| 100% | BINDING | 7 | Covering in a book that binds the pages |
| 49% | FLAP | 4 | Part of a book cover that's inside the book |
| 48% | FLAP | 4 | Part of a book cover that might show the author's photo |
| 48% | CONTENTS | 8 | Page that lists what's coming up in the book |
| 47% | RUTH | 4 | Book that begins "In the days when the judges ruled, there was a famine in the land" |
| 46% | THEUGLYTRUTH | 12 | 2010 book that was #5 in the "Diary of a Wimpy Kid" series: 3 wds. |
| 46% | THETHIRDWHEEL | 13 | 2012 book that was #7 in the "Diary of a Wimpy Kid" series: 3 wds. |
| 46% | THELASTSTRAW | 12 | 2009 book that was #3 in the "Diary of a Wimpy Kid" series: 3 wds. |
| 45% | AMOS | 4 | Old Testament book that asks "Does a lion roar in the thicket when it has no prey?" |
| 44% | LEAF | 4 | Page in a book |
| 43% | SHEENA | 6 | "___ Is a Punk Rocker," 1977 song by the Ramones that was covered by Charli XCX in 2016 |
| 42% | SPINE | 5 | Part of a book that often shows the title |
| 42% | FOLIO | 5 | Page number in a book |
| 42% | BOOKMARKS | 9 | Slips that keep a reader's page in a book |
| 42% | HARDEST | 7 | "Sorry Seems to Be the ___ Word," a hit by Elton John, that was covered by Blue in "One Love" |
| 42% | TELLALL | 7 | Like a book that dishes the dirt: Hyph. |
| 41% | CAMPTIGER | 9 | Children's book by 52-Across and illustrator John Rocco that features a big cat in the woods (2 wds.) |
| 41% | THEARTOFTHEDEAL | 15 | Book that popularized the phrase “truthful hyperbole,” in 1987 |
| 41% | LITTLEOMEN | 10 | Book that gives a brief glimpse of the future? |
| 41% | PAPERBACK | 9 | Book bound in flexible cover |
| 41% | VERSO | 5 | Left page in a book |
| 41% | FLYLEAF | 7 | Blank page in a book |
| 41% | WARTS | 5 | Bumps that are often seen on toads and also a feature of Shrek's anatomy as an ogre in the book |
| 40% | DOGEARED | 8 | Like the pages of a well-read book |
| 40% | RIB | 3 | Bone in a cage that protects the lungs |
| 40% | NIGHTWATCH | 10 | Jayne Anne Phillips novel set in a post-Civil War asylum that's on the longlist for the 2023 National Book Award for Fiction (2 wds.) |
| 40% | SOLARIS | 7 | Planet from the eponymous book that is depicted as covered by a single massive ocean |
| 40% | ATLAS | 5 | A book in which you find the map of the world |
| 40% | COEQUALLY | 9 | In a way that's like people of the same rank |
| 40% | LEAFING | 7 | Idly turning (through), as the pages of a book |