| 100% | STEAM | 5 | "Mike Mulligan and His ___ Shovel" (classic kids' book by Virginia Lee Burton) |
| 82% | MIKE | 4 | "___ Mulligan and His Steam Shovel" (classic Virginia Lee Burton kids' book) |
| 37% | THELITTLEPRINCE | 15 | Classic kids' book by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry |
| 34% | SLEEPY | 6 | __ Hollow, book by Irving and film by Burton |
| 33% | CHARLIE | 7 | Classic book by Dahl, __ and the Chocolate Factory |
| 32% | TOAD | 4 | "Frog and ___ Are Friends" (classic kids' book by Arnold Lobel) |
| 30% | HENRYANDRIBSY | 13 | One in a series of books by 46-Across about a boy and his dog: 3 wds. |
| 29% | TOAD | 4 | "Frog and ___ Are Friends" (classic kids' book) |
| 29% | STRO | 4 | "The Astronomical Kid" who is a rapper and is known by his stage name ___ |
| 29% | PRINCESINTHE | 12 | & 9A The —, 1992 book by Alison Weir about Edward V and his brother Richard of Shrewsbury, Duke of York |
| 29% | IPROMISE | 8 | Bestselling kids book by LeBron James |
| 29% | ARROGATE | 8 | 2016 Breeders' Cup Classic and 2017 Dubai World Cup winner ridden by Mike E Smith |
| 28% | HEIGHTS | 7 | "Wuthering ___," book by Emily Bronte which features the line "Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same" |
| 28% | THEPROPHET | 10 | Classic mystical book by Khalil Gibran |
| 27% | CRITTER | 7 | Just For You, a Little __ kids book by Mayer |
| 27% | SAL | 3 | Blueberry picker in a classic kids' book |
| 27% | ANNEOFGREENGABLES | 17 | Classic juvenile book by L. M. Montgomery |
| 27% | THEMISSINGPIECE | 15 | Book by 39-Across about finding and losing |
| 26% | ALEX | 4 | ___ Cross, fictional former FBI agent and psychologist created by James Patterson who is the protagonist in many of his books |
| 26% | NOVELS | 6 | Books by Jane Austen and Agatha Christie, for example |
| 26% | HUNGRY | 6 | Kids' book by Eric Carle, The Very __ Caterpillar |
| 26% | RIVALRY | 7 | Siblings Without __, book by Faber and Mazlish |
| 26% | MYNAS | 5 | Birder book by Chris Feare, Starlings and __ |
| 26% | BEING | 5 | "___ and Nothingness," 1943 book by the philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre about his existentialist ideas |
| 26% | PSYCHOTOO | 9 | 2009 book by Will Self and Ralph Steadman |
| 25% | WARDROBE | 8 | Book by C.S. Lewis, The Lion, the Witch and the __ |
| 25% | SHE | 3 | “___ Said” (2019 book by Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey) |
| 25% | GRUFFALO | 8 | Beloved kids' book by Julia Donaldson, The __ |
| 25% | CFS | 3 | Mike Trout and Mickey Mantle, by pos. |
| 25% | ARE | 3 | Kid-lit classic "Frog and Toad ___ Friends" |