| 100% | AESOP | 5 | Famed fable writer who authored "The Crow and the Pitcher" |
| 62% | AESOP | 5 | "The Crow and the Pitcher" fable writer |
| 43% | GRISHAM | 7 | Author who penned The Firm and The Client |
| 42% | CHRISSALE | 9 | Braves pitcher who won the NL Triple Crown (wins, ERA, and strikeouts) in 2024: 2 wds. |
| 41% | AESOP | 5 | Greek fable writer who coined the expression "sour grapes" |
| 40% | SHANEBIEBER | 11 | Cleveland Indians starting pitcher who won the American League Triple Crown and the 2020 Cy Young Award (2 wds.) |
| 40% | AESOP | 5 | Writer of fables like The Tortoise and the Hare |
| 39% | AESOP | 5 | Fables of ___ ("The Ant and the Grasshopper" author) |
| 39% | HARE | 4 | "The Tortoise and the ___," a famed fable |
| 39% | AESOP | 5 | "The Fox and the Grapes" fable writer |
| 39% | AESOP | 5 | "The Lion and the Mouse" fable writer |
| 39% | KATEWILHELM | 11 | "The Mile-Long Spaceship" short-story writer who was inducted into the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame in 2003 (2 wds.) |
| 39% | ELWAY | 5 | Hall of Fame Broncos quarterback who won the 1998 and 1999 Super Bowls |
| 39% | AESOP | 5 | Writer of the fable "The Tortoise and the Hare" |
| 39% | AESOP | 5 | Writer of the fable "The Ant and the Grasshopper" |
| 39% | KING | 4 | Thomas ___, Indigenous writer who authored "Truth and Bright Water" |
| 39% | AESOP | 5 | Writer of fables like "The Fox and the Grapes" |
| 38% | RAYBRADBURY | 11 | "S Is for Space" short-story writer who was inducted into the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame in 1999 (2 wds.) |
| 38% | LEWISCARROLL | 12 | Writer who created the White Rabbit and the March Hare: 2 wds. |
| 38% | EURIPIDES | 9 | Greek tragic dramatist who authored the plays Medea and Hecuba |
| 38% | ROALDDAHL | 9 | Author who created James and the Giant Peach |
| 38% | AESOP | 5 | "Zeus and the Tortoise" fable writer |
| 38% | MORRIS | 6 | William —, artist and writer who founded the Kelmscott Press in 1891 |
| 38% | ERNEST | 6 | ___ Hemingway who authored "The Old Man and the Sea" |
| 38% | ROALD | 5 | Author Dahl who wrote "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" |
| 37% | LEITH | 5 | Prue —, food writer who authored novels A Lovesome Thing and Leaving Patrick |
| 37% | GOETHE | 6 | Johann Wolfgang von —, German writer who authored stage plays Egmont and Clavigo |
| 37% | JACOB | 5 | Mets pitcher deGrom who won the 2018 and 2019 Cy Young Award |
| 37% | GRIMM | 5 | Authors Jacob and Wilhelm ___, who inspired Disney's "The Princess and the Frog" |