| 100% | REAL | 4 | With 27-Across, novel by 42-Across that was shortlisted for the 2020 Booker Prize |
| 69% | TYLL | 4 | Novel by Daniel Kehlmann which was shortlisted for the International Booker Prize 2020 |
| 68% | MEMORY | 6 | "The ___ Police," novel by Yoko Ogawa which was shortlisted for the International Booker Prize 2020 |
| 68% | SEASON | 6 | "Hurricane ___," novel by Fernanda Melchor which was shortlisted for the International Booker Prize 2020 |
| 67% | GREENGAGE | 9 | "The Enlightenment of the ___ Tree," novel by Shokoofeh Azar which was shortlisted for the International Booker Prize 2020 |
| 59% | AVNIDOSHI | 9 | American writer whose debut novel, "Burnt Sugar," was shortlisted for the 2020 Booker Prize (2 wds.) |
| 59% | BRANDONTAYLOR | 13 | American writer whose debut novel, "Real Life," was shortlisted for the 2020 Booker Prize (2 wds.) |
| 59% | STATEOFWONDER | 13 | 2011 novel by 28-Across that was shortlisted for the Orange Prize for Fiction (3 wds.) |
| 59% | DIANECOOK | 9 | American writer whose debut novel, "The New Wilderness," was shortlisted for the 2020 Booker Prize (2 wds.) |
| 57% | CHINA | 5 | "The Adventures of ___ Iron," novel by Gabriela Cabezon Camara which was shortlisted for the International Booker Prize 2020 |
| 56% | BEWILDERMENT | 12 | Novel by 30-Across shortlisted for the 2021 Booker Prize |
| 52% | HIBISCUS | 8 | "Purple ___," novel by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie that was longlisted for the 2004 Booker Prize |
| 51% | ETERNITY | 8 | "The End of ___," 1955 sci-fi novel by Isaac Asimov that was shortlisted for the Hugo Award for Best Novel |
| 49% | ORFEO | 5 | Novel by Richard Powers which was on the longlist for the 2014 Man Booker Prize |
| 47% | NIGHT | 5 | "The ___ Watchman," 2020 novel by Louise Erdrich that won the 2021 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction |
| 46% | CLOUDATLAS | 10 | 2004 novel by David Mitchell shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize |
| 45% | THEOVERSTORY | 12 | Novel by 30-Across that won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (2 wds.) |
| 45% | SALEMS | 6 | "___ Lot," 1975 novel by Stephen King that was nominated for the World Fantasy Award |
| 45% | THEECHOMAKER | 12 | 2006 novel by 32-Across that won the National Book Award for Fiction (3 wds.) |
| 44% | THEOVERSTORY | 12 | 2018 novel by 32-Across that won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (2 wds.) |
| 44% | KILLINGFLOOR | 12 | Debut novel by 25-Across that was the basis for the first season of "Reacher" (2 wds.) |
| 43% | THESEVENAGES | 12 | Collection by 36-Across that was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 2002 (3 wds.) |
| 42% | HOTPINK | 7 | Album by 50-Across that was nominated for Favorite Soul/R&B Album at the 2020 American Music Awards (2 wds.) |
| 42% | WRATH | 5 | "The Grapes of ___," novel by John Steinbeck, set in the Great Depression, that was a major reason for him winning the Nobel Prize |
| 42% | TIMESARROW | 10 | 1991 Martin Amis novel shortlisted for the Booker Prize |
| 42% | SHAME | 5 | 1983 Salman Rushdie novel shortlisted for the Booker Prize |
| 42% | 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. |
| 42% | BLUBBER | 7 | 1974 young adult novel by 45-Across that is #43 on the ALA's Top 100 Banned/Challenged Books (2000-2009) (2 wds.) |
| 42% | FOREVER | 7 | 1975 young adult novel by 45-Across that is #16 on the ALA's Top 100 Banned/Challenged Books (2000-2009) (2 wds.) |