| 100% | MARTINAMIS | 10 | *British novelist who wrote "London Fields" |
| 76% | LENDEIGHTON | 11 | British novelist who wrote "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Spy" (2 wds.) |
| 76% | IANFLEMING | 10 | British novelist who wrote "The Spy Who Loved Me" (2 wds.) |
| 73% | JOHNLECARRE | 11 | British novelist who wrote "The Spy Who Came in from the Cold" (3 wds.) |
| 72% | BRIANJACQUES | 12 | British novelist who wrote the "Redwall" and "Castaways of the Flying Dutchman" series (2 wds.) |
| 72% | GKCHESTERTON | 12 | British novelist who wrote the stories that inspired the "Father Brown" TV series (3 wds.) |
| 70% | LEECHILD | 8 | Pen name of the British novelist who writes the Jack Reacher novel series (2 wds.) |
| 69% | RUTHWARE | 8 | British novelist who wrote the bestsellers "The Woman in Cabin 10," 15-Across, and 29-Across (2 wds.) |
| 68% | ANN | 3 | British novelist Cleeves who writes the "Vera Stanhope" crime series |
| 67% | KAZUOISHIGURO | 13 | British novelist who wrote 19-Across and 31-Across and was awarded the 2017 Nobel Prize in Literature (2 wds.) |
| 66% | AMIS | 4 | Martin who wrote "London Fields" |
| 59% | CELESTENG | 9 | Novelist who wrote Little Fires Everywhere |
| 59% | LEONURIS | 8 | Novelist who wrote "Exodus" and "Topaz" |
| 58% | OATES | 5 | Novelist who wrote "The Gravedigger's Daughter" |
| 58% | JOSEPHHELLER | 12 | Novelist who wrote "Catch-22" (2 wds.) |
| 58% | DEANKOONTZ | 10 | Novelist who wrote the "Odd Thomas" thrillers |
| 57% | SANTHARAMARAU | 13 | Indian novelist who wrote "The Adventuress" |
| 57% | WALTER | 6 | __ Scott, Scottish novelist who wrote Ivanhoe |
| 57% | DONDELILLO | 10 | Postmodern novelist who wrote "White Noise" |
| 57% | DEANKOONTZ | 10 | Novelist who wrote the "Odd Thomas" thrillers |
| 56% | TESSADARE | 9 | Romance novelist who wrote The Duchess Deal |
| 56% | ERICAJONG | 9 | Feminist novelist who wrote Fear of Flying |
| 56% | LACLOS | 6 | French novelist who wrote Les Liaisons Dangereuses |
| 56% | LEPUCKI | 7 | Edan __; novelist who wrote California in 2014 |
| 56% | LIANE | 5 | ___ Moriarty, novelist who wrote "Big Little Lies" |
| 56% | JKROWLING | 9 | British novelist and creator of characters in 8a who also wrote the screenplay for "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them": 3 wds. |
| 56% | STEPHENKING | 11 | Novelist who wrote the 1983 bestseller "Pet Sematary" (2 wds.) |
| 56% | STEPHENKING | 11 | Novelist who wrote "The Shining" and 37-Across (2 wds.) |
| 56% | HUGHLOFTING | 11 | Novelist who wrote 12 books featuring 53-Across (2 wds.) |
| 55% | VICTORHUGO | 10 | French novelist who wrote "Les Misérables": 2 wds. |