| 100% | DALECARNEGIE | 12 | Author of the self-help book "How to Win Friends and Influence People": 2 wds. |
| 65% | HAROLDKUSHNER | 13 | Author of the self-help book "When Bad Things Happen to Good People": 2 wds. |
| 65% | PEOPLE | 6 | "How to Win Friends and Influence ___," self-help book written by Dale Carnegie which is one of the best-selling books of all time |
| 59% | STEPHENCOVEY | 12 | Author of the self-help book "The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People": 2 wds. |
| 56% | DALE | 4 | ___ Carnegie, author of "How to Win Friends and Influence People" |
| 56% | DALE | 4 | "How to Win Friends and Influence People" author Carnegie |
| 50% | DALEC | 5 | "How to Win Friends and Influence People" writer |
| 49% | BRENEBROWN | 10 | Author of the best-selling self-help book "Daring Greatly": 2 wds. |
| 49% | DALE | 4 | "How To Win Friends and Influence People" writer Carnegie |
| 49% | SPENCERJOHNSON | 14 | Author of the best-selling self-help book "Who Moved My Cheese?": 2 wds. |
| 47% | MARIEKONDO | 10 | Author of the best-selling self-help book "The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up": 2 wds. |
| 45% | ROALDDAHL | 9 | Author of the children's book "James and the Giant Peach": 2 wds. |
| 42% | RICHARDPOWERS | 13 | Author of 18-Across, 40-Across, and the National Book Award-winning "The 9-Down Maker" (2 wds.) |
| 42% | WIN | 3 | "How to ___ Friends and Influence People" (Dale Carnegie book) |
| 42% | AUDREYHEPBURN | 13 | British actress from "Sabrina" who is one of the 12 people to have won the EGOT: 2 wds. |
| 41% | WIN | 3 | "How to ___ Friends and Influence People" (classic Dale Carnegie book) |
| 40% | RITAMORENO | 10 | Puerto Rican actress from "West Side Story" who is one of the 12 people to have won the EGOT: 2 wds. |
| 40% | JUDYBLUME | 9 | Author of the children's book "Superfudge": 2 wds. |
| 40% | LAURANUMEROFF | 13 | Author of the "If You Give ..." children's book series: 2 wds. |
| 40% | TOMSTOPPARD | 11 | Author of the absurdist play "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead": 2 wds. |
| 40% | LIANEMORIARTY | 13 | Author of the novels "Nine Perfect Strangers" and 47-Across: 2 wds. |
| 40% | JOHNGREEN | 9 | Author of the bestsellers "Paper Towns" and "Everything Is Tuberculosis": 2 wds. |
| 40% | LOISLOWRY | 9 | Author of the children's book "The Giver": 2 wds. |
| 39% | RICHARDRUSSO | 12 | Author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel "Empire Falls" and 17-Across (2 wds.) |
| 39% | ERICCARLE | 9 | Author of the children's book "The Very Hungry Caterpillar": 2 wds. |
| 39% | BYRONSCOTT | 10 | One of the greatest players of the LA Lakers who won three NBA Championships and went on to coach the team for two years: 2 wds. |
| 38% | NORMANMAILER | 12 | Author of the classic 1948 World War II novel "The Naked and the Dead": 2 wds. |
| 38% | TOMWOLFE | 8 | Author of the 1979 book about space flight that 34-Across is based on: 2 wds. |
| 38% | JASONMOTT | 9 | Author who won the 2021 National Book Award for Fiction for "Hell of a Book": 2 wds. |
| 38% | SUZANNECOLLINS | 14 | Author of the dystopian novel "The Hunger Games" and its sequels, "Catching Fire" and "Mockingjay": 2 wds. |