| 100% | FIREBIRD | 8 | "The ___," book by Susanna Kearsley that follows dual storylines |
| 42% | HEAVENS | 7 | "The ___," book by Sandra Newman that features dual timelines |
| 40% | WITCH | 5 | "The ___ of Portobello," 2006 book by Paulo Coelho that follows the life of Athena |
| 39% | SHE | 3 | Book followed by the sequel "Ayesha" |
| 36% | GADSBY | 6 | Book by Ernest Vincent Wright that does not include any words that contain the letter "E" |
| 36% | ROSINANTE | 9 | Horse of Don Quixote in the book of that name by Miguel de Cervantes |
| 36% | SEA | 3 | "The Winter ___," 2008 novel by Susanna Kearsley set in the Slains Castle at Cruden Bay |
| 35% | SILENTSPRING | 12 | Book by 19-Across that challenged the use of chemical pesticides and sparked environmentalism: 2 wds. |
| 35% | CESTSIBON | 9 | Song title followed by the lyric "Lovers say that in France" |
| 35% | ACTS | 4 | New Testament book that follows the Gospels |
| 35% | EXODUS | 6 | Book of the Bible that follows Genesis |
| 34% | SILENT | 6 | "___ Coup," book by Len Colodny and Robert Gettlin that proposes an alternate explanation for the Watergate scandal |
| 34% | INDECENCY | 9 | Book that won the 2018 National Book Award for Poetry, written by Justin Phillip Reed |
| 34% | TEL | 3 | Part of the name of an Israeli city that is followed by Aviv |
| 34% | THEFRIEND | 9 | Book that won the 2018 National Book Award for Fiction, written by Sigrid Nunez: 2 wds. |
| 34% | GIANTS | 6 | "On the Shoulders of ___," scientific book that was compiled and edited by Stephen Hawking |
| 34% | AMERICANAH | 10 | Novel by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie that won the 2013 National Book Critics Circle Award |
| 33% | HIBISCUS | 8 | "Purple ___," novel by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie that was longlisted for the 2004 Booker Prize |
| 33% | CAKE | 4 | "___ Boss," reality TV series that follows the operations of Carlo's Bake Shop and is hosted by Buddy Valastro |
| 33% | SHARP | 5 | Accidental in music that raises the pitch of the following note by one chromatic semitone |
| 33% | SOLARIS | 7 | Planet from the eponymous book that is depicted as covered by a single massive ocean |
| 33% | CAMPTIGER | 9 | Children's book by 52-Across and illustrator John Rocco that features a big cat in the woods (2 wds.) |
| 33% | LIBRARIES | 9 | Places that do things by the book? |
| 32% | SHARP | 5 | In music, an accidental that raises the pitch of the following note by one chromatic semitone |
| 32% | GREY | 4 | "Fifty Shades of ___," book by E. L. James that holds the world record for fastest adult paperback to sell a million copies |
| 31% | INVISIBLE | 9 | "___ Man," 1952 novel by Ralph Ellison featuring an unnamed protagonist that won the National Book Award for Fiction |
| 31% | THEECHOMAKER | 12 | 2006 novel by 32-Across that won the National Book Award for Fiction (3 wds.) |
| 31% | SEMI | 4 | Game that follows the quarters |
| 31% | CENOZOIC | 8 | Era that followed the Mesozoic |
| 31% | LEETIDES | 8 | Currents that follow the wind |