| 100% | SON | 3 | Fourth book in 16-Across's "The Giver" series |
| 84% | MESSENGER | 9 | Third book in 16-Across's "The Giver" series |
| 81% | GATHERINGBLUE | 13 | Second book in 16-Across's "The Giver" series (2 wds.) |
| 52% | THEROGUECREW | 12 | Last book in the "Redwall" series of children's fantasy novels by 50-Across (3 wds.) |
| 51% | NUMBERS | 7 | Fourth book in the Old Testament |
| 49% | OPAL | 4 | "The ___ Deception" (fourth book in Eoin Colfer's "Artemis Fowl" series) |
| 49% | DEFIANT | 7 | Final book in the 10-Across series by 24-Across/40-Across |
| 49% | STARSIGHT | 9 | Second book in the 10-Across series by 24-Across/40-Across |
| 48% | LILAC | 5 | "The Mystery at ___ Inn" (fourth book in the Nancy Drew series) |
| 48% | NATE | 4 | ___ the Great (detective in a series of children's books) |
| 47% | SPOT | 4 | Dog in the "Dick and Jane" children's book series |
| 47% | ECLIPSE | 7 | Third book in the "Twilight" series |
| 47% | HEAVENSRIVER | 12 | Fourth novel in the "Bobiverse" science-fiction series by 32-Across (2 wds.) |
| 46% | BABAR | 5 | "King of the elephants" in a series of children's books |
| 46% | RIDDLER | 7 | The —, alter ego of villain Edward Nigma in DC’s Batman comic book series |
| 46% | TIMMY | 5 | Dog in The Famous Five children's book series by Enid Blyton |
| 46% | JOS | 3 | “___ Boys” (final book in the “Little Women” series) |
| 45% | WHERESWALDO | 11 | Popular children's book series ... whose protagonist is "hiding" in the circled letters |
| 44% | WHOWONTHEWAR | 12 | Final book in Phyllis Reynolds Naylor's series about two feuding families, the Hartfords and the Malloys (4 wds.) |
| 44% | WHATATIME | 9 | With 16 Across, exclamation from one living in the moment |
| 44% | FURYROAD | 8 | Fourth film in the Mad Max movie series |
| 44% | FREAKSHOW | 9 | Fourth season in the American Horror Story series |
| 44% | AGE | 3 | "___ of Reptiles," Ricardo Delgado's comic book series which is set in the Mesozoic era |
| 44% | CALLA | 5 | Stephen King's fifth book in his The Dark Tower series: "Wolves of the ___" |
| 44% | BABAR | 5 | King of the elephants in a children's book series |
| 44% | DAILYPLANET | 11 | Metropolis-based newspaper in the Superman comic book series |
| 43% | OPAL | 4 | Aunt in the "Judy Moody" book series |
| 43% | TIKTOK | 6 | Robot character in the Oz book series |
| 43% | THEBORROWERS | 12 | & 15A 1959 children’s book by Mary Norton; third in a series featuring the Clock family |