| 100% | MUNRO | 5 | Alice who wrote the short-story collection "Open Secrets" |
| 50% | WALKER | 6 | Alice who wrote The Color Purple |
| 49% | NOVAK | 5 | "The Office" actor B.J. who wrote the story collection "One More Thing" |
| 47% | IROBOT | 6 | Short story collection introducing the Three Laws |
| 46% | TOI | 3 | Derricotte who wrote the poetry collection “Tender” |
| 45% | POE | 3 | Eerie author who wrote the first detective story |
| 45% | NIN | 3 | Anaïs who wrote the erotica collection “Delta of Venus” |
| 44% | SEBOLD | 6 | Author Alice, who wrote The Lovely Bones |
| 44% | JIMMORRISON | 11 | Rock star who wrote the poetry collection "The American Night" |
| 44% | OCEAN | 5 | Vuong who wrote the poetry collection “Time Is a Mother” |
| 44% | RUNYON | 6 | Damon who wrote the stories adapted as "Guys and Dolls" |
| 44% | WALKER | 6 | Alice who wrote "The Color Purple" |
| 44% | RUNYON | 6 | Damon —, author of the short story collections More Than Somewhat, Furthermore and Take It Easy |
| 43% | KAA | 3 | Python in 1894 Rudyard Kipling short story collection The Jungle Book |
| 43% | HORNUNG | 7 | E W —, author of 1899 short story collection The Amateur Cracksman |
| 43% | BECHDEL | 7 | Alison who wrote the graphic memoir "The Secret to Superhuman Strength" |
| 43% | POE | 3 | Poet who wrote the opening line "Once upon a midnight dreary ..." |
| 43% | JIMMORRISON | 11 | Singer who wrote the poetry collection "The Lords and the New Creatures" |
| 43% | BALOO | 5 | Brown bear in 1894 Rudyard Kipling short story collection The Jungle Book |
| 43% | BAGHEERA | 8 | Black panther in 1894 Rudyard Kipling short story collection The Jungle Book |
| 42% | KARENRUSSELL | 12 | Author of the short-story collection "Orange World and Other Stories": 2 wds. |
| 42% | SHOLEM | 6 | Aleichem who wrote the stories on which Fiddler on the Roof is based |
| 42% | JACOBS | 6 | W W —, English author of 1902 short story collection The Lady of the Barge |
| 42% | DANRHODES | 9 | Author of 2001 short story collection Don't Tell Me the Truth About Love |
| 42% | DARIN | 5 | Strauss who wrote the 2020 novel "The Queen of Tuesday: A Lucille Ball Story" |
| 41% | SEE | 3 | Novelist Lisa who wrote "Snow Flower and the Secret Fan" |
| 41% | GKCHESTERTON | 12 | British novelist who wrote the stories that inspired the "Father Brown" TV series (3 wds.) |
| 41% | NOAH | 4 | Comedian Trevor who wrote the memoir "Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood" |
| 40% | SEDARIS | 7 | Humorist David who wrote the essay collections "Me Talk Pretty One Day" and "Happy-Go-Lucky" |
| 40% | ALICEMUNRO | 10 | Short-story author who announced her retirement from writing in 2013, the same year she won the Nobel Prize in Literature |