| 100% | ANNE | 4 | Author Tyler with the upcoming novel "A Spool of Blue Thread" |
| 46% | BLUE | 4 | "A Spool of ___ Thread" (Anne Tyler novel) |
| 45% | BLUE | 4 | "A Spool of ___ Thread" (2015 novel by Anne Tyler) |
| 43% | GROSSMITH | 9 | George —, author with brother Weedon of 1892 comic novel The Diary of a Nobody |
| 41% | NEAL | 4 | Science fiction author Stephenson with the upcoming novel "Seveneves" |
| 39% | TOMSHARPE | 9 | Author of novels Porterhouse Blue and The Throwback |
| 38% | MONSARRAT | 9 | Author of a WWII novel The Cruel Sea: Nicholas __ |
| 38% | CRONIN | 6 | A J —, author of novels The Green Years and The Citadel |
| 37% | SHARPE | 6 | Tom —, author of novels Porterhouse Blue and The Throwback |
| 37% | WILLIAM | 7 | With 35-Across, author of the classic dystopian novel "Lord of the Flies" |
| 37% | FRANKMUIR | 9 | Author of 1993 novel The Walpole Orange and 1997 autobiography A Kentish Lad |
| 37% | EDNAOBRIEN | 10 | Author of novels The Country Girls and A Pagan Place (4,1’5) |
| 37% | MCDERMID | 8 | Val —, author of the novels Blue Genes and The Distant Echo |
| 36% | BYATT | 5 | A S —, author of the novels Still Life and The Virgin in the Garden |
| 36% | THOMPSON | 8 | Kate —, author of novels The O'Hara Affair and The Blue Hour |
| 36% | LOTT | 4 | Tim —, author of novels White City Blue and Under the Same Stars |
| 36% | MICHENER | 8 | James A —, author of novel Chesapeake and The Bridges at Toko-Ri |
| 36% | ADAIR | 5 | Gilbert ___, author of "A Void," a 290-page novel without the letter E |
| 36% | HEINLEIN | 8 | Robert A —, author of the novels Starship Troopers and The Door into Summer |
| 36% | FORSTER | 7 | E M —, author of novels Howards End and A Room with a View |
| 36% | JAMES | 5 | P D —, author of the novels Original Sin and A Mind to Murder |
| 35% | HANDMAIDSTALE | 13 | With "The," Hulu drama that featured a cameo by Margaret Atwood, author of the source material: 2 wds. |
| 35% | QUINN | 5 | Author Julia whose Bridgerton series of novels is an upcoming Netflix costume drama with Julie Andrews |
| 35% | MASON | 5 | A E W —, author of the novels The Prisoner in the Opal and The Four Feathers |
| 35% | ALDRICH | 7 | Thomas Bailey —, author of 1870 semi-autobiographical novel The Story of a Bad Boy |
| 35% | POWELL | 6 | Anthony —, author of twelve-volume novel series A Dance to the Music of Time |
| 35% | MUIR | 4 | Frank —, author of 1993 novel The Walpole Orange and 1997 autobiography A Kentish Lad |
| 35% | MUIR | 4 | Frank —, author of 1993 novel The Walpole Orange and 1997 memoir A Kentish Lad |