| 100% | PHILIPROTH | 10 | Author whose works "Goodbye, Columbus" and "Sabbath's Theater" each won a National Book Award: 2 wds. |
| 70% | BERNARDMALAMUD | 14 | Author whose works "The Magic Barrel" and "The Fixer" each won a National Book Award: 2 wds. |
| 62% | JESMYNWARD | 10 | Author whose novels "Salvage the Bones" and "Sing, Unburied, Sing" each won a National Book Award: 2 wds. |
| 43% | JASONMOTT | 9 | Author who won the 2021 National Book Award for Fiction for "Hell of a Book": 2 wds. |
| 42% | DAVEEGGERS | 10 | Author whose children's book "The Eyes and the Impossible" won the Newbery Medal in 2024: 2 wds. |
| 41% | SIGRIDNUNEZ | 11 | "The Vulnerables" novelist whose "The Friend" won a National Book Award for Fiction (2 wds.) |
| 41% | NEILGAIMAN | 10 | English author and screenwriter whose work "The Graveyard Book" won him the Newbery and Carnegie medals: 2 wds. |
| 40% | THOMASPYNCHON | 13 | Novelist who received a National Book Award for "Gravity's Rainbow": 2 wds. |
| 39% | BETWEENTHE | 10 | With 35-Across, National Book Award-winning autobiography by 45-Across whose title comes from a Richard Wright poem (2 wds.) |
| 38% | THEROUNDHOUSE | 13 | 2012 Novel by 44-Across that won a National Book Award for Fiction (3 wds.) |
| 37% | CHARLESYU | 9 | Author who won the 2020 National Book Award for Fiction for "Interior Chinatown": 2 wds. |
| 37% | SUSANCHOI | 9 | Author who won the 2019 National Book Award for Fiction for "Trust Exercise": 2 wds. |
| 37% | KWAMEALEXANDER | 14 | Author whose children's book "The Crossover" won the Newbery Medal in 2015: 2 wds. |
| 37% | TESSGUNTY | 9 | Author who won the 2022 National Book Award for Fiction for "The Rabbit Hutch": 2 wds. |
| 36% | JASONMOTT | 9 | Writer whose novel "Hell of a Book" won the 2021 National Book Award for Fiction (2 wds.) |
| 35% | SIGRIDNUNEZ | 11 | "Salvation City" author whose "The Friend" won the 2018 National Book Award for Fiction (2 wds.) |
| 35% | THEEMISSARY | 11 | Book that won the 2018 National Book Award for Translated Literature, written by Yoko Tawada and translated by Margaret Mitsutani: 2 wds. |
| 35% | ANNLECKIE | 9 | Sci-fi author whose 2013 novel "Ancillary Justice" won both the Hugo and Nebula Awards: 2 wds. |
| 34% | NEILGAIMAN | 10 | Author whose YA novel "The Graveyard Book" won the Newbery Medal in 2009: 2 wds. |
| 34% | ANGELINAJOLIE | 13 | Actress who won a Golden Globe, SAG Award, and Oscar for "Girl, Interrupted": 2 wds. |
| 33% | LAURENGROFF | 11 | "Fates and Furies" author whose "Florida" was nominated for the 2018 National Book Award for Fiction (2 wds.) |
| 33% | ANNAMAZZOLA | 11 | Author whose novel "The Unseeing" won the 2018 Edgar Award in the Best Paperback Original category: 2 wds. |
| 33% | JAYASHER | 8 | Author whose book "Thirteen Reasons Why" was adapted into a Netflix show of the same name: 2 wds. |
| 33% | SANDRABULLOCK | 13 | Actress who won a Golden Globe, SAG Award, and Oscar for "The Blind Side": 2 wds. |
| 33% | TERRANCE | 8 | Poet Hayes who won a National Book Award for the collection “Lighthead” |
| 33% | JOHNCROWLEY | 11 | Author whose short story "Spring Break" won the 2018 Edgar Award in the Best Short Story category: 2 wds. |
| 33% | JASONREYNOLDS | 13 | Author whose novel "Long Way Down" won the 2018 Edgar Award in the Best Young Adult category: 2 wds. |
| 33% | NKJEMISIN | 9 | Sci-fi author whose 2017 novel "The Stone Sky" won both the Hugo and Nebula Awards: 3 wds. |
| 33% | AUDRAMCDONALD | 13 | "Private Practice" actress who won a record-breaking sixth Tony Award in 2014 for her performance in "Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill": 2 wds. |
| 32% | DENIS | 5 | Novelist Johnson who won a National Book Award for Fiction for "Tree of Smoke" |