| 100% | HARPERLEE | 9 | Author of the book that Times readers voted the best of the last hundred and twenty-five years |
| 36% | PRIME | 5 | The best years of your life, and a word that rhymes with "time" |
| 33% | DUMAS | 5 | Alexandre —, author of novels The Three Musketeers and Twenty Years After |
| 33% | KEBLE | 5 | John —, a leader of the Oxford Movement and author of book of poems The Christian Year |
| 32% | OZEKI | 5 | Ruth ___, author of "A Tale for the Time Being" and "The Book of Form and Emptiness" |
| 32% | ROWLING | 7 | Best-selling author who was a runner-up for Time's 2007 Person of the Year |
| 32% | ENOS | 4 | Son of Seth in the Old Testament who lived nine hundred and five years |
| 32% | ENOS | 4 | Son of Seth in the Old Testament who lived for nine hundred and five years |
| 32% | NICE | 4 | (2/6) "Well kids, it's that time of year again--let's check the list! Who's been naughty, and who's been ___?" |
| 31% | ANNERICE | 8 | Author of the novels Angel Time, Violin and Merrick |
| 31% | ASSANGE | 7 | Author of the 2012 book "Cypherpunks: Freedom and the Future of the Internet" |
| 31% | TANYATAGAQ | 10 | Throat singer and author of the book “Split Tooth” |
| 30% | RICE | 4 | Anne —, author of the novels Angel Time, Violin and Merrick |
| 30% | THEPROPHET | 10 | Classic mystical work by 28-Across that's one of the best-selling books of all time (2 wds.) |
| 30% | ROALDDAHL | 9 | Author of the children's book "James and the Giant Peach": 2 wds. |
| 30% | SEUSS | 5 | Author of the books quoted at 17-, 29-, 38-, 46- and 59-Across |
| 30% | JKROWLING | 9 | Author of the best-selling book series in history |
| 30% | DAHL | 4 | Author of the best-selling children's book "Matilda" |
| 30% | JUDITHKRANTZ | 12 | Late author of the novels Princess Daisy and Scruples |
| 30% | GENESIS | 7 | Book of the Bible that first mentions Adam and Eve |
| 29% | ALEXANDERPOPE | 13 | Author of the verse that starts with the beginnings of 20-, 34- and 42-Across |
| 29% | GASH | 4 | Jonathan —, author of the novels Every Last Cent and The Ten Word Game |
| 29% | CHRISTIE | 8 | English author Agatha who created Hercule Poirot, and is the best-selling novelist of all time, according to the Guinness World Records |
| 29% | WELLS | 5 | Author of "The War of the Worlds" and "The Time Machine" |
| 29% | ROALDDAHL | 9 | Author of 1964 children's book Charlie and the Chocolate Factory |
| 29% | JEANRHYS | 8 | Author of the novels Good Morning, Midnight and Wide Sargasso Sea |
| 29% | ATLAS | 5 | Book that readers think the world of |
| 29% | CLASSIC | 7 | Book that stands the test of time |
| 29% | SCHWAB | 6 | Author of the best-selling investment book "You're Fifty — Now What?" |
| 29% | BRENEBROWN | 10 | Author of the best-selling self-help book "Daring Greatly": 2 wds. |