| 100% | PENNYDREADFULS | 14 | Books that Victorians [circled letters] for cheap |
| 52% | CHEMICALSYMBOLS | 15 | This puzzle's circled letters, for the words that precede them |
| 44% | ICYMI | 5 | Letters for those catching up |
| 42% | ATLAS | 5 | Book that's handy for a traveler |
| 41% | DICT | 4 | Book that defines words, for short |
| 41% | TOCALLEACHOTHER | 15 | End of the question (Rearrange the circled letters for the answer) |
| 41% | ROGETS | 6 | Book that needs to be read word for word? |
| 40% | ACRONYM | 7 | Letters that stand for words |
| 40% | ATLASES | 7 | Books for those seeking direction? |
| 40% | ATLASES | 7 | Books for those feeling lost? |
| 39% | BIO | 3 | Book that often begins with a person's childhood, for short |
| 38% | ONE | 3 | "Well, that's ___ for the books!" |
| 38% | EDITORS | 7 | Professionals that improve books for publishing |
| 38% | BREAK | 5 | With the circled letters, period that traditionally ends on Labor Day |
| 38% | SUV | 3 | Three letters for a big car that can go off-road |
| 38% | OLIO | 4 | Tyehimba Jess' book that won the 2017 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry |
| 37% | OKC | 3 | Three letters that stand for Oklahoma City |
| 37% | GPA | 3 | Number that stands for letters, in brief |
| 37% | ATLASES | 7 | Self-help books for those feeling lost? |
| 37% | VULTURE | 7 | Bird that circles the desert for carcasses |
| 37% | GIG | 3 | Booking for a rock band that's on the road |
| 37% | PSALMS | 6 | Book of the Bible that starts with a silent letter |
| 37% | EOM | 3 | Three letters that stand for end of message |
| 37% | EMBOSSED | 8 | Raised letters on a book cover, for example |
| 36% | INDECENCY | 9 | Book that won the 2018 National Book Award for Poetry, written by Justin Phillip Reed |
| 36% | EYE | 3 | Either of the circled letters in 4-Across, for this puzzle's face |
| 36% | ATLAS | 5 | Reference book that might have a page for a single country or state |
| 36% | ROMA | 4 | Film that lost to "Green Book" for Best Picture |
| 36% | EAU | 3 | Word for a liquid that sounds like a letter |
| 36% | THEFRIEND | 9 | Book that won the 2018 National Book Award for Fiction, written by Sigrid Nunez: 2 wds. |