| 100% | LAPPE | 5 | Frances Moore ___, author of the best-selling "Diet for a Small Planet" |
| 47% | CORMACMCCARTHY | 14 | Author of the 2005 novel "No Country for Old Men," which was made into a Best Picture-winning movie: 2 wds. |
| 45% | ALDO | 4 | Environmentalist ___ Leopold, author of the best-selling "A Sand County Almanac" |
| 43% | JKROWLING | 9 | Author of the best-selling book series in history |
| 43% | DAHL | 4 | Author of the best-selling children's book "Matilda" |
| 43% | ROTH | 4 | Veronica ___, author of the best-selling "Divergent" series |
| 42% | SOPHIEHANNAH | 12 | Author of the novels A Game for All the Family and Little Face |
| 42% | REEL | 4 | Highlight ___ (compilation of the best clips from a tournament, for example) |
| 42% | ROWLING | 7 | Best-selling author who was a runner-up for Time's 2007 Person of the Year |
| 42% | SCHWAB | 6 | Author of the best-selling investment book "You're Fifty — Now What?" |
| 42% | BRENEBROWN | 10 | Author of the best-selling self-help book "Daring Greatly": 2 wds. |
| 42% | CHIANG | 6 | Ted ___, author of the best-selling short-story collection "Exhalation" |
| 41% | SPENCERJOHNSON | 14 | Author of the best-selling self-help book "Who Moved My Cheese?": 2 wds. |
| 40% | BAZAAR | 6 | A place for the sale of goods, store |
| 40% | STOWE | 5 | Author of the 19th century's best-selling novel |
| 40% | LINTROLLER | 10 | Good accessory for the owner of a shedding dog |
| 40% | ZESTER | 6 | Small utensil used for grating the skin of a lemon |
| 39% | MARIEKONDO | 10 | Author of the best-selling self-help book "The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up": 2 wds. |
| 39% | NAM | 3 | Subject of the 1977 best-selling memoir "A Rumor of War," for short |
| 39% | TARA | 4 | ___ Westover, author of the 2018 best-selling memoir "Educated" |
| 39% | HARRIETBEECHERSTOWE | 19 | Author of the century's best-selling novel (published 3/20/1852) |
| 38% | DIET | 4 | "___ for a Small Planet" (classic vegetarian cookbook) |
| 38% | WINONARYDER | 11 | Best Actress in a Supporting Role Oscar nominee for The Age of Innocence |
| 38% | MARS | 4 | Birth planet for the protagonist of “Stranger in a Strange Land” |
| 38% | SOBEL | 5 | Dava ___, author of the best seller "Longitude" |
| 38% | MARGARET | 8 | With 40-Across, author of the 1936 novel "Gone With the Wind," which was made into a Best Picture-winning movie |
| 37% | BENPLATT | 8 | Winner of the 2017 Tony for Best Actor in a Musical for "Dear Evan Hansen": 2 wds. |
| 37% | ERLE | 4 | First name of the best-selling American author of the 20th century (as of 1970) |