| 100% | SPEED | 5 | "Business @ the ___ of Thought" (second book by Bill Gates) |
| 50% | EXODUS | 6 | Second book of the Bible |
| 50% | GATES | 5 | "Business @ the Speed of Thought" co-author Bill |
| 49% | EXODUS | 6 | Second book of the Old Testament |
| 49% | BLINK | 5 | "___: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking," self-help book by Malcolm Gladwell |
| 48% | BIG | 3 | "The Magic of Thinking ___," self-help book written by David J. Schwartz which advocates the habit of thinking and behaving for success |
| 46% | ATLAS | 5 | Book that readers think the world of |
| 46% | STARSIGHT | 9 | Second book in the 10-Across series by 24-Across/40-Across |
| 45% | SOLITUDE | 8 | Book of essays by Octavio Paz, The Labyrinth of __ |
| 45% | TUVALU | 6 | Second-smallest member of the United Nations, by population |
| 44% | TRAIN | 5 | "___ of Thought," 1974 single by Cher from the same album as 40a |
| 44% | FUQUA | 5 | The ___ School of Business, Durham, alma mater of Melinda Gates |
| 44% | POWER | 5 | "The ___ of Positive Thinking," self-help book written by Norman Vincent Peale which suggests techniques to improve quality of life |
| 44% | VETO | 4 | Rejection of a bill passed by the legislature |
| 44% | EZRA | 4 | Author of the Books of Chronicles, by tradition |
| 44% | CHAIN | 5 | Group of businesses owned by the same company |
| 44% | JUDGES | 6 | Book of the Old Testament preceded by the Book of Joshua |
| 43% | TWO | 3 | "The ___ Towers," second book in "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy |
| 43% | SILENTSPRING | 12 | Book by 19-Across that challenged the use of chemical pesticides and sparked environmentalism: 2 wds. |
| 43% | OWN | 3 | "On My ___," 1958 book by the former first lady of the US, Eleanor Roosevelt |
| 43% | THIS | 4 | "___ I Remember," 1949 book by the former first lady of the US, Eleanor Roosevelt |
| 43% | SPYCATCHER | 10 | 1987 book by Peter Wright subtitled The Candid Autobiography of a Senior Intelligence Officer |
| 43% | ILIAD | 5 | Book famously carried by Alexander the Great throughout his conquest of Asia |
| 43% | BILL | 4 | ___ Gates, business magnate known for being the co-founder of Microsoft |
| 43% | SOLDEROFFORTUNE | 15 | Periodical magazine by the mercenaries of the alloy bonding business? |
| 43% | NEWT | 4 | 1995 political book subtitled "Leader of the Second American Revolution" |
| 43% | DEADSOULS | 9 | Gogol's book on the owning of serfs by Tchitchikov |
| 42% | CENTENARY | 9 | The __ of the Crossword, book by John Halpern |