| 100% | MARTINAMIS | 10 | British author of the so-called "London Trilogy" |
| 68% | PATBARKER | 9 | British author of the Regeneration trilogy |
| 54% | GEORGE | 6 | Jessica, British author of the 2023 novel Maame |
| 54% | JEMISIN | 7 | Author of the Broken Earth trilogy |
| 53% | RACHELCUSK | 10 | Author of the “Outline” trilogy (2014-18) |
| 53% | BURGESS | 7 | British author of Nothing Like the Sun |
| 52% | ELJAMES | 7 | Author of the Fifty Shades trilogy of books |
| 52% | LARSSON | 7 | Stieg —, Swedish author of the Millennium novel trilogy |
| 52% | PEAKE | 5 | Mervyn —, author of the Gormenghast trilogy |
| 52% | ROTH | 4 | Veronica ___, author of the "Divergent" trilogy |
| 52% | IANMCEWAN | 9 | British author of the novel upon which 17-Across is based: 2 wds. |
| 51% | SUZANNE | 7 | __ Collins, author of the Hunger Games trilogy |
| 51% | PETERACKROYD | 12 | Author of the novels Chatterton and The Lambs of London |
| 50% | TOLKIEN | 7 | Author of the Lord of the Rings trilogy: J.R.R. __ |
| 49% | VERNE | 5 | Author of the quote "I am not what you call a civilized man!" |
| 49% | DOBBS | 5 | Michael —, Conservative politician; author of the House of Cards novel trilogy |
| 48% | HAROLDPINTER | 12 | British author of "The Birthday Party" who won the 2005 Nobel Prize in Literature: 2 wds. |
| 48% | DORISLESSING | 12 | British author of "The Golden Notebook" who won the 2007 Nobel Prize for Literature: 2 wds. |
| 48% | RUDYARD | 7 | With 42 Across, British author of ''How the Camel Got His Hump'' |
| 48% | ARMITAGE | 8 | Richard, British star of the Hobbit trilogy |
| 48% | EIRE | 4 | Land of the so-called "Troubles" |
| 48% | MURASAKISHIKIBU | 15 | Author of “The Tale of Genji,” often called the world’s first novel |
| 47% | DAVEPELZER | 10 | Author of memoirs A Child Called It and The Lost Boy |
| 47% | PYONGYANG | 9 | Capital of the so-called Hermit Kingdom |
| 47% | EMORY | 5 | One of the so-called Southern Ivies |
| 47% | UCLA | 4 | One of the so-called "Public Ivies" |
| 47% | BEN | 3 | Nickname of the so-called First American |
| 47% | ACKROYD | 7 | Peter —, author of novels Chatterton and The Lambs of London |
| 46% | OSAKAN | 6 | Resident of the so-called "Chicago of Japan" |
| 46% | TAIWAN | 6 | One of the so-called "Four Asian Tigers" |