| 100% | THEART | 6 | "___ of War," book by Sun Tzu: 2 wds. |
| 72% | ART | 3 | "The ___ of War," book by Sun Tzu |
| 60% | ARTOF | 5 | Sun Tzu's "The ___ War": 2 wds. |
| 55% | WAR | 3 | "The Art of ___," book by Sun Tzu |
| 51% | GREENEGGS | 9 | "___ and Ham," 1960 book by Dr. Seuss which has sold 8 million copies as of 2014: 2 wds. |
| 51% | HOLYGHOST | 9 | Book by John Sandford which was part of the "Virgil Flowers" novel series and became a NYT 2018 Bestseller: 2 wds. |
| 50% | MARYPOPPINS | 11 | Musical based on children's books by P.L. Travers and 1964 Disney film of the same name: 2 wds. |
| 49% | ART | 3 | Sun Tzu's "The ___ of War" |
| 48% | OFWAR | 5 | Sun Tzu's "The Art ___": 2 wds. |
| 45% | SILENTSPRING | 12 | Book by 19-Across that challenged the use of chemical pesticides and sparked environmentalism: 2 wds. |
| 45% | FILTHYANIMALS | 13 | 2021 book of short stories by 42-Across (2 wds.) |
| 44% | MANA | 4 | "Every ___ Tiger" (1999 book by Tom Clancy): 2 wds. |
| 43% | FALLINGMAN | 10 | 2007 book by 44-Across about a survivor of the 9/11 attacks: 2 wds. |
| 43% | ART | 3 | "The supreme ___ of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting": Sun Tzu |
| 43% | HORNETSNEST | 11 | The —, 2003 book by Jimmy Carter subtitled A Novel of the Revolutionary War |
| 43% | DARKLYDREAMING | 14 | "___ Dexter," book by Jeff Lindsay which inspired the TV series "Dexter": 2 wds. |
| 43% | MATCHGIRL | 9 | "The Little ___," children's Christmas-themed book by Hans Christian Andersen: 2 wds. |
| 43% | HOWI | 4 | "___ Play Golf" (best-selling book by Tiger Woods): 2 wds. |
| 42% | WHITENOISE | 10 | Award-winning 1985 book by 44-Across that features a "toxic event": 2 wds. |
| 42% | THESEAAROUNDUS | 14 | Best-selling book by 19-Across about the life history of our oceans: 4 wds. |
| 42% | OURTURN | 7 | "It's ___ to Eat," book by journalist Michela Wrong about a Kenyan whistleblower: 2 wds. |
| 42% | INAWE | 5 | ___ of (floored by): 2 wds. |
| 41% | MAXWELLSMART | 12 | Agent of CONTROL played by Don Adams: 2 wds. |
| 41% | WAR | 3 | "The Art of ___," by Sun Tzu |
| 41% | DRAWNTO | 7 | Opposite of "repelled by": 2 wds. |
| 40% | TRIXIEBELDEN | 12 | Fictional young female detective who first appeared in a 1948 book by Julie Campbell Tatham: 2 wds. |
| 40% | THEPILGRIMS | 11 | "___ Progress," book by John Bunyan which he worked on while in the Bedfordshire county prison: 2 wds. |
| 40% | REDSEA | 6 | Biblical body of water parted by Moses: 2 wds. |
| 40% | THEARTOFWAR | 11 | Military treatise by Sun Tzu |
| 39% | LAKEERIE | 8 | Body of water fed by the Detroit River: 2 wds. |