| 100% | EMMADONOGHUE | 12 | Irish novelist who wrote "Slammerkin," 44-Down, and "Learned By Heart" (2 wds.) |
| 55% | COLMTOIBIN | 10 | Irish novelist who wrote 17-Across, 26-Across, and 33-Across (2 wds.) |
| 53% | TANAFRENCH | 10 | Irish novelist who wrote "In the Woods," "The Witch Elm," and "The Hunter" (2 wds.) |
| 53% | EDNAOBRIEN | 10 | Irish novelist who wrote "The Country Girls," "House of Splendid Isolation," and "Girls" (2 wds.) |
| 50% | LOUISEERDRICH | 13 | Native American novelist who wrote 18-Across, 44-Across, and 2020's "The Night Watchman" (2 wds.) |
| 46% | NEILGAIMAN | 10 | Fantasy novelist who wrote "American Gods" and "The Graveyard Book": 2 wds. |
| 45% | STEPHENKING | 11 | Novelist who wrote "The Shining" and 37-Across (2 wds.) |
| 44% | ANGIETHOMAS | 11 | Novelist who wrote the Y.A. bestsellers 17-Across and 29-Across (2 wds.) |
| 44% | ANNNAPOLITANO | 13 | "Dear Edward" novelist who wrote 15-Across and 33-Across (2 wds.) |
| 43% | DAVIDMITCHELL | 13 | English novelist who wrote "Cloud Atlas," "The Bone Clocks," and 18-Across (2 wds.) |
| 43% | DONDELILLO | 10 | American novelist who wrote "Mao II," 18-Across, 25-Across, and 34-Across (2 wds.) |
| 43% | LIANEMORIARTY | 13 | Australian novelist who wrote "Nine Perfect Strangers," "Apples Never Fall," and 48-Across (2 wds.) |
| 42% | LEIGHBARDUGO | 12 | American novelist who wrote 17-Across, 40-Across, and the "Shadow and Bone" trilogy (2 wds.) |
| 42% | CHELSEACLINTON | 14 | Former First Daughter who wrote 19-Across and 44-Across (2 wds.) |
| 42% | VICTORHUGO | 10 | French novelist who wrote "Les Misérables": 2 wds. |
| 42% | NORAROBERTS | 11 | Romance Writers of America Hall of Fame novelist who wrote 12-Across and 25-Across (2 wds.) |
| 42% | NORAROBERTS | 11 | Romance Writers of America Hall of Fame novelist who wrote 17-Across and 29-Across (2 wds.) |
| 41% | ALEXANDREDUMAS | 14 | French novelist who wrote "The Three Musketeers": 2 wds. |
| 41% | RUTHWARE | 8 | British novelist who wrote the bestsellers "The Woman in Cabin 10," 15-Across, and 29-Across (2 wds.) |
| 41% | JAMESJOYCE | 10 | Irish author who wrote "Ulysses": 2 wds. |
| 41% | BRAMSTOKER | 10 | Irish author who wrote "Dracula": 2 wds. |
| 41% | BRIANJACQUES | 12 | British novelist who wrote the "Redwall" and "Castaways of the Flying Dutchman" series (2 wds.) |
| 41% | JEFFERYDEAVER | 13 | "The Bone Collector" mystery novelist who created 18-Across and 44-Across (2 wds.) |
| 41% | ANNERICE | 8 | "Tasty" novelist who wrote the "Vampire Chronicles" series: 2 wds. |
| 41% | HEATHERMORRIS | 13 | New Zealand novelist who wrote "The Tattooist of Auschwitz" and its sequels, 32-Across and 52-Across (2 wds.) |
| 41% | MICHAELCHABON | 13 | Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist who wrote "The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay," 15-Across, and 47-Across (2 wds.) |
| 41% | LOUISEERDRICH | 13 | Native American novelist who wrote 15-Across, 29-Across, and the Pulitzer Prize-winning "The Night Watchman" (2 wds.) |
| 40% | KAZUOISHIGURO | 13 | British novelist who wrote 19-Across and 31-Across and was awarded the 2017 Nobel Prize in Literature (2 wds.) |
| 40% | CORMACMCCARTHY | 14 | "The Road" Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist who wrote 19-Across, 46-Across, and the 2022 novel "The Passenger" (2 wds.) |
| 40% | JONATHANSWIFT | 13 | Irish author who wrote "Gulliver's Travels": 2 wds. |