| 100% | DIVERGENT | 9 | First book in a trilogy by Veronica Roth |
| 85% | ALLEGIANT | 9 | Third book in a trilogy by Veronica Roth |
| 85% | INSURGENT | 9 | Second book in a trilogy by Veronica Roth |
| 58% | DIVERGENT | 9 | First title in a Veronica Roth trilogy made into a film series starring Shailene Woodley |
| 55% | TWILIGHT | 8 | First book in a series of vampire novels by Stephenie Meyer |
| 53% | DARKOFTHEMOON | 13 | First book in a series of novels by John Sandford featuring 46-Across (4 wds.) |
| 53% | WITCHSSISTER | 12 | First book in a fantasy series about black magic by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor (2 wds.) |
| 51% | ALLEGIANT | 9 | Third title in a Veronica Roth trilogy |
| 51% | INSURGENT | 9 | Second title in a Veronica Roth trilogy |
| 47% | TRISPRIOR | 9 | Heroine of the Veronica Roth trilogy, played by Shailene Woodley in the movies: 2 wds. |
| 45% | PARTI | 5 | First entry in a trilogy, perhaps |
| 43% | ROBINSON | 8 | First name in a Defoe book |
| 42% | SONOGRAM | 8 | First picture in a baby book, perhaps |
| 41% | NKJEMISIN | 9 | First author to win a Hugo Award for every book in a trilogy |
| 40% | CORDUROY | 8 | Teddy bear in a picture book by Don Freeman |
| 40% | BORROWERS | 9 | Small characters in a book series by Mary Norton |
| 40% | LIBRARIAN | 9 | Someone who works in a place surrounded by books |
| 40% | ENDER | 5 | Protagonist in a series of books by 11-Down |
| 39% | LORDBROCKTREE | 13 | First book (chronologically) in the "Redwall" series by 50-Across (2 wds.) |
| 39% | NATIVESON | 9 | First Book of the Month Club pick written by a Black American |
| 39% | KATHARINA | 9 | __ Blum, she loses her honor in a book by Böll |
| 39% | ELEPHANT | 8 | The steam-powered animal in a book by Jules Verne |
| 39% | DISC | 4 | Planet's shape in a book series by Terry Pratchett |
| 39% | ENOLA | 5 | Sherlock's sister in a book series by Nancy Springer |
| 39% | TRIXIEBELDEN | 12 | Fictional young female detective who first appeared in a 1948 book by Julie Campbell Tatham: 2 wds. |
| 39% | ULRIC | 5 | First saint canonized by a pope, in 993 |
| 39% | ANTE | 4 | First stake put in by a poker player |
| 39% | ADATWIST | 8 | Titular scientist in a 2016 children's book by Andrea Beaty |
| 38% | DEADHOUSE | 9 | "Welcome to ___," the first book in the original Goosebumps series by R.L. Stine: 2 wds. |
| 38% | HERO | 4 | "The Lost ___" (first book in a Rick Riordan fantasy series) |