| 100% | WITCHSSISTER | 12 | First book in a fantasy series about black magic by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor (2 wds.) |
| 42% | DARKOFTHEMOON | 13 | First book in a series of novels by John Sandford featuring 46-Across (4 wds.) |
| 41% | WHOWONTHEWAR | 12 | Final book in Phyllis Reynolds Naylor's series about two feuding families, the Hartfords and the Malloys (4 wds.) |
| 39% | DEADHOUSE | 9 | "Welcome to ___," the first book in the original Goosebumps series by R.L. Stine: 2 wds. |
| 38% | RAMONATHEPEST | 13 | One in a series of books by 46-Across about a girl starting kindergarten: 3 wds. |
| 38% | HENRYANDRIBSY | 13 | One in a series of books by 46-Across about a boy and his dog: 3 wds. |
| 37% | TWILIGHT | 8 | First book in a series of vampire novels by Stephenie Meyer |
| 37% | LORDBROCKTREE | 13 | First book (chronologically) in the "Redwall" series by 50-Across (2 wds.) |
| 37% | ALICEMCKINLEY | 13 | Character who progresses from childhood to adulthood over a series of 28 novels by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor (2 wds.) |
| 36% | ALICE | 5 | Protagonist in a long-running Phyllis Reynolds Naylor book series |
| 36% | LILYPOTTER | 10 | Woman with a botanical name in a fantasy series about a boy wizard (2 wds.) |
| 34% | TRIXIEBELDEN | 12 | Fictional young female detective who first appeared in a 1948 book by Julie Campbell Tatham: 2 wds. |
| 33% | HERO | 4 | "The Lost ___" (first book in a Rick Riordan fantasy series) |
| 33% | DIVERGENT | 9 | First book in a trilogy by Veronica Roth |
| 33% | CENTURYCYCLE | 12 | Series of 10 plays by 14-Across, including "Fences" and "The Piano Lesson," that chronicle life in Black America over a 100-year span: 2 wds. |
| 32% | TEMPLEFOLK | 10 | Aaliyah Bilal short-story collection about Black Muslims in America that's a finalist for the 2023 National Book Award for Fiction (2 wds.) |
| 32% | ASYE | 4 | First words in a saying about karma (2 wds.) |
| 32% | PITCHPERFECT | 12 | Film series about an all-girls a capella group in which Anna Kendrick plays Beca Mitchell: 2 wds. |
| 32% | FIGHTCLUB | 9 | Group in a 1999 movie whose first rule of membership is not to talk about it: 2 wds. |
| 31% | THEROGUECREW | 12 | Last book in the "Redwall" series of children's fantasy novels by 50-Across (3 wds.) |
| 31% | HANNAHSWENSEN | 13 | Minnesota-based baker/sleuth in a Joanne Fluke book series (2 wds.) |
| 31% | EVEDUNCAN | 9 | Forensic sculptor in a series of novels by Iris Johansen (2 wds.) |
| 30% | JOANNABRADY | 11 | Arizona-based sheriff/sleuth in a J.A. Jance book series (2 wds.) |
| 30% | TESSMONAGHAN | 12 | Reporter-turned-investigator in a series of novels by 44-Across (2 wds.) |
| 30% | ARMANDGAMACHE | 13 | Chief inspector in a series of mystery novels by Louise Penny (2 wds.) |
| 30% | STEPHANIEPLUM | 13 | New Jersey-based bounty hunter/sleuth in a Janet Evanovich book series (2 wds.) |
| 30% | TESSMONAGHAN | 12 | Reporter-turned-investigator in a series of crime novels by 44-Across (2 wds.) |
| 29% | THEAWAKENING | 12 | First novel in 39-Across's "The Dragon Heart Legacy" fantasy series (2 wds.) |
| 29% | WILLIAMMONK | 11 | Victorian inspector in a mystery series by novelist Anne Perry (2 wds.) |
| 29% | BORROWERS | 9 | Small characters in a book series by Mary Norton |