| 100% | TITTY | 5 | & 15A Able Seaman of the Swallow in the Arthur Ransome book series Swallows and Amazons |
| 38% | GOT | 3 | First book in the series "A Song of Ice and Fire," familiarly |
| 35% | BABAR | 5 | King of the elephants in a children's book series |
| 35% | LANALANG | 8 | High school girlfriend of Clark Kent in the Superman comic book series |
| 34% | SCOOBYDOO | 9 | The name of the Great Dane in the titular animated series, known for being able to speak and his love of eponymous snacks: Hyph. |
| 34% | LANG | 4 | Lana —, high school girlfriend of Clark Kent in the Superman comic book series |
| 34% | URN | 3 | Container of the Ashes in the cricket Test series between England and Australia |
| 33% | RANSOME | 7 | Arthur —, author of 1930 adventure novel Swallows and Amazons |
| 33% | PYEWACKET | 9 | Name of the cat in Bell, Book and Candle |
| 32% | OLSEN | 5 | Jimmy —, reporter and photographer for the Daily Planet in the Superman comic book series |
| 32% | WONDERWOMAN | 11 | Fictional superhero appearing in comic books who is a founding member of the Justice League and an ambassador of the Amazon people: 2 wds. |
| 32% | HERMIONE | 8 | Female friend of Harry and Ron, in the Harry Potter books |
| 32% | WALTLONGMIRE | 12 | Sheriff of the fictional county of Absaroka, Wyoming, who is featured in 20 books by 40-Across and a 2012-2017 television series (2 wds.) |
| 32% | AISFORALIBI | 11 | Title of the first book in the 17-Across series |
| 32% | SUSANNA | 7 | __ and the Elders, story in the Book of Daniel |
| 31% | FIRE | 4 | "Harry Potter and the Goblet of ___," fourth novel in the "Harry Potter" series |
| 31% | BABAR | 5 | "King of the elephants" in a series of children's books |
| 31% | JKROWLING | 9 | Author of the best-selling book series in history |
| 31% | NAHUM | 5 | "The Book of ___," book between Micah and Habakkuk in the Bible |
| 31% | POTTERS | 7 | Harry, Lily and James are these in the book series |
| 31% | SPOT | 4 | Dog in the "Dick and Jane" children's book series |
| 31% | SUSAN | 5 | Sister of Peter, Edmund and Lucy, in the Narnia books |
| 30% | WIT | 3 | "___ and wisdom" (phrase in the title of a book of quotes, maybe) |
| 30% | ODIE | 4 | Dog in the 2008 book "30 Years of Laughs and Lasagna" |
| 30% | RIDDLER | 7 | The —, alter ego of villain Edward Nigma in DC’s Batman comic book series |
| 30% | WIMPY | 5 | Meek, as in the title of a "Diary" series of kids' books |
| 30% | CHAMBER | 7 | "Harry Potter and the ___ of Secrets," the second instalment in the "Harry Potter" film series |
| 30% | GOBLET | 6 | "Harry Potter and the ___ of Fire," the fourth instalment in the "Harry Potter" film series |
| 30% | ARGUS | 5 | ___ Filch, caretaker at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in the "Harry Potter" film series |