| 100% | SPY | 3 | "American ___" (Lauren Wilkinson novel about an undercover agent) |
| 42% | FAREWELLMYVOLLEY | 16 | Novel about an aging tennis star? |
| 41% | WIRES | 5 | Prepares an undercover agent, perhaps |
| 41% | MADE | 4 | Identified as an undercover agent |
| 41% | WIRE | 4 | Hookup for an undercover agent |
| 40% | WIRE | 4 | Something an undercover agent might wear |
| 40% | KIM | 3 | Kipling novel about an orphan boy |
| 39% | WIRE | 4 | Hidden microphone worn by an undercover agent |
| 39% | MISERY | 6 | King novel about an obsessive fiction fan |
| 39% | CASANOVA | 8 | Andrew Miller novel about an Italian adventurer |
| 39% | BEL | 3 | "___ Canto" (Ann Patchett novel about an opera singer) |
| 39% | CANTO | 5 | "Bel ___" (Ann Patchett novel about an opera singer) |
| 37% | INAMERICA | 9 | Susan Sontag novel about an immigrant to the U.S. |
| 37% | THEHIGHNOTES | 12 | 2022 Danielle Steel novel about an aspiring singer: 3 wds. |
| 37% | MISERY | 6 | Horror novel about an author who is kidnapped by a fan |
| 37% | SHIRLEY | 7 | "___, A Tale," Charlotte Bronte's second published novel about an heiress |
| 37% | HEIDI | 5 | Children's classic novel about an orphan girl in the Alps |
| 37% | DREAMLAND | 9 | Nicholas Sparks novel about an aspiring musician running a family farm |
| 37% | BOOKLOVERS | 10 | Emily Henry novel about a literary agent and an editor who meet cute while on vacation (2 wds.) |
| 36% | THEBLUESTEYE | 12 | Novel by 44-Across about an African American girl in 1940s Ohio (3 wds.) |
| 36% | ANNEOFG | 7 | Classic novel about an orphan girl mistakenly sent to Prince Edward Island |
| 36% | FLATTORTILLA | 12 | John Steinbeck novel about an enchilada wrap eaten in a British apartment? |
| 36% | INVISIBLEMAN | 12 | *Ralph Ellison novel about the Black American experience |
| 36% | SONGOFSOLOMON | 13 | Novel by 44-Across about an African American man in 1930s-1960s Michigan (3 wds.) |
| 35% | CAPOTE | 6 | 2005 Philip Seymour Hoffman biopic about an American writer |
| 35% | BASEBALL | 8 | 1994 documentary by 43-Across about an American sport |
| 35% | BELOVED | 7 | 1987 Toni Morrison novel about an escaped slave haunted by her daughter's ghost |
| 35% | DEALBREAKER | 11 | Harlan Coben novel about a sports agent investigating the disappearance of his star client's ex-girlfriend, featuring an Iowa university |
| 34% | EYRE | 4 | "Jane ___," Charlotte Bronte's novel about an orphan, published under her pen name "Currer Bell" |
| 34% | BROOKLYN | 8 | Colm Tóibín novel about an Irish woman who moves to New York in the 1950s |