| 100% | PARIAH | 6 | Outcast, and the title of the third novel in 27-Across's "Donovan" series |
| 81% | ABANDONED | 9 | Deserted, and the title of the second novel in 27-Across's "Donovan" series |
| 81% | ADRIFT | 6 | Floating aimlessly, and the title of the fifth novel in 27-Across's "Donovan" series |
| 81% | RECKONING | 9 | Final settlement, and the title of the sixth novel in 27-Across's "Donovan" series |
| 47% | STORMOF | 7 | "A ___ Swords," third novel in the epic fantasy series "A Song of Ice and Fire" by George R.R. Martin: 2 wds. |
| 45% | SIXTEEN | 7 | Next number in a series suggested by the starts of 17-, 27-, 46- and 60-Across |
| 45% | AMYDORRIT | 9 | Title character of an 1857 novel by Charles Dickens born and raised in the Marshalsea debtors' prison |
| 45% | DOCTORWHO | 9 | BBC sci-fi series in which 31-Across plays the 10th and 14th incarnations of the title character: 2 wds. |
| 45% | DAWN | 4 | "The Voyage of the ___ Treader," third novel in the fantasy series "The Chronicles of Narnia" by C.S. Lewis |
| 44% | WARDROBE | 8 | "The Lion, the Witch and the ___," first novel in the fantasy series "The Chronicles of Narnia" by C.S. Lewis |
| 44% | AISFORALIBI | 11 | Title of the first book in the 17-Across series |
| 44% | LAST | 4 | "The ___ Battle," seventh and final novel in the fantasy series "The Chronicles of Narnia" by C.S. Lewis |
| 44% | FIRE | 4 | "Harry Potter and the Goblet of ___," fourth novel in the "Harry Potter" series |
| 44% | THELAST | 7 | & 17D 1956 novel in The Chronicles of Narnia series by C S Lewis |
| 44% | SONS | 4 | Word in the titles of novels by Ivan Turgenev and D. H. Lawrence |
| 43% | ATIMEFORMERCY | 13 | 2020 best seller that's the third novel in Grisham's Jake Brigance series: 4 wds. |
| 42% | BYATT | 5 | A S —, author of the novels Still Life and The Virgin in the Garden |
| 41% | WIMPY | 5 | Meek, as in the title of a "Diary" series of kids' books |
| 41% | TURNINGAPROPHET | 15 | Punny description of the circled letters in 17-, 27- and 48-Across |
| 41% | TENBIGONES | 10 | Novel in Janet Evanovich's 32-Across series that was published between "To the Nines" and "Eleven on Top" (3 wds.) |
| 40% | EMMA | 4 | Title heroine described in the first sentence of her novel as "handsome, clever and rich" |
| 40% | EMMA | 4 | Title heroine described in the first lines of her novel as "handsome, clever and rich" |
| 40% | THEROGUECREW | 12 | Last book in the "Redwall" series of children's fantasy novels by 50-Across (3 wds.) |
| 40% | JOSEPHCOTTEN | 12 | Actor who played a reporter and friend of the title character in 17-Across: 2 wds. |
| 40% | ATLANTA | 7 | Georgia city that's the title location of 17-Across's FX series about cousins in the rap industry |
| 39% | DIVINEJUSTICE | 13 | Fourth novel in a series featuring Oliver Stone and his group of political watchdogs called the Camel Club (2 wds.) |
| 39% | ACLASHOFKINGS | 13 | Second novel in the epic fantasy series "A Song of Ice and Fire" by George R.R. Martin: 4 wds. |
| 39% | TRIPLEDOUBLE | 12 | Signature gymnastics move of Simone Biles, and the kind of repetition found in 20-, 27-, and 46-Across |