| 100% | IFIDIDIT | 8 | 2007 book subtitled "Confessions of the Killer" |
| 61% | ROGET | 5 | Subject of the 2007 biography subtitled "The Man Who Became a Book" |
| 54% | ANTS | 4 | 2021 book subtitled "Workers of the World" |
| 53% | CIA | 3 | Subject of the 2007 book "Sabotage" |
| 51% | CIA | 3 | Subj. of the 2007 book “Legacy of Ashes” |
| 50% | NEWT | 4 | 1995 political book subtitled "Leader of the Second American Revolution" |
| 49% | SPUTNIK | 7 | Subject of the 2001 book subtitled "The Shock of the Century" |
| 49% | ONEL | 4 | Book subtitled The Turbulent True Story of a First Year at Harvard Law School |
| 48% | ALGORE | 6 | Author of the 2009 book subtitled "A Plan to Solve the Climate Crisis" |
| 48% | COD | 3 | Mark Kurlansky book subtitled "A Biography of the Fish That Changed the World" |
| 48% | FALLINGMAN | 10 | 2007 book by 44-Across about a survivor of the 9/11 attacks: 2 wds. |
| 47% | COD | 3 | Mark Kurlansky nonfiction book subtitled "A Biography of the Fish That Changed the World" |
| 47% | AIR | 3 | "Into Thin ___" (Jon Krakauer book subtitled "A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster") |
| 47% | ESTEEMCLEANING | 14 | New self-image book subtitled "How To Vacuum the Crud Out of Your Head"? |
| 46% | THERULES | 8 | Best-selling self-help book subtitled "Time-Tested Secrets for Capturing the Heart of Mr. Right" |
| 44% | SPYCATCHER | 10 | 1987 book by Peter Wright subtitled The Candid Autobiography of a Senior Intelligence Officer |
| 44% | FLOWERS | 7 | Brandon, frontman of The Killers |
| 44% | STIFF | 5 | Mary Roach book subtitled "The Curious Life of Human Cadavers" |
| 43% | BRANDON | 7 | __ Flowers, lead singer of The Killers |
| 43% | HALEY | 5 | Author with a book subtitled "The Saga of an American Family" |
| 43% | THELOSTCITYOFZ | 14 | Charlie Hunnam film based on a 52-Across book subtitled "A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon" (5 wds.) |
| 42% | BIBLICAL | 8 | Of the Christian holy book |
| 42% | ROE | 3 | Name in the subtitle of the history book "January 1973" |
| 42% | GHOSTFACE | 9 | Name of the killer in the Scream series |
| 42% | ASTRO | 5 | Each of the Killer B's of baseball |
| 42% | ACTS | 4 | ___ of the Apostles (Bible book) |
| 41% | SPINE | 5 | Back of the book |
| 41% | AUDIT | 5 | Check of the books |
| 41% | AUDIT | 5 | Review of the books |
| 41% | SHELF | 5 | Keeper of the books? |