| 100% | TOYNBEE | 7 | Arnold J —, author of 12-volume work A Study of History |
| 57% | TOYNBEE | 7 | Arnold J. ___, influential historian who wrote A Study of History |
| 48% | LENNON | 6 | John —, musician; author of 1965 volume A Spaniard in the Works |
| 39% | CRONIN | 6 | A J —, author of novels The Green Years and The Citadel |
| 38% | RIORDAN | 7 | Maurice —, author of poetry volumes Floods and A Word from the Loki |
| 38% | HAWKING | 7 | Stephen __, author of A Brief History of Time |
| 38% | HAWKING | 7 | Stephen, author of A Brief History of Time |
| 38% | YUVALNOAHHARARI | 15 | Best-selling Israeli author of "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" |
| 38% | LEFANU | 6 | J Sheridan —, author of 1872 story collection In a Glass Darkly |
| 37% | ASHE | 4 | Author of “A Hard Road to Glory: A History of the African-American Athlete” |
| 37% | ASHE | 4 | Author of "A Hard Road to Glory: A History of the African-American Athlete" |
| 36% | ELLORY | 6 | R J —, author of novels City of Lies and A Quiet Belief in Angels |
| 36% | BEWICK | 6 | Thomas —, author of A History of British Birds who died in 1828 |
| 36% | LEACH | 5 | Bernard —, Hong Kong-born author of 1940 work A Potter's Book |
| 36% | DONLEAVY | 8 | J P —, author of novels A Fairy Tale of New York and The Onion Eaters |
| 35% | JUDAIC | 6 | ___ studies (courses on the history of a certain religious group) |
| 35% | CARLVON | 7 | & 6D Prussian general; author of the unfinished On War, a work on military strategy |
| 35% | STEPHENHAWKING | 14 | British scientist who performed groundbreaking work in physics and cosmology and authored "A Brief History of Time": 2 wds. |
| 35% | HAWKING | 7 | Author of "A Brief History of Time": Stephen __ |
| 35% | TOLKIEN | 7 | J.R.R ___, English author of "The Lord of the Rings" who studied at Exeter College, Oxford |
| 34% | LEWYCKA | 7 | Marina —, author of the novels Two Caravans and A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian |
| 34% | HISTORIAN | 9 | A student of history |
| 34% | ADEN | 4 | A study of port |
| 34% | ADEN | 4 | A study of city |
| 34% | BRYSON | 6 | Bill —, author of books A Short History of Nearly Everything and A Walk in the Woods |
| 34% | AUSTEN | 6 | 19th-century author who wrote "Vanity working on a weak head, produces every sort of mischief" |
| 34% | LEWIS | 5 | ___ Carroll, author of "Alice in Wonderland" who also worked as a math professor at Oxford University |
| 34% | CHAWED | 6 | Worked a wad of tobacco |
| 34% | ARTHURASHE | 10 | “A Hard Road to Glory: A History of the African-American Athlete” author |