| 100% | NAN | 3 | ___ Britton, Warren Harding's mistress, author of a 1927 tell-all book |
| 71% | NAN | 3 | ___ Britton, mistress of Warren Harding who had a sensational 1927 tell-all book |
| 37% | LEACH | 5 | Bernard —, Hong Kong-born author of 1940 work A Potter's Book |
| 37% | FELIXSALTEN | 11 | Author of 1923 children's book Bambi, a Life in the Woods |
| 37% | MAO | 3 | Author of a once-popular book of quotations |
| 36% | FLAP | 4 | Part of a book cover that might show the author's photo |
| 35% | STEPHENCOLBERT | 14 | Author of a satirical book whose title consists of five U.S. state abbreviations (and is hidden in this puzzle) |
| 35% | JEREMIAH | 8 | Hebrew prophet and author of a Book of the Bible |
| 35% | MOTT | 4 | "Hell of a Book" author Jason |
| 33% | ONPINSANDNEEDLES | 16 | Title of a fashion industry seamstress's tell-all? |
| 33% | SHOUT | 5 | Author and journalist Philip Norman's first book which is considered a biography of The Beatles |
| 33% | ASHE | 4 | Author of “A Hard Road to Glory: A History of the African-American Athlete” |
| 33% | ASHE | 4 | Author of "A Hard Road to Glory: A History of the African-American Athlete" |
| 33% | NOWWEARESIX | 11 | 1927 book of verses by A A Milne |
| 33% | SOPHIEHANNAH | 12 | Author of the novels A Game for All the Family and Little Face |
| 32% | BLOCK | 5 | Lawrence —, author of 2011 novel A Drop of the Hard Stuff |
| 32% | BOLT | 4 | Robert —, author of 1960 stage play A Man for All Seasons |
| 32% | WAINWRIGHT | 10 | Alfred —, author of book series A Pictorial Guide to the Lakeland Fells |
| 31% | HALEY | 5 | Author with a book subtitled "The Saga of an American Family" |
| 31% | LYNNECHENEY | 11 | Author of the children's book "A Is for Abigail: An Almanac of Amazing American Women" |
| 31% | JIMMYCARTER | 11 | Former US president who authored the book "The Hornet's Nest: A Novel of the Revolutionary War": 2 wds. |
| 31% | OBAMA | 5 | Author of Amazon's top book of 2018 |
| 31% | XXXXXXXXXX | 10 | Author of 1902's "To Build a Fire" |
| 31% | ERRATA | 6 | List of a book's misprints |
| 31% | ILLUSTRATOR | 11 | Drawer of a book's pictures |
| 30% | JUDYBLUME | 9 | Author of the children's book "Superfudge": 2 wds. |
| 30% | DAHL | 4 | Author of the best-selling children's book "Matilda" |
| 30% | ITALOSVEVO | 10 | Author of novels A Life and Zeno's Conscience |
| 30% | RECTO | 5 | Front side of a book's leaf |
| 30% | WIMPY | 5 | "Diary of a ___ Kid" (children's book) |