| 100% | BELOVED | 7 | Toni Morrison novel on the ALA's Top Ten Challenged Books List for 2012 |
| 74% | FOREVER | 7 | Judy Blume novel on the ALA's Top Ten Challenged Books List for 2005 |
| 73% | BRAVENEWWORLD | 13 | Aldous Huxley novel on the ALA's Top Ten Challenged Books List for 2011: 3 wds. |
| 62% | THEKITERUNNER | 13 | Khaled Hosseini novel on the American Library Association's Top Ten Challenged Books List for 2012: 3 wds. |
| 33% | SONGOFSOLOMON | 13 | Best-selling Toni Morrison novel that's on Michelle Obama's "recommended reading" list: 3 wds. |
| 32% | BLUBBER | 7 | 1974 young adult novel by 45-Across that is #43 on the ALA's Top 100 Banned/Challenged Books (2000-2009) (2 wds.) |
| 32% | FOREVER | 7 | 1975 young adult novel by 45-Across that is #16 on the ALA's Top 100 Banned/Challenged Books (2000-2009) (2 wds.) |
| 32% | TIGEREYES | 9 | 1981 young adult novel by 45-Across that is #87 on the ALA's Top 100 Banned/Challenged Books (2000-2009) (2 wds.) |
| 29% | BELOVED | 7 | Toni Morrison's book on life after slavery |
| 28% | SONG | 4 | "___ of Solomon" (Toni Morrison novel named for a Bible book) |
| 27% | SULA | 4 | Toni Morrison novel set in the Bottom |
| 27% | BELOVED | 7 | Toni Morrison novel set after the US civil war |
| 26% | HOME | 4 | 2012 novel by Toni Morrison which is about a young veteran of the Korean War |
| 26% | NICEST | 6 | Like the top names on Santa's list, perhaps |
| 25% | ANN | 3 | Word on the Big Ten city list |
| 25% | ONEFINEDAY | 10 | 1963 Top Ten hit for the Chiffons |
| 25% | SULA | 4 | 1973 Toni Morrison novel about a woman shunned for flouting accepted behavior |
| 25% | TOOHOT | 6 | 1980 Top Ten hit for Kool & the Gang |
| 25% | UNINVITED | 9 | Not on the guest list for a party |
| 25% | OTRANTO | 7 | Town on the SE tip of Italy that's the title setting for a Horace Walpole novel |
| 24% | ONE | 3 | Last number on Letterman's Top Ten List |
| 24% | SULA | 4 | Toni Morrison's second novel published in 1973 after "The Bluest Eyes" |
| 24% | PSY | 3 | Rapper who had his phrase "Oppan Gangnam style" make the top ten list in the 2012 "Yale Book of Quotations" |
| 24% | ORFEO | 5 | Novel by Richard Powers which was on the longlist for the 2014 Man Booker Prize |
| 24% | UTA | 3 | First name on the cover of A Challenge for the Actor |
| 24% | PONCHO | 6 | S. American top with a slit for the head |
| 24% | IMUP | 4 | "___ for the challenge." ("Bring it on."): 2 wds. |
| 24% | HOME | 4 | 2012 novel by Toni Morrison |
| 24% | SULA | 4 | Toni Morrison's 1973 novel |
| 24% | GODHELPTHECHILD | 15 | Toni Morrison's last novel |