| 100% | BRAINIAC | 8 | 2006 Ken Jennings book ... or the author himself |
| 38% | MAPHEAD | 7 | Ken Jennings book on geography |
| 38% | BUCKERIDGE | 10 | Anthony —, author of the Jennings and Rex Milligan series of children's books |
| 37% | DESAI | 5 | Kiran —, author of 2006 Man Booker Prize-winning novel The Inheritance of Loss |
| 37% | BRAINIAC | 8 | Ken Jennings' book on trivia buffs |
| 34% | PATTERSON | 9 | The author of the Alex Cross book series |
| 33% | BAUM | 4 | Author of the Oz books |
| 33% | HANS | 4 | "___ Brinker, or the Silver Skates" (classic kids' book) |
| 32% | KIPLING | 7 | Author of The Jungle Book: Rudyard __ |
| 32% | RLSTINE | 7 | Author of the "Goosebumps" book series |
| 32% | JANSSON | 7 | Author of the Moomin books, Tove __ |
| 32% | BAUM | 4 | Author of the original Oz books |
| 32% | BIO | 3 | "About the author" section in a book, for short |
| 32% | PERES | 5 | Israeli president who was the author of 11 books |
| 32% | STINE | 5 | Author of the "Mostly Ghostly" book series |
| 32% | ADICHIE | 7 | Author of the award-winning book Americanah |
| 32% | ROTH | 4 | Author Veronica who wrote the "Divergent" books |
| 31% | BAUM | 4 | Author who inspired the Gregory Maguire book “Wicked” |
| 31% | ONO | 3 | Author of the 1964 artist's book "Grapefruit" |
| 31% | NARRATOR | 8 | The storyteller in a play, movie, or book |
| 31% | OREILLY | 7 | Author of the 2006 best seller "Culture Warrior" |
| 31% | EZRA | 4 | Author of the Books of Chronicles, by tradition |
| 31% | ELJAMES | 7 | Author of the Fifty Shades trilogy of books |
| 31% | JOE | 3 | Author of the "Locke & Key" comic book series ___ Hill |
| 31% | JKROWLING | 9 | Author of the best-selling book series in history |
| 31% | JUDYBLUME | 9 | Author of the children's book "Superfudge": 2 wds. |
| 31% | DAHL | 4 | Author of the best-selling children's book "Matilda" |
| 31% | GAIMAN | 6 | Neil __, author of the steampunk book Stardust |
| 30% | IDIOM | 5 | "Hit the sack" or "hit the books" |
| 30% | CORNWELL | 8 | Patricia, author of the Kay Scarpetta books |