| PAGETURNER | Informal term for an exciting book such as a thriller (4,6) |
| GUIDE | General word for a person conducting a group of mountaineers or tourists; or, a type of book such as a Baedeker (5) |
| HEXAGLOT | Meaning "six tongue", a book, such as a bible, dictionary or the Rasulid glossary, written in six languages (8) |
| NAILBITING | If it cuts to the quick for any tense chiller, Edward Scissors hands such a thriller! (4-6) |
| POINTBREAK | Surfing term; or, a thriller film starring Patrick Swayze and Keanu Reaves (5,5) |
| AMITYVILLE | A thriller room, Ivy and a scary movie. The... (10,6) |
| CHASESCENE | Many a thriller finale |
| RECIPES | Methods of cooking found in a book such as Larousse GastronomiqueA (7) |
| FARM | Used as the backdrop in books such as Black Beauty, Charlotte's Web, Follyfoot or War Horse, a rural or agricultural tract of land, typically with a homestead (4) |
| ANNUALS | Plants living for a year or less; or, books such as almanacs (7) |
| GRIPPINGTALE | Getting hold of the end reportedly of an exciting book (8,4) |
| NOSEJOB | Soundly understands book, such as work on bridge |
| HERBAL | Botanical book such as the one compiled by Nicholas Culpeper (6) |
| NOVEL | Book such as The Color Purple or The Bluest Eye |
| REVISEDVERSION | Book such as gets one over sin, might we deduce? |
| NEGOTIATE | Broker in trouble over, for example, good books such as 1984, needing no introduction (9) |
| CLASSIC | Book such as "Little Women" |
| NOVELETTE | Small book such as "Small Boat" |
| PHILTRE | Gradually get into queue, as you might say, for an exciting drink (7) |
| ESCAPADE | Flee, grabbing a Democrat for an exciting venture (8) |
