| 100% | WHITENOISE | 10 | 1985 National Book Award winner about an “airborne toxic event” |
| 43% | ROTH | 4 | National Book Award winner Philip |
| 43% | SONTAG | 6 | National Book Award winner Susan |
| 43% | NEAL | 4 | National Book Award winner Shusterman |
| 42% | OATES | 5 | National Book Award winner Joyce Carol |
| 42% | OATES | 5 | National Book Award winner for "Them," 1970 |
| 41% | PERCY | 5 | Walker ___, 1962 National Book Award winner |
| 40% | GRAVITYSRAINBOW | 15 | 1974 National Book Award winner by Thomas Pynchon |
| 40% | TESS | 4 | "The Rabbit Hutch" National Book Award winner Gunty |
| 40% | PERCY | 5 | Walker ___, 1962 National Book Award winner for “The Moviegoer” |
| 39% | THOMASPYNCHON | 13 | National Book Award winner who wrote the 1963 novel "V.": 2 wds. |
| 39% | TANEHISI | 8 | "Between the World and Me" National Book Award winner Coates |
| 38% | DRLAO | 5 | “The Circus of ___,” 1935 National Book Award winner for Most Original Book |
| 34% | CHARLESYU | 9 | 2020 National Book Award winner for “Interior Chinatown,” in which the aspiring actor Willis Wu must contend with Hollywood stereotypes |
| 34% | ECHO | 4 | "The ___ Maker" (National Book Award winner by Richard Powers) |
| 34% | THEATER | 7 | "Sabbath's ___" (National Book Award winner by Philip Roth) |
| 32% | IBRAMXKENDI | 11 | Youngest winner of the National Book Award for Nonfiction |
| 31% | ADRIENNE | 8 | National Book Award-winning poet ___ Rich |
| 31% | WHITENOISE | 10 | Award-winning 1985 book by 44-Across that features a "toxic event": 2 wds. |
| 31% | PYNCHON | 7 | Reclusive National Book Award novelist |
| 30% | ELLISON | 7 | National Book Award-winning novelist named after Emerson |
| 30% | WACKYWEDNESDAY | 14 | Seuss book about a weekly period with strange events, like an earthworm chasing a bird |
| 30% | TOMMY | 5 | "There There" American Book Award winner Orange |
| 30% | TOMMYORANGE | 11 | American Book Award winner for "There There" |
| 29% | PATTI | 5 | Smith who won the 2010 National Book Award |
| 29% | FRONTDESK | 9 | Award-winning kids book about an immigrant family running a hotel |
| 29% | OATES | 5 | She won the 1970 National Book Award for Fiction |
| 28% | WORRIED | 7 | Overly stressed about an event |
| 28% | INVISIBLEMAN | 12 | 1953 National Book Award-winning novel by 45-Across (2 wds.) |
| 28% | SOMEONE | 7 | 2013 Alice McDermott novel that was a National Book Award finalist |