| 100% | THEATER | 7 | "Sabbath's ___" (National Book Award winner by Philip Roth) |
| 64% | ROTH | 4 | National Book Award winner Philip |
| 64% | GRAVITYSRAINBOW | 15 | 1974 National Book Award winner by Thomas Pynchon |
| 56% | ECHO | 4 | "The ___ Maker" (National Book Award winner by Richard Powers) |
| 53% | SONTAG | 6 | National Book Award winner Susan |
| 53% | NEAL | 4 | National Book Award winner Shusterman |
| 53% | OATES | 5 | National Book Award winner Joyce Carol |
| 52% | OATES | 5 | National Book Award winner for "Them," 1970 |
| 51% | PERCY | 5 | Walker ___, 1962 National Book Award winner |
| 50% | TESS | 4 | "The Rabbit Hutch" National Book Award winner Gunty |
| 49% | PERCY | 5 | Walker ___, 1962 National Book Award winner for “The Moviegoer” |
| 49% | THOMASPYNCHON | 13 | National Book Award winner who wrote the 1963 novel "V.": 2 wds. |
| 49% | WHITENOISE | 10 | 1985 National Book Award winner about an “airborne toxic event” |
| 49% | TANEHISI | 8 | "Between the World and Me" National Book Award winner Coates |
| 48% | DRLAO | 5 | “The Circus of ___,” 1935 National Book Award winner for Most Original Book |
| 45% | INVISIBLEMAN | 12 | 1953 National Book Award-winning novel by 45-Across (2 wds.) |
| 43% | CHARLESYU | 9 | 2020 National Book Award winner for “Interior Chinatown,” in which the aspiring actor Willis Wu must contend with Hollywood stereotypes |
| 40% | IBRAMXKENDI | 11 | Youngest winner of the National Book Award for Nonfiction |
| 39% | BETWEENTHE | 10 | With 35-Across, National Book Award-winning autobiography by 45-Across whose title comes from a Richard Wright poem (2 wds.) |
| 39% | ECHO | 4 | "The ___ Maker" (National Book Award-winning novel by Richard Powers) |
| 39% | ADRIENNE | 8 | National Book Award-winning poet ___ Rich |
| 39% | THOMASPYNCHON | 13 | Novelist who received a National Book Award for "Gravity's Rainbow": 2 wds. |
| 38% | EVERYMAN | 8 | 2006 novel by Philip Roth |
| 38% | INDIGNATION | 11 | 2008 novel by Philip Roth |
| 38% | OURGANG | 7 | 1971 novel by Philip Roth |
| 38% | PYNCHON | 7 | Reclusive National Book Award novelist |
| 38% | WERE | 4 | "On Earth ___ Briefly Gorgeous" (National Book Award-nominated novel by Ocean Vuong) |
| 38% | ELLISON | 7 | National Book Award-winning novelist named after Emerson |