| 100% | ONBEAUTY | 8 | Zadie Smith novel based on Howard's End |
| 70% | BEAUTY | 6 | On __, novel by Zadie Smith based on Howards End |
| 49% | VAMPIRE | 7 | __ Diaries, TV show based on LJ Smith's novels |
| 43% | NAKEDLUNCH | 10 | *1991 cult film based on a William S. Burroughs novel |
| 42% | LES | 3 | "___ Miserables," musical based on Victor Hugo's novel that is one of the longest-running musicals in the West End |
| 41% | MISERY | 6 | Psychological thriller based on a S. King's novel |
| 40% | HOWARDS | 7 | __ End, based on 1910 E.M. Forster novel |
| 39% | GODFATHER | 9 | Blockbuster based on Mario Puzo's novel |
| 39% | RUMBLEFISH | 10 | Matt Dillon film based on an S. E. Hinton novel |
| 39% | FISH | 4 | "Rumble ___," 1983 drama film by Francis Ford Coppola based on the eponymous novel by S.E. Hinton |
| 38% | GODFATHER | 9 | The __, crime drama based on Mario Puzo's novel |
| 37% | WILLARD | 7 | 1971 hit movie based on the novel "Ratman's Notebooks" |
| 37% | CLUELESS | 8 | Alicia Silverstone film based on Jane Austen's novel "Emma" |
| 37% | GODFATHER | 9 | The 1972 crime film based on Mario Puzo's novel |
| 37% | DARK | 4 | "His ___ Materials," fantasy series based on Philip Pullman's novels |
| 37% | OUTSIDERS | 9 | "The ___," 1983 drama film by Francis Ford Coppola that was based on the eponymous novel by S.E. Hinton |
| 37% | WHITE | 5 | “___ Teeth” (award-winning Zadie Smith novel) |
| 37% | BEAUTY | 6 | Zadie Smith's "On ___" |
| 37% | PET | 3 | "___ Sematary," 2019 horror film based on Stephen King's 1983 novel |
| 37% | PERSUASION | 10 | 2022 Netflix movie based on 18-Across's last completed novel |
| 37% | DOUBLE | 6 | "___ Indemnity," Barbara Stanwyck starrer based on James M. Cain's novel |
| 37% | BABE | 4 | Film based on the 1983 children's novel "The Sheep-Pig" |
| 37% | HEIGHTS | 7 | Wuthering __, 1939 film based on Bronte's novel |
| 36% | TEETH | 5 | "White ___," 2000 novel by Zadie Smith which begins on New Year's day |
| 36% | THEFRAUD | 8 | 2023 Zadie Smith novel set in Victorian London |
| 36% | ORLANDO | 7 | Virginia Woolf novel based on Vita Sackville-West |
| 35% | THEMEREWIFE | 11 | Maria Dahvana Headley novel based on "Beowulf" (3 wds.) |
| 35% | ROOTS | 5 | American historical drama miniseries based on Alex Haley's novel of the same name |
| 35% | GOOD | 4 | "A ___ Marriage," 2014 film based on Stephen King's novel of the same name |
| 35% | OUTSIDER | 8 | "The ___," 2020 psychological crime drama TV series based on Stephen King's eponymous novel |