| 100% | PRINCEPS | 8 | The first printing of a book |
| 62% | PAGE | 4 | "Tomorrow is the first ___ in a book of 365" (common New Year's phrase) |
| 61% | NATIVESON | 9 | First Book of the Month Club pick written by a Black American |
| 61% | ACTS | 4 | First book of the New Testament that isn't named for a person |
| 59% | DRAFT | 5 | First version of a book, say |
| 59% | PREMIERE | 8 | The first showing of a movie |
| 59% | OUTBOUND | 8 | The first leg of a return journey |
| 57% | HARDCOVER | 9 | First release of a book is usually this type |
| 57% | FROGSPAWN | 9 | The first stage of a tadpole's life cycle |
| 57% | SHOUT | 5 | Author and journalist Philip Norman's first book which is considered a biography of The Beatles |
| 57% | THUD | 4 | Sound of a book hitting the floor |
| 57% | PRIMER | 6 | A book of first letters |
| 56% | ONCE | 4 | The first word of a fairy tale, ___ upon a time |
| 56% | TIC | 3 | The first X of a winning X-X-X combo |
| 56% | FLAVIA | 6 | ___ Bujor, "The Prophecy of the Stones" author who published her first book when she was a teen |
| 56% | THUD | 4 | Sound of a book hitting the floor, say |
| 56% | DONALD | 6 | The first name of a Disney Duck and a US president |
| 56% | STARTER | 7 | The first course of a meal, which is often a salad |
| 55% | SPINE | 5 | Part of a book that often shows the title |
| 55% | CROSSWORDS | 10 | The first book of them was published |
| 55% | ALAN | 4 | The first "A" of A. A. Milne |
| 55% | THESAURUS | 9 | A book listing the synonyms of words |
| 55% | SOUP | 4 | Often the first course of a meal |
| 55% | SWAM | 4 | Did the first leg of a triathlon |
| 55% | SWIM | 4 | Do the first leg of a triathlon |
| 55% | OPENS | 5 | Is the first act of a concert |
| 55% | SWAM | 4 | Did the first stage of a triathlon |
| 55% | PLOTLINE | 8 | The story of a book |
| 55% | GOT | 3 | First book in the series "A Song of Ice and Fire," familiarly |
| 55% | LEMONY | 6 | First name on the cover of A Series of Unfortunate Events books |