| 100% | JACOBS | 6 | Author A.J. who read the entire Britannica |
| 46% | CRONIN | 6 | A J —, author of novels The Green Years and The Citadel |
| 44% | TOLKIEN | 7 | Author who wrote The Hobbit, J.R.R. __ |
| 44% | CRONIN | 6 | A. J. who wrote "The Citadel" |
| 42% | FOYT | 4 | A J —, US motor racing driver who won the 1967 24 Hours of Le Mans with Dan Gurney |
| 42% | SALINGER | 8 | J.D. ___, famous author who wrote only one novel, "The Catcher in the Rye" |
| 41% | ALCOTT | 6 | Best-selling author who served as a nurse in the Civil War |
| 41% | DONLEAVY | 8 | J P —, author of novels A Fairy Tale of New York and The Onion Eaters |
| 40% | ALCOTT | 6 | Author of "Jo's Boys" Louisa May ___ who wrote under the pen name A.M. Barnard |
| 40% | ANCHORMEN | 9 | Guys who read the news |
| 40% | PETERBENCHLEY | 13 | Author of "Jaws" who cameoed as a reporter in the 1975 film adaptation: 2 wds. |
| 40% | RABBI | 5 | Clergyperson who reads the Torah |
| 40% | JEW | 3 | Person who reads the Torah |
| 40% | SEER | 4 | One who reads the future |
| 40% | NAOMI | 5 | Author Klein who wrote last year's "On Fire: The (Burning) Case for a Green New Deal" |
| 40% | AESOP | 5 | "The Frogs Who Desired a King" author |
| 39% | RABBI | 5 | Spiritual leader who reads the Talmud |
| 39% | TANEHISICOATES | 14 | "Between the World and Me" author who won a "genius grant" in 2015: 2 wds. |
| 39% | RICHARDWRIGHT | 13 | Pink Floyd keyboardist who shares a name with the author of "Native Son" (2 wds.) |
| 39% | AROD | 4 | Nickname of the ex-Yankee who once was in a relationship with J.Lo: Hyph. |
| 39% | ANDERSEN | 8 | Classic author who was the subject of a 1952 film musical |
| 39% | ROACH | 5 | K A J —, West Indies bowler who took a hat-trick against the Netherlands in the 2011 Cricket World Cup |
| 39% | ANNE | 4 | "The Diary of a Young Girl" author who posthumously won the first World's Children's Prize |
| 39% | ROWLING | 7 | Best-selling author who was a runner-up for Time's 2007 Person of the Year |
| 38% | ANYGIVENSUNDAY | 14 | American sports film starring Jamie Foxx and LL Cool J who got into a physical altercation during the filming: 3 wds. |
| 38% | STEPHENCHBOSKY | 14 | Author who wrote the film adaptation of his own "The Perks of Being a Wallflower": 2 wds. |
| 38% | FLAVIA | 6 | ___ Bujor, "The Prophecy of the Stones" author who published her first book when she was a teen |
| 38% | JASONMOTT | 9 | Author who won the 2021 National Book Award for Fiction for "Hell of a Book": 2 wds. |
| 38% | LEE | 3 | Author Nelle ___ of "Go Set a Watchman" who wrote under the pen name Harper |
| 38% | RUMI | 4 | Celebrated Persian poet who authored "Masnavi" and is considered to be one of the most widely read poets |