| 100% | ONELS | 5 | Scott Turow's first book was about them |
| 58% | ONEL | 4 | Scott Turow's first book |
| 53% | ONEL | 4 | 1977 Scott Turow book about his first year at law school |
| 47% | ONEL | 4 | Scott Turow book about law school |
| 45% | CROSSWORDS | 10 | The first book of them was published |
| 44% | ONEL | 4 | Scott Turow memoir about first-year law students (2 wds.) |
| 38% | ONEL | 4 | Scott Turow book |
| 37% | MOONWALKS | 9 | First baseman Vaughn's book about bad pitching? |
| 37% | BOURDAIN | 8 | Anthony, his first book was Kitchen Confidential |
| 36% | ONEL | 4 | Scott Turow's continued bestseller "___:The Turbulent True Story of a First Year at Harvard Law School" |
| 36% | MIKEHAMMER | 10 | Detective whose first book was "I, the Jury" |
| 36% | ONEL | 4 | Scott Turow book set at Harvard |
| 36% | ONEL | 4 | 1977 Scott Turow book |
| 35% | PARANOID | 8 | Like those who think this clue is about them |
| 35% | SHOUT | 5 | Author and journalist Philip Norman's first book which is considered a biography of The Beatles |
| 35% | GERMAINEGREER | 13 | Feminist whose first book was "The Female Eunuch": 2 wds. |
| 35% | ONEL | 4 | Autobiographical Scott Turow book: 2 wds. |
| 34% | PROFESSOR | 9 | "The ___," Charlotte Bronte's first novel about a teacher, which was published posthumously |
| 34% | ONEL | 4 | Scott Turow memoir detailing his first year at Harvard |
| 34% | LAWS | 4 | They are on the books |
| 34% | ONEL | 4 | Scott Turow book set at Harvard Law School (2 wds.) |
| 33% | EVAPERON | 8 | Evita the musical was about this first lady |
| 33% | EVAPERON | 8 | Musical Evita is about this Argentine first lady |
| 33% | LOUS | 4 | "__ on First": book about comedian Costello |
| 33% | BEERSNOBS | 9 | They might be picky about porters |
| 33% | OBIEAWARDS | 10 | They were first given in 1956 |
| 33% | FIRES | 5 | S'mores are cooked over them |
| 33% | PENNAMES | 8 | They might be attached to books |
| 33% | SITTERS | 7 | They might be booked for getaways |
| 33% | FIFTYSHADES | 11 | Erotic trilogy whose first book is being adapted into a movie: 2 wds. |