| 100% | ELLROY | 6 | "L.A. Confidential" author James |
| 70% | ELLROY | 6 | James __; author of LA Confidential |
| 64% | ELLROY | 6 | James —, author of 2009 novel Blood's a Rover |
| 64% | KIMBASINGER | 11 | L.A. Confidential Oscar-winner |
| 63% | KELMAN | 6 | James —, author of novels A Disaffection and Kieron Smith, Boy |
| 62% | AGEE | 4 | James —, author of 1957 autobiographical novel A Death in the Family |
| 61% | MICHENER | 8 | James A —, author of novel Chesapeake and The Bridges at Toko-Ri |
| 60% | KENNEDY | 7 | A L —, author of story collections All the Rage and What Becomes |
| 60% | AGEE | 4 | Surname of James, author of A Death in the Family |
| 60% | SCOTT | 5 | "Seeing Like a State" author James |
| 59% | FIFTY | 5 | "___ Shades of Grey," romance novel by British author E. L. James |
| 59% | BASINGER | 8 | Oscar winner for L.A. Confidential, Kim |
| 57% | HOGG | 4 | James —, Scottish author of 1824 novel The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner |
| 56% | AGEE | 4 | Author James |
| 56% | HENRY | 5 | Author James |
| 56% | MICHENER | 8 | Author James |
| 56% | BASINGER | 8 | Kim __, actress in 9½ Weeks and L.A. Confidential |
| 56% | AGEE | 4 | James ___, "A Death in the Family" author |
| 55% | COOPER | 6 | Author James Fenimore |
| 55% | BOSCH | 5 | L.A.P.D. detective created by author Michael Connelly |
| 54% | HERRIOT | 7 | James —, author of semi-autobiographical novels It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet and Vets Might Fly |
| 54% | FREY | 4 | "A Million Little Pieces" author James |
| 54% | AGEES | 5 | Author James and others |
| 54% | HERRIOT | 7 | "all creatures" author james |
| 54% | CLEAR | 5 | "atomic habits" author james |
| 53% | AGEE | 4 | 1958 Pulitzer-winning author James |
| 53% | AGEE | 4 | Pulitzer Prize-winning author James |
| 53% | AGEE | 4 | "The Morning Watch" author James |
| 53% | JOYCE | 5 | Author James who wrote "Ulysses" |
| 53% | AGEE | 4 | "The Morning Watch" author James ___ |