| 100% | CHAMPIONS | 9 | Breakfast of __, book by American writer Vonnegut |
| 52% | MARYROACH | 9 | American writer of Bonk and Gulp books |
| 51% | ANAHUANG | 8 | American writer of the Kings of Sin book series |
| 44% | NATIVESON | 9 | First Book of the Month Club pick written by a Black American |
| 43% | AFTERHENRY | 10 | American writer Joan Didion's 1992 book of essays written after the death of her friend and editor Robbins: 2 wds. |
| 40% | ENDER | 5 | Protagonist in a series of books by 11-Down |
| 40% | THEWHITEALBUM | 13 | American writer Joan Didion's 1979 book of essays on the history and politics of California in the late 60s and early 70s: 3 wds. |
| 40% | AUTHORS | 7 | Writers of books |
| 40% | ROALDDAHL | 9 | Writer of the children's books that the movies directed by 14-, 20-, and 36-Across were based on: 2 wds. |
| 39% | HUBBARD | 7 | Lafayette Ronald ___, American author who holds the Guiness record of "Most Published works by one author" with 1084 books |
| 39% | SORT | 4 | *Spring cleaning* "___ that pile of books by color or genre!" |
| 39% | STAMP | 5 | Part of a book used by letter writers |
| 39% | EMERSON | 7 | American writer of essays Nature and Self-Reliance |
| 39% | AUTHOR | 6 | Writer of a book |
| 39% | NOVELIST | 8 | Writer of fiction books |
| 39% | NOVELISTS | 9 | Writers of fiction books |
| 39% | HEMINGWAY | 9 | American writer of "A Farewell to Arms" in 1929 |
| 39% | BROKAW | 6 | Tom, American writer of The Greatest Generation |
| 38% | SPARE | 5 | 2023 book by Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex |
| 38% | AUTHOR | 6 | Writer of a book or article |
| 38% | NOVELISTS | 9 | Writers of book-length story lines |
| 37% | PSALMS | 6 | Book of poems partly by King David |
| 36% | ODES | 4 | Book of ___ (collection of poems compiled by Confucius) |
| 36% | TOUR | 4 | Book ___ (series of promotional appearances by an author) |
| 36% | MELVILLE | 8 | Herman __, writer of the American Renaissance |
| 36% | TOTO | 4 | Dog belonging to Dorothy Gale in the Oz series of books by L Frank Baum |
| 36% | BARR | 4 | American writer of mystery novels, Nevada ___ who created the fictional detective, Anna Pigeon |
| 35% | GAIL | 4 | "Birds of Prey" comic book writer Simone |
| 35% | STLUKE | 6 | Acts of the Apostles writer, by tradition |
| 35% | DRSEUSS | 7 | US writer, author of popular children books |