| 100% | CAREEROF | 8 | "___ Evil," 2015 crime fiction novel by J.K. Rowling published under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith: 2 wds. |
| 74% | SILKWORM | 8 | "The ___," 2014 crime fiction novel by J.K. Rowling published under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith |
| 46% | THESILKWORM | 11 | 2014 novel by J.K. Rowling (as Robert Galbraith) featuring private investigator Cormoran Strike (2 wds.) |
| 43% | LETHAL | 6 | J.K. Rowling's 2018 novel "___ White", written under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith |
| 32% | HARRYPOTTER | 11 | Orphan wizard created by J.K. Rowling: 2 wds. |
| 32% | POTTER | 6 | Fantasy novel by J. K. Rowling, Harry __ |
| 32% | SUNDAYSIMMONS | 13 | "___ and Charlie Brick," third novel by the English novelist Jackie Collins published in 1971: 2 wds. |
| 31% | INWHITE | 7 | "Vision ___," 2009 novel by Nora Roberts which depicts the story of Mac Elliot and Carter Maguire: 2 wds. |
| 31% | ROWLING | 7 | J.K. ___, creator of "Harry Potter" who also wrote under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith |
| 30% | THEOVERSTORY | 12 | Novel by 30-Across that won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (2 wds.) |
| 30% | FLASHFORWARD | 12 | 1999 science fiction novel by Robert J Sawyer |
| 29% | THEOVERSTORY | 12 | 2018 novel by 32-Across that won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (2 wds.) |
| 29% | PENNAMES | 8 | Robert Galbraith and J. K. Rowling |
| 29% | ALIAS | 5 | Robert Galbraith, to J. K. Rowling |
| 29% | THEBELLJAR | 10 | 1963 semi-autobiographical novel by Sylvia Plath published under the pseudonym Victoria Lucas |
| 29% | BLAZE | 5 | 2007 crime novel written by Stephen King under the pseudonym Richard Bachman |
| 29% | JOANNEROWLING | 13 | Author of the "Harry Potter" series who has written novels under the pen name Robert Galbraith: 2 wds. |
| 28% | NANCYDREW | 9 | Young female detective in books written under the pseudonym Carolyn Keene since 1930: 2 wds. |
| 28% | BELLJAR | 7 | The —, 1963 semi-autobiographical novel by Sylvia Plath published under pseudonym Victoria Lucas |
| 28% | MARY | 4 | 1926 debut novel by Vladimir Nabokov published under pseudonym V Sirin |
| 27% | THEMARTIAN | 10 | 2015 science fiction film directed by Ridley Scott: 2 wds. |
| 27% | GALBRAITH | 9 | J.K. Rowling's pen name under which she wrote "The Cuckoo's Calling," Robert ___ |
| 27% | THEHOBBIT | 9 | Fantasy novel by J.R.R. Tolkien which follows Bilbo Baggins' quest to find a treasure: 2 wds. |
| 27% | SPARKLING | 9 | & 15D 1945 novel by Agatha Christie first published under the title Remembered Death |
| 26% | NORA | 4 | Roberts who also writes under the pseudonym J. D. Robb |
| 26% | CASUAL | 6 | J. K. Rowling's 2012 novel "The ___ Vacancy" |
| 26% | THEECHOMAKER | 12 | 2006 novel by 32-Across that won the National Book Award for Fiction (3 wds.) |
| 26% | BASKETCASE | 10 | Novel by 44-Across that highlights a song by the same name cowritten with Warren Zevon: 2 wds. |
| 26% | THEREIVERS | 10 | "___: A Reminiscence," the last novel by William Faulkner that won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction: 2 wds. |