| 100% | LEEBURKE | 8 | James who writes detective Dave Robicheaux's tales |
| 40% | JOYCE | 5 | James who wrote "Ulysses" |
| 39% | ATWOOD | 6 | Margaret who wrote "The Handmaid's Tale" |
| 39% | THOMSON | 7 | James who wrote "Rule, Britannia" |
| 38% | AGEE | 4 | James who wrote "The Morning Watch" |
| 38% | COMEY | 5 | James who wrote "A Higher Loyalty" |
| 38% | FREY | 4 | James who wrote "A Million Little Pieces" |
| 38% | JOYCE | 5 | Author James who wrote "Ulysses" |
| 37% | AGEE | 4 | James who wrote "A Death in the Family" |
| 37% | CAIN | 4 | James who wrote "The Postman Always Rings Twice" |
| 37% | AGEE | 4 | James who wrote "Let Us Now Praise Famous Men" |
| 37% | THURBER | 7 | James who wrote "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" |
| 37% | PATTERSON | 9 | James who wrote Run Rose Run with Dolly Parton |
| 37% | AGEE | 4 | James who wrote “Let Us Now Praise Famous Men” |
| 36% | FREY | 4 | James who wrote the best seller "A Million Little Pieces" |
| 36% | CLAVELL | 7 | Novelist James who wrote "The Asian Saga" series |
| 35% | GUNN | 4 | James who wrote and directed both "Guardians of the Galaxy" films |
| 34% | IAN | 3 | Fleming who wrote James Bond novels |
| 34% | ALGER | 5 | Horatio who wrote rags-to-riches tales |
| 34% | CHAUCER | 7 | English poet who wrote The Canterbury Tales |
| 34% | ASTRID | 6 | Lindgren who wrote the Pippi Longstocking tales |
| 34% | IAN | 3 | Fleming, who wrote the James Bond books |
| 34% | KASTNER | 7 | Erich who wrote "Emil and the Detectives" |
| 34% | OCTAVIASPENCER | 14 | "Hidden Figures" actress who wrote the children's book series "Randi Rhodes, Ninja Detective" (2 wds.) |
| 33% | POE | 3 | Eerie author who wrote the first detective story |
| 33% | DAHL | 4 | Author who wrote about James, Charlie and Matilda |
| 33% | SARA | 4 | Paretsky who wrote the 2018 detective novel "Shell Game" |
| 33% | AGEE | 4 | James ___ who wrote "A Death in the Family" |
| 32% | JONES | 5 | James ___, who wrote "The Thin Red Line" |
| 32% | GRIMM | 5 | TV fantasy drama inspired by brothers who wrote fairy tales |