| 100% | KEBLE | 5 | John —, a leader of the Oxford Movement and author of book of poems The Christian Year |
| 77% | KEBLE | 5 | John —, a leader of the Oxford Movement and author of 1827 volume of poetry The Christian Year |
| 42% | KEATS | 5 | John —, author of poems The Eve of St Agnes and Ode on a Grecian Urn |
| 40% | JEREMIAH | 8 | Hebrew prophet and author of a Book of the Bible |
| 38% | WOODROWWILSON | 13 | The 28th US President and leader of the progressive movement was the first attend a world series |
| 37% | CRONIN | 6 | A J —, author of novels The Green Years and The Citadel |
| 37% | SHOUT | 5 | Author and journalist Philip Norman's first book which is considered a biography of The Beatles |
| 36% | BRYSON | 6 | Bill —, author of books A Short History of Nearly Everything and A Walk in the Woods |
| 36% | FREELY | 6 | John ___, father of journalist Maureen and author of travel and history books about Eastern Europe and the Ottoman Empire |
| 35% | METHODISM | 9 | Protestant Christian movement deriving its inspiration from the life and teachings of John Wesley |
| 35% | HARPERLEE | 9 | Author of the book that Times readers voted the best of the last hundred and twenty-five years |
| 34% | BIGBICBIZBIO | 12 | Major book about a leader of the lighter industry? |
| 34% | HOLYGHOST | 9 | Book by John Sandford which was part of the "Virgil Flowers" novel series and became a NYT 2018 Bestseller: 2 wds. |
| 34% | URSULAKLEGUIN | 13 | "The Left Hand of Darkness" author who won a Hugo and a Nebula in the same year, twice: 4 wds. |
| 34% | MILTON | 6 | John —, author of the epic poem Paradise Lost |
| 33% | REY | 3 | Margret and H. A. ___, co-authors of the "Curious George" books |
| 33% | OZEKI | 5 | Ruth ___, author of "A Tale for the Time Being" and "The Book of Form and Emptiness" |
| 33% | HACKETT | 7 | John Winthrop —, soldier and author of 1977 memoir I Was a Stranger |
| 33% | RAE | 3 | John —, 19th-century Scottish explorer who authored the book Narrative of an Expedition to the Shores of the Arctic Sea, in 1846 and 1847 |
| 33% | WYNDHAM | 7 | John —, author of novels Chocky and The Day of the Triffids |
| 33% | AIMECESAIRE | 11 | Poet and intellectual who was a founder of the Négritude movement |
| 32% | TANYATAGAQ | 10 | Throat singer and author of the book “Split Tooth” |
| 32% | POLIDORI | 8 | John —, physician to Lord Byron and author of the novel The Vampyre |
| 32% | KENNEDY | 7 | A L —, author of story collections All the Rage and What Becomes |
| 32% | HACKETT | 7 | Sir John Winthrop —, soldier and author of 1977 memoir I Was a Stranger |
| 32% | GRISHAM | 7 | John —, author of novels The Broker and The Brethren |
| 32% | GRISHAM | 7 | John, author of The Pelican Brief and Runaway Jury |
| 32% | LANDSLIDES | 10 | Earth movements, and a description of the circled letters |
| 31% | WAINWRIGHT | 10 | Alfred —, author of book series A Pictorial Guide to the Lakeland Fells |
| 31% | MICHENER | 8 | James A —, author of novel Chesapeake and The Bridges at Toko-Ri |