| 100% | PREFACE | 7 | Foreword or introduction to a book |
| 76% | PROLOGUE | 8 | Introduction to a book or play |
| 64% | PREFACE | 7 | Introduction to a book |
| 57% | TITLE | 5 | Name given to a book or song |
| 53% | PASSAGE | 7 | Part of a book ... or something to book |
| 53% | SEQUEL | 6 | Second part to a film or book series |
| 49% | SOURCES | 7 | Documents or books used to write a history essay |
| 48% | NARRATE | 7 | To give a spoken or written account of something, as with books |
| 48% | LEADIN | 6 | Introduction to a subject |
| 48% | MEGALO | 6 | Introduction to a maniac? |
| 48% | ERGO | 4 | Introduction to a conclusion |
| 47% | UNO | 3 | Introduction to a Spanish count? |
| 47% | PREFACE | 7 | Introduction to a novel, say |
| 47% | IMHO | 4 | Introduction to a take online |
| 46% | IMO | 3 | Introduction to a texter's two cents |
| 46% | THISISSPINALTAPE | 16 | Introduction to a chiropractor's makeshift toolkit? |
| 46% | ANIMORPHS | 9 | Book series about people who transform into creatures... or a hint to 11 and 14 Across |
| 45% | GREENEGGSANDHAM | 15 | Dr. Seuss book ... or a description of the answers to the three starred clues |
| 45% | ILLUSTRATE | 10 | Add pictures to a book |
| 45% | THEARTOFWAR | 11 | Book with early versions written on bamboo slips ... or a hint to four entries in this puzzle |
| 45% | SISTER | 6 | With 64 Across, Audre Lorde book... or a hint to this puzzle's circled letters |
| 45% | REREAD | 6 | Go back to a favorite book |
| 45% | RATE | 4 | Give stars to a book, say |
| 44% | READ | 4 | *Light ___, a casual or undemanding book like one you'd want to read at the beach |
| 44% | ANNOTATE | 8 | Add comments to a book's pages |
| 44% | EDITION | 7 | Detail of interest to a book collector |
| 44% | CRY | 3 | React to a book's ending, perhaps |
| 43% | COLLEGETOUR | 11 | Introduction to Whitman or Dickinson, say |
| 42% | LOWLYWORM | 9 | Kids' book character who drives an apple-shaped car ... or a hint to this puzzle's circled words |
| 42% | WEMET | 5 | Response to a repeat introduction |