| 100% | RUDYARD | 7 | "Just So Stories" author's first name |
| 76% | ERICH | 5 | Love Story author's first name |
| 57% | EMILE | 5 | "J'accuse" author's first name |
| 57% | LEO | 3 | "Anna Karenina" author's first name |
| 54% | STEPHENIE | 9 | __ Meyer, Twilight author's first name |
| 51% | TONI | 4 | First name of the most-selected author in Oprah's Book Club |
| 51% | HAN | 3 | First name of Alden Ehrenreich's "Solo: A Star Wars Story" character |
| 50% | EDGAR | 5 | First name in Tarzan stories |
| 49% | LOUISA | 6 | First name of Little Women author |
| 48% | STEPHEN | 7 | First name of US horror movies author |
| 48% | ZORA | 4 | First name of US author Neale Hurston |
| 48% | ICHABOD | 7 | First name in a Washington Irving story |
| 48% | CHARLES | 7 | First name of authors Kingsley and Dickens |
| 47% | AGATHA | 6 | First name of a crime and mystery author |
| 47% | DAN | 3 | First name of "The Da Vinci Code" author |
| 47% | VIRGINIA | 8 | First name of To the Lighthouse author Woolf |
| 47% | FLANNERY | 8 | First name of Wise Blood author O'Connor |
| 47% | YANN | 4 | First name of Life of Pi author Martel |
| 47% | JOANNE | 6 | Author J. K. Rowling's first name |
| 47% | MARIAH | 6 | First name of the so-called "Queen of Christmas" |
| 47% | BENJAMIN | 8 | First name of Baby and Child Care author Spock |
| 47% | SYLVIA | 6 | First name of Plath, author of The Bell Jar |
| 47% | ROALD | 5 | First name of the author that Patricia Neal married |
| 47% | HONORE | 6 | First name of the author of “La Comédie Humaine” |
| 46% | SAMUEL | 6 | Real first name of author Mark Twain |
| 46% | EMILYJANE | 9 | Two first names of Wuthering Heights author |
| 46% | HARPER | 6 | First name of the author of To Kill a Mockingbird |
| 46% | SOLOMON | 7 | First name of the author of “Twelve Years a Slave” |
| 46% | ELIE | 4 | First name of the author of A Journey Into Faith |
| 46% | BEV | 3 | Abbreviation for the first name of author Cleary |