Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Toni Morrison |
| 49% | ROADHOME | 8 | The —, Rose Tremain novel that won the 2008 Orange Broadband Prize for Fiction |
| 49% | ROADHOME | 8 | The ---, Rose Tremain novel that won the 2008 Orange Broadband Prize for Fiction |
| 49% | OVERSTORY | 9 | "The ___," novel by Richard Powers that won the 2019 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction |
| 49% | RAILROAD | 8 | "The Underground ___," Colson Whitehead novel that won the 2017 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction |
| 49% | NIGHT | 5 | "The ___ Watchman," Louise Erdrich novel that won the 2021 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction |
| 49% | BOYS | 4 | "The Nickel ___," Colson Whitehead novel that won the 2020 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction |
| 49% | CORMACMCCARTHY | 14 | "The Road" Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist who wrote 19-Across, 46-Across, and the 2022 novel "The Passenger" (2 wds.) |
| 49% | ASBRAVEASYOU | 12 | 2016 novel by 30-Across that won the Kirkus Prize: 4 wds. |
| 49% | COPPERHEAD | 10 | "Demon ___," Barbara Kingsolver novel that won the 2023 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction |
| 48% | IAN | 3 | English author ___ McEwan who won the Man Booker Prize for his novel "Amsterdam" |
| 48% | LESS | 4 | 2018 novel by Andrew Sean Greer that won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction |
| 48% | THESHIPPING | 11 | & 22D E Annie Proulx novel that won the 1994 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction |
| 48% | THESIEGEOF | 10 | & 10D J G Farrell novel that won the 1973 Booker Prize for Fiction |