| 100% | PALAST | 6 | Greg ___, American investigative journalist who wrote "The Best Democracy Money Can Buy" | 
| 34% | BOB | 3 | Woodward who wrote the best seller "Rage" | 
| 34% | PYLE | 4 | Journalist who wrote the 1943 book "Here Is Your War" | 
| 34% | ISAACS | 6 | Susan who wrote the best seller "Compromising Positions" | 
| 34% | STEFAN | 6 | Fatsis who wrote the best-selling "Word Freak" | 
| 34% | TEIGEN | 6 | Model Chrissy who wrote the best seller "Cravings" | 
| 34% | PRIESTLEY | 9 | J.B. __; novelist who wrote The Good Companions | 
| 33% | ISADORE | 7 | Rosenfeld who wrote the best seller "Live Now, Age Later" | 
| 33% | FREY | 4 | James who wrote the best seller "A Million Little Pieces" | 
| 33% | OLIVER | 6 | TV personality Jamie ___ who wrote the best-seller "Everyday Super Food" | 
| 33% | LAWSON | 6 | TV personality Nigella ___ who wrote the best-seller "How to Eat" | 
| 32% | DAVIDGRANN | 10 | American journalist who wrote "Killers of the Flower Moon," "The Wager," and the works that inspired 16-Across and 32-Across (2 wds.) | 
| 32% | COATES | 6 | Ta-Nehisi who wrote the best seller "Between the World and Me" | 
| 32% | KORDA | 5 | Michael who wrote the 1975 best seller "Power!" | 
| 32% | GREEN | 5 | John ___, American author and YouTuber who wrote the best-selling novel "Paper Towns" | 
| 32% | NAOMI | 5 | Klein who wrote the best seller "This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. the Climate" | 
| 32% | ALBOM | 5 | Mitch who wrote the best seller "The Five People You Meet in Heaven" | 
| 32% | SONDHEIM | 8 | Composer who wrote, about crosswords, "A good clue can give you all the pleasures of being duped that a mystery story can" | 
| 32% | ISAACS | 6 | Susan who wrote the 1978 best seller "Compromising Positions" | 
| 31% | NORA | 4 | Author Roberts who wrote the 2016 best seller "The Obsession" | 
| 31% | ANN | 3 | Patchett who wrote the 2019 best seller "The Dutch House" | 
| 31% | ERNEST | 6 | Cline who wrote the 2011 best seller "Ready Player One" | 
| 31% | KNOWLES | 7 | John who wrote the 1959 best seller "A Separate Peace" | 
| 31% | JIMMORRISON | 11 | Rock star who wrote the poetry collection "The American Night" | 
| 31% | ERIC | 4 | Investigative journalist Schlosser who wrote "Fast Food Nation" | 
| 31% | OCASEK | 6 | Ric who wrote the hit song "My Best Friend's Girl" | 
| 31% | RAINN | 5 | Comedic actor Wilson who wrote the 2023 best-seller "Soul Boom" | 
| 31% | KAL | 3 | Actor Penn who wrote the memoir "You Can't Be Serious" | 
| 31% | HEMINGWAY | 9 | American who wrote The Old Man and the Sea | 
| 31% | ALLAN | 5 | Bloom who wrote "The Closing of the American Mind" |