| 100% | CIRCA | 5 | Around the year of, in a history book |
| 57% | BRYSON | 6 | Bill —, author of books A Short History of Nearly Everything and A Walk in the Woods |
| 56% | POLED | 5 | How Giorgia Boscolo of Venice has moved around a lot of her time in the past ten years |
| 52% | PAGE | 4 | "Tomorrow is the first ___ in a book of 365" (common New Year's phrase) |
| 51% | INDEX | 5 | Listing in the back of a nonfiction book |
| 51% | JKROWLING | 9 | Author of the best-selling book series in history |
| 50% | SOLOMON | 7 | Builder of a temple in the Book of Kings |
| 50% | ERA | 3 | Period in a history book |
| 50% | ERA | 3 | Chapter in a history book |
| 50% | AUREOLE | 7 | Radiance around the head of a holy person in works of art |
| 50% | NATE | 4 | ___ the Great (detective in a series of children's books) |
| 50% | INDEX | 5 | Handy list in the back of a book |
| 50% | ERA | 3 | Time period in a history book |
| 49% | FREDRICMARCH | 12 | Best Actor in a Leading Role Oscar winner for The Best Years of Our Lives |
| 49% | MLI | 3 | Year in the reign of Macbeth, in Scottish history |
| 49% | OUR | 3 | In the year of ___ Lord (what "A.D." signifies) |
| 49% | OUR | 3 | In the year of ___ Lord (what "A.D." means) |
| 49% | ARAB | 4 | "A History of the ___ Peoples" (Albert Hourani book) |
| 49% | SHE | 3 | H Rider Haggard novel subtitled A History of Adventure first published in book form in 1887 |
| 49% | CDLI | 4 | A year in the life of Attila |
| 49% | DEDICATEE | 9 | Name in the front of a book |
| 49% | INDEXED | 7 | Listed in the back of a book |
| 49% | MARCH | 5 | Fredric —, Best Actor in a Leading Role Oscar winner for The Best Years of Our Lives |
| 49% | ONEL | 4 | Book subtitled The Turbulent True Story of a First Year at Harvard Law School |
| 49% | OMEN | 4 | A hawk carrying a dove in its talons, in Book 15 of the "Odyssey" |
| 49% | ELDAD | 5 | One of a pair of prophets mentioned in the Book of Numbers |
| 49% | EVE | 3 | Woman who was tempted by a serpent in the Book of Genesis |
| 48% | MLI | 3 | A year in the life of St. Anselm |
| 48% | WONDERFUL | 9 | How Andy Williams describes Christmas in a 1963 song? "It's the Most ___ Time of the Year" |
| 48% | DRNO | 4 | Villain in the title of a James Bond book |