| 100% | THEROAD | 7 | 2006 novel for which Cormac McCarthy won a Pulitzer Prize |
| 53% | ARROWSMITH | 10 | 1925 novel for which the author declined a Pulitzer Prize |
| 52% | THEROAD | 7 | 2007 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction-winning novel by Cormac McCarthy |
| 52% | TONI | 4 | Morrison who won a Pulitzer Prize for her novel "Beloved" |
| 47% | ROAD | 4 | "The ___," 2006 novel by Cormac McCarthy featuring an unnamed protagonist that won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction |
| 45% | EDER | 4 | Richard ___ who won a Pulitzer Prize for Criticism |
| 45% | UPTON | 5 | Sinclair who won a Pulitzer Prize for Fiction |
| 44% | FIORELLO | 8 | 1959 Broadway musical that won a Pulitzer Prize for drama |
| 44% | SAM | 3 | Playwright Shepard who won a Pulitzer Prize for "Buried Child" |
| 44% | EBERT | 5 | First film critic to win a Pulitzer Prize for criticism |
| 44% | EDITHWHARTON | 12 | 13-Across and 25-Across writer who was the first woman to win a Pulitzer Prize in Literature, for her 1920 novel "The Age of Innocence" (2 wds.) |
| 43% | ALICE | 5 | Novelist Walker who won a Pulitzer Prize for "The Color Purple" |
| 43% | IRA | 3 | NPR host Glass who won a Pulitzer Prize for audio reporting |
| 43% | BORAT | 5 | 2006 mockumentary for which the star won a Golden Globe |
| 42% | EDITH | 5 | Wharton who was the first woman to win a Pulitzer Prize for fiction |
| 42% | MENOTTI | 7 | Italian-American composer who won a Pulitzer Prize for "The Saint of Bleecker Street" |
| 42% | IRAGERSHWIN | 11 | Lyricist whose 1931 Broadway musical Of Thee I Sing won a Pulitzer Prize for Drama |
| 42% | IRA | 3 | Songwriter Gershwin who won a Pulitzer Prize for the 1932 musical "Of Thee I Sing" |
| 41% | BENET | 5 | Poet who won a Pulitzer for "The Dust Which Is God" |
| 41% | SAMSHEPARD | 10 | Writer, actor, and director who won a Pulitzer Prize for the play "Buried Child" (2 wds.) |
| 41% | ARROWSMITH | 10 | Sinclair Lewis novel for which he received (but declined) the Pulitzer Prize |
| 40% | MAUS | 4 | Only graphic novel to win a Pulitzer Prize |
| 39% | MAUS | 4 | Only graphic novel to win a Pulitzer Prize (awarded 1992) |
| 38% | ROAD | 4 | "The ___," 2006 novel by Cormac McCarthy that was adapted into a 2009 survival film |
| 38% | THEROAD | 7 | 2006 Cormac McCarthy novel, later made into a Viggo Mortensen film: 2 wds. |
| 37% | ALISON | 6 | Lurie who won the Pulitzer Prize for the novel “Foreign Affairs” |
| 37% | KENNEDY | 7 | Only president to win a Pulitzer Prize |
| 37% | EBERT | 5 | Film critic Roger who won a Pulitzer Prize |
| 37% | GWENDOLYNBROOKS | 15 | First black poet to win a Pulitzer Prize |
| 37% | MARSALIS | 8 | First jazz musician to win a Pulitzer Prize |