| 100% | SAPIENS | 7 | 2014 best seller subtitled "A Brief History of Humankind" |
| 58% | SAPIENS | 7 | Yuval Noah Harari bestseller subtitled "A Brief History of Humankind" |
| 55% | YUVALNOAHHARARI | 15 | Best-selling Israeli author of "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" |
| 45% | FBI | 3 | "Enemies: A History of the ___" (2012 best seller) |
| 44% | HAWKING | 7 | Physicist responsible for A Brief History of Time |
| 44% | HAWKING | 7 | Professor who wrote A Brief History of Time |
| 40% | JIMI | 4 | 2010 New York Times best seller subtitled "Sounds Like a Rainbow" |
| 39% | TIME | 4 | "A Brief History of ___" (Stephen Hawking bestseller) |
| 39% | TIME | 4 | "A Brief History of ___," Stephen Hawking book |
| 39% | HAWKING | 7 | "A Brief History of Time" author Stephen |
| 39% | HAWKING | 7 | Stephen, author of A Brief History of Time |
| 39% | STEPHENHAWKING | 14 | "A Brief History of Time" author doing sales? |
| 38% | SHE | 3 | 1887 H Rider Haggard novel subtitled A History of Adventure |
| 38% | STEPHENHAWKING | 14 | "A Brief History of Time" physicist (1/8/42-3/14/18) who declined a knighthood: 2 wds. |
| 38% | HAWKING | 7 | Stephen __, author of A Brief History of Time |
| 36% | MONEYBALL | 9 | Michael Lewis best seller with the subtitle "The Art of Winning an Unfair Game" |
| 35% | STEPHEN | 7 | With 34-Across, "A Brief History of Time" author who is an atheist |
| 35% | NATIONALPARKS | 13 | Focus of a Ken Burns documentary subtitled “America’s Best Idea” |
| 35% | SHE | 3 | H Rider Haggard novel subtitled A History of Adventure first published in book form in 1887 |
| 35% | HAWKING | 7 | "A Brief History of Time" author born on the 300th anniversary of 4D's death |
| 35% | HAWKING | 7 | Presidential Medal of Freedom winning British scientist Stephen ___ whose book "A Brief History of Time" was a record-breaking best-seller |
| 35% | MANBOOKERPRIZE | 14 | Award won by Marlon James, in 2015, for “A Brief History of Seven Killings” |
| 35% | GSPOT | 5 | Subject of a 1982 best seller |
| 35% | SOU | 3 | Topic of many a best seller |
| 34% | HAWKING | 7 | Author of "A Brief History of Time": Stephen __ |
| 34% | MEMOIR | 6 | "A History of My Brief Body," for example |
| 34% | ERMA | 4 | "Aunt" of a 1979 best seller |
| 33% | GSPOT | 5 | Subject of a 1982 best seller on sexuality |
| 33% | GONE | 4 | Start of a 1936 best seller's title |
| 33% | SHE | 3 | Novel subtitled "A History of Adventure" |