| 100% | ASEPARATEPACE | 13 | John Knowles book about the tortoise's winning strategy? |
| 38% | GMAN | 4 | Book about J. Edgar Hoover that won the 2023 Pulitzer Prize for Biography |
| 36% | FINDINGWINNIE | 13 | Children's book about the bear that inspired A.A. Milne by Lindsay Mattick and Sophie Blackall that won the 2016 Caldecott Medal (2 wds.) |
| 35% | MOBYDICK | 8 | Herman Melville's book about the Pequod |
| 34% | OFICEANDMEN | 11 | Book about the National Hockey League? |
| 34% | CANADIANA | 9 | Books about the Mounties, e.g. |
| 34% | THESEAAROUNDUS | 14 | 44-Across book about the science and history of the ocean that won the 1952 National Book Award for Nonfiction (4 wds.) |
| 34% | ROALDDAHL | 9 | Author of the tortoise-themed kid's book Esio Trot |
| 33% | PROSEANDKHANS | 13 | Book about the writing style of the Mongols? |
| 33% | VELVETEEN | 9 | Beloved toy in books about The __ Rabbit |
| 32% | IAGO | 4 | Harold Bloom book about a literary villain, subtitled “The Strategies of Evil” |
| 32% | BIGGLES | 7 | The pilot hero of W. E. Johns' children's books |
| 32% | ANIGHTTOREMEMBER | 16 | 1955 Walter Lord book about the 63-Across |
| 32% | MEGAWATTS | 9 | 2001 book about the nuclear world, __ and Megatons |
| 32% | COSMOS | 6 | Popular 1980 Carl Sagan book about the universe |
| 32% | HEIDI | 5 | Children's book about a girl in the Swiss Alps |
| 32% | FEAR | 4 | 2018 Bob Woodward book about the Trump White House |
| 32% | THERUNWAYJURY | 13 | John Grisham book about fashion show critics? |
| 31% | MAIN | 4 | "Exile on ___ St." (Robert Greenfield book about the Rolling Stones) |
| 31% | BADHAREDAY | 10 | Reason the tortoise won the race? |
| 31% | ALONE | 5 | "Bowling ___," seminal social science book about the decline of civic engagement |
| 31% | WONTSTOP | 8 | Can't Stop __, 2005 book about the rise of hip-hop |
| 30% | BORNFREE | 8 | Joy Adamson book about Elsa the lioness |
| 30% | THELORAX | 8 | Dr. Seuss book about saving the environment |
| 30% | WATCHMAN | 8 | "The Night ___," Louise Erdrich's book which won the Pulitzer Prize in 2021 |
| 30% | LUSTER | 6 | Raven Leilani's book which won the Dylan Thomas Prize in 2021 |
| 30% | STAGECOACH | 10 | 1939 Western film directed by John Ford about a group of strangers riding through the Apache territory, that won two Oscars |
| 30% | KAIJUPITEROTICA | 15 | Racy books about the hole where Godzilla and Mothra can be found? |
| 30% | GOSPELOFLUKE | 12 | Leprechaun's book detailing the truth about flounders? |
| 30% | LOSTWORLD | 9 | Conan Doyle book about search for dinosaurs The __ |