| 100% | COMET | 5 | Sagan book whose Chapter Nine is ''Tails'' |
| 40% | THESECONDSEX | 12 | Book whose introduction asks, “What is a Woman?” |
| 40% | SCRIPT | 6 | Book whose lines are learned by an actor |
| 40% | REVELATION | 10 | Book whose last word is "Amen" |
| 37% | DESPAIR | 7 | 1936 Vladimir Nabokov book whose protagonist is Hermann Karlovich |
| 37% | QURAN | 5 | Book whose contents were revealed gradually by an archangel over 23 years |
| 37% | ARS | 3 | ___ Magna (Latin book whose title is an anagram of anagrams) |
| 37% | ASLAN | 5 | Book character whose name is Turkish for "lion" |
| 36% | FIRSTTOLAST | 11 | How chapters in books are read |
| 36% | ERNESTHEMINGWAY | 15 | Author of the book whose title is circled in the grid |
| 36% | HOPONPOP | 8 | Book whose last line is "Ask me tomorrow but not today" |
| 36% | JEW | 3 | Person whose holy book is the Torah |
| 36% | ISLAM | 5 | Religion whose holy book is the Quran |
| 36% | WRITER | 6 | One whose work is on the books? |
| 35% | LFRANKBAUM | 10 | Chapter I of his best-known book is ''The Cyclone'' |
| 35% | INSIDIOUS | 9 | Series whose fourth chapter is The Last Key |
| 35% | MIKEHAMMER | 10 | Detective whose first book was "I, the Jury" |
| 35% | LINDY | 5 | West whose book “Shrill” was adapted for TV |
| 35% | TOPTOBOTTOM | 11 | How pages in chapters in books are read |
| 34% | PEACOCKS | 8 | Birds whose tail feathers are spread into colorful fans |
| 34% | IASIMOV | 7 | 1994 literary autobiography whose first chapter is titled "Infant Prodigy?" |
| 34% | HOSEA | 5 | Hebrew prophet whose Bible book is between Daniel and Joel |
| 34% | SHERA | 5 | Comic book superheroine whose name is an anagram of SHARE |
| 34% | GERMAINEGREER | 13 | Feminist whose first book was "The Female Eunuch": 2 wds. |
| 33% | JANE | 4 | "Book Club" actress ___ Fonda whose book is titled "My Life So Far" |
| 33% | WISDOM | 6 | "Honesty is the first chapter in the book of ___": Thomas Jefferson |
| 33% | CARL | 4 | Astronomer Sagan whose papers are archived in the Library of Congress |
| 33% | CARRIE | 6 | "Star Wars" actress ___ Fisher whose book is titled "The Princess Diarist" |
| 33% | WORKER | 6 | Norman ___, British comic book writer whose name is connected to 13a |
| 33% | HOSEA | 5 | "The Game" actor Chanchez, whose name is also a Bible book |