| 100% | WALDEN | 6 | Book with "Solitude" and "The Pond in Winter" chapters |
| 57% | OMOO | 4 | Book with the chapter "How They Dress in Tahiti" |
| 48% | MELANIA | 7 | “___ and Me,” book sourced in part from surreptitious recordings of conversations with the First Lady (September, 2020) |
| 46% | LESLIEKNOPE | 11 | "Parks and Recreation" character who's credited with writing the 2011 book "Pawnee: The Greatest Town in America": 2 wds. |
| 45% | SUSANNA | 7 | __ and the Elders, story in the Book of Daniel |
| 44% | HALFREAD | 8 | Like a book with a bookmark in the middle, say |
| 43% | TTYL | 4 | Lauren Myracle book with the sequels “ttfn,” “l8r, g8r,” and “yolo” |
| 43% | DOGHOUSE | 8 | In the __; in trouble and sleeping with the pooch |
| 43% | SUPERHERO | 9 | The character with special powers in a comic book |
| 43% | FLU | 3 | Sickness with a "season" in the winter |
| 43% | OMOO | 4 | Novel with the chapter "Farming in Polynesia" |
| 43% | JACOB | 5 | Werewolf in the "Twilight" books and films |
| 42% | TATTOO | 6 | The Girl with the Dragon __, a book and a movie |
| 42% | EARMUFFS | 8 | Headwear worn in the winter with two puffs |
| 42% | MARY | 4 | ___ Steenburgen, "Melvin and Howard" actress who plays Carol in the 2023 film "Book Club: The Next Chapter" |
| 42% | FAUNS | 5 | Mr. Tumnus in the "Narnia" books and others |
| 42% | HOPONPOP | 8 | Book with the line "My father can read big words, too. / Like Constantinople and Timbuktu" |
| 42% | NORTH | 5 | WIth 8-Across, diplomatically negotiated participant in the 2018 Winter Olympics |
| 42% | SNOW | 4 | With 19-Across, place for kids to play in the winter |
| 42% | HONESTY | 7 | "The first chapter in the book of wisdom," to Jefferson |
| 41% | OLYMPIANS | 9 | Those who compete in the Summer and Winter games |
| 41% | BADPENNY | 8 | With "a," someone undesirable ... and what's found in the circled letters? |
| 41% | THE | 3 | With 35- and 36-Across, second-largest galaxy in the Local Group |
| 41% | LORAX | 5 | "The ___" (Dr. Seuss book with truffula trees and the Once-ler |
| 41% | ITINA | 5 | Rock memoir with the chapters "Nut Bush" and "River Deep" |
| 41% | STOAT | 5 | Mammal with a coat that changes color in the winter |
| 41% | MAMILLIUS | 9 | Son of Leontes and Hermione in The Winter's Tale |
| 41% | POTTERS | 7 | Harry, Lily and James are these in the book series |
| 41% | SPOT | 4 | Dog in the "Dick and Jane" children's book series |
| 41% | ELVES | 5 | Dobby and Winky, in the Harry Potter books |