| 100% | ANTHONYBOURDAIN | 15 | “Kitchen Confidential” author who deemed truffle oil “about as edible as Astroglide” |
| 31% | NAOMIKLEIN | 10 | Author who described her book “Doppelganger” as being about “the horror of the society that flips fascist from within” (September, 2023) |
| 29% | TOLKIEN | 7 | Author who referred to his works as a "legendarium" |
| 29% | SEUSS | 5 | Author who wrote about Octember |
| 28% | WILLA | 5 | Author who wrote about frontier life |
| 28% | BOURDAIN | 8 | Anthony __, author of Kitchen Confidential |
| 27% | BAUM | 4 | Author who wrote about the Land of Oz |
| 27% | ROALDDAHL | 9 | Author who wrote about giant peaches and foxes |
| 27% | DAHL | 4 | Author who wrote about James, Charlie and Matilda |
| 27% | OLYMPIAIRVING | 13 | Author who served as U.S. minister to Spain |
| 26% | STEPHENKING | 11 | "Carrie" author who also wrote horror novels as Richard Bachman: 2 wds. |
| 26% | NOAM | 4 | Author Chomsky who writes about linguistics |
| 25% | LADY | 4 | ___ Whistledown, author who gossips about the life of the Bridgertons |
| 25% | BOURDAIN | 8 | Anthony ___, chef and travel host who authored "Kitchen Confidential" and hosted the Emmy-winning show "No Reservations" |
| 25% | MISERY | 6 | Horror novel about an author who is kidnapped by a fan |
| 25% | RUTHRENDELL | 11 | Mystery author who wrote several novels as Barbara Vine: 2 wds. |
| 25% | STEPHENKING | 11 | Horror author who wrote several novels as Richard Bachman: 2 wds. |
| 24% | ALCOTT | 6 | Best-selling author who served as a nurse in the Civil War |
| 24% | JKROWLING | 9 | Children's author who wrote several novels as Robert Galbraith: 3 wds. |
| 24% | HAGMAN | 6 | Larry __, who starred in Dallas, a soap about oil |
| 24% | SHIRLEY | 7 | Gothic author Jackson who wrote about a certain haunting |
| 24% | PEER | 4 | Person who's about the same age as you |
| 23% | THATSUMMER | 10 | Jennifer Weiner novel about two women who become as close as sisters (2 wds.) |
| 23% | GOAFTER | 7 | Chase, as a longtime crush who’s about to get on a plane |
| 22% | NIEBUHR | 7 | “Moral Man and Immoral Society” author whom Barack Obama cited as one of his favorite philosophers |
| 22% | JULESVERNE | 10 | Whom Unesco lists as the world's second most translated author, after Agatha Christie |
| 22% | FRANZ | 5 | Bohemian Jewish author Kafka who used to work as a law clerk |
| 22% | DRY | 3 | About as exciting as watching paint ___ |
| 22% | ATROCIOUS | 9 | About as bad as it gets |
| 22% | TESS | 4 | Author Gerritsen who writes about the crime-solving duo of Jane Rizzoli and Maura Isles |