| 100% | BLUENIGHTS | 10 | American writer Joan Didion's 2011 memoir also called a "companion piece" to her earlier novel "The Year of Magical Thinking": 2 wds. |
| 39% | AFTERHENRY | 10 | American writer Joan Didion's 1992 book of essays written after the death of her friend and editor Robbins: 2 wds. |
| 34% | THEWHITEALBUM | 13 | American writer Joan Didion's 1979 book of essays on the history and politics of California in the late 60s and early 70s: 3 wds. |
| 30% | JOANDIDION | 10 | "The Year of Magical Thinking" author honored with the National Humanities Medal in 2012: 2 wds. |
| 29% | MAGICAL | 7 | "The Year of ___ Thinking" (Joan Didion memoir adapted as a Broadway play) |
| 29% | DIDION | 6 | The Year of Magical Thinking author Joan |
| 27% | DIDION | 6 | Joan __ wrote The Year of Magical Thinking |
| 26% | YEAR | 4 | "The ___ of Magical Thinking" (Joan Didion memoir) |
| 26% | DIDION | 6 | "The Year of Magical Thinking" memoirist Joan |
| 26% | SCOTTODELL | 10 | Writer whose children's novel "Island of the Blue Dolphins" won a Newbery Medal in 1961 (2 wds.) |
| 25% | MARGARETATWOOD | 14 | "The Handmaid's Tale" writer who had a cameo as an Aunt in the Hulu adaptation of her novel (2 wds.) |
| 25% | YEAR | 4 | Joan Didion's "The ___ of Magical Thinking" |
| 24% | DIDION | 6 | Joan who wrote "The Year of Magical Thinking" |
| 23% | DAVIDBALDACCI | 13 | Writer of 2018's "The Fallen," the fourth novel to feature detective Amos Decker (2 wds.) |
| 23% | JOHNSANDFORD | 12 | Writer of 2018's "Twisted Prey," the 28th novel to feature sleuth Lucas Davenport (2 wds.) |
| 23% | EDITHWHARTON | 12 | American writer whose novel "The Age of Innocence" was published in 1920 (2 wds.) |
| 23% | THELIGHTHOUSE | 13 | "To ___," writer Virginia Woolf's novel about the Ramsay family's visits to the Isle of Skye: 2 wds. |
| 23% | IRISJOHANSEN | 12 | Writer of 2018's "Shattered Mirror," the 24th novel to feature forensic sculptor Eve Duncan (2 wds.) |
| 23% | PLATELET | 8 | Minute particle also called a thrombocyte crucial to the clotting of the blood of vertebrates |
| 23% | LARACROFT | 9 | Billionaire "tomb raider" also called the Countess of Abbingdon: 2 wds. |
| 23% | PACIFIC | 7 | "The ___," war-based American drama miniseries that is a companion piece to the 2001 miniseries "Band of Brothers" |
| 23% | ANNEMURRAY | 10 | "You Needed Me" singer who was made a Companion of the Order of Canada in 1984: 2 wds. |
| 23% | JONIMITCHELL | 12 | "Big Yellow Taxi" singer who was made a Companion of the Order of Canada in 2002: 2 wds. |
| 22% | MOUSELEMUR | 10 | A species unique to Madagascar that is the world's smallest primate and one of the smallest mammals in the world: 2 wds. |
| 22% | EDGARALLANPOE | 13 | American writer who is considered to be the inventor of the detective fiction, and wrote the poem, "The Raven": 3 wds. |
| 22% | EDORGERON | 9 | 2019 SEC Coach of the Year who led the 48-Across to a national championship (2 wds.) |
| 22% | SLEATERKINNEY | 13 | American band that released the album "No Cities to Love" after a hiatus of nine years: Hyph. |
| 22% | WARHORSE | 8 | 2011 Spielberg drama about a thoroughbred sold to the British army: 2 wds. |
| 22% | FALLOUTBOY | 10 | American band that released the album "Save Rock and Roll" after a hiatus of three years: 3 wds. |
| 22% | JOANDIDION | 10 | "The Year of Magical Thinking" author |