| 100% | SALINGER | 8 | J.D. ___, famous author who wrote only one novel, "The Catcher in the Rye" |
| 59% | SALINGER | 8 | American author J.D. ___ whose wrote the novel "The Catcher in the Rye" and several other novellas |
| 58% | SYLVIA | 6 | ___ Plath, famous poet and author who wrote only one novel, "The Bell Jar" |
| 56% | ANNA | 4 | ___ Sewell, famous author who wrote only one novel, "Black Beauty" |
| 56% | SALINGER | 8 | J D —, author of 1951 novel The Catcher in the Rye |
| 54% | PASTERNAK | 9 | Boris ___, famous poet and author who wrote only one novel, "Doctor Zhivago" |
| 53% | SALINGER | 8 | J.D. ___, author of "The Catcher in the Rye" who served in the U.S. Army during WWII |
| 50% | SALINGER | 8 | J. D. __ wrote The Catcher in the Rye |
| 48% | PLATH | 5 | Sylvia ___, American author who only wrote one novel, "The Bell Jar" |
| 47% | OSCARWILDE | 10 | Irish poet and playwright who wrote only one novel "The Picture of Dorian Gray" in his lifetime: 2 wds. |
| 45% | EMILY | 5 | ___ Bronte, famous novelist and poet who wrote only one novel, "Wuthering Heights" |
| 44% | BORIS | 5 | ___ Pasternak, Russian author who only wrote one novel, "Doctor Zhivago" |
| 43% | SALINGER | 8 | "The Catcher in the Rye" novelist J.D. ___ |
| 43% | SUEGRAFTON | 10 | Mystery author who wrote the 2015 novel “X” (the twenty-fourth in a series) |
| 42% | RYE | 3 | "The Catcher in the ___," J. D. Salinger's bestseller debut novel published in 1951 |
| 42% | SALINGER | 8 | Writer of Catcher in the Rye, J.D. __ |
| 42% | RODERICKTHORP | 13 | Author who wrote "Nothing Lasts Forever," the novel on which movie in 17a was based: 2 wds. |
| 41% | RYE | 3 | "The Catcher in the ___," J.D. Salinger novel |
| 41% | RYE | 3 | "The Catcher in the ___," novel by J.D. Salinger |
| 41% | JDS | 3 | The Catcher in the Rye author's inits. |
| 41% | NARRATOR | 8 | The Catcher in the Rye features an unreliable one |
| 40% | JDSALINGER | 10 | "The Catcher in the Rye" author |
| 40% | SALINGER | 8 | "The Catcher in the Rye" author |
| 40% | SALINGER | 8 | Catcher in the Rye author |
| 40% | CATCHER | 7 | J.D. Salinger novel, The __ in the Rye |
| 39% | JASONREYNOLDS | 13 | Author who has written "Ghost," "Patina," and other novels for kids in the middle school years: 2 wds. |
| 38% | ANNASEWELL | 10 | English novelist who published only one novel in her lifetime, "Black Beauty," which is one of the top ten best selling children's novels: 2 wds. |
| 38% | RYE | 3 | "The Catcher in the ___," novel by J.D. Salinger that is set in New York City |
| 38% | RYE | 3 | In the J.D. Salinger novel, the catcher was in it |
| 38% | EDGARALLANPOE | 13 | American writer who completed only one novel in his lifetime, "The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket": 3 wds. |