| 100% | JAKES | 5 | John who wrote "The Bastard" |
| 83% | DONNE | 5 | John who wrote the sonnet "Death Be Not Proud" |
| 82% | CIARDI | 6 | John who wrote the textbook "How Does a Poem Mean?" |
| 82% | KNOWLES | 7 | John who wrote the 1959 best seller "A Separate Peace" |
| 82% | OHARA | 5 | John who wrote "From the Terrace" |
| 79% | MUIR | 4 | John who wrote "My First Summer in the Sierra" |
| 77% | AYN | 3 | Rand who wrote the line "Who is John Galt?" |
| 76% | LECARRE | 7 | John, who wrote The Spy Who Came In from the Cold |
| 75% | GRISHAM | 7 | John who wrote "The Pelican Brief" |
| 75% | WYNDHAM | 7 | Author John, who wrote The Day of the Triffids |
| 74% | GAY | 3 | John who wrote "The Beggar's Opera" |
| 74% | IRVING | 6 | John who wrote "The Cider House Rules" |
| 73% | IRVING | 6 | John who wrote "The World According to Garp" |
| 73% | FOWLES | 6 | John who wrote "The French Lieutenant's Woman" |
| 71% | ELTON | 5 | John who wrote music for "The Lion King" |
| 70% | GRISHAM | 7 | Novelist John who wrote "The Firm" and "The Client" |
| 66% | HERSEY | 6 | John who wrote "Hiroshima" |
| 65% | OHARA | 5 | John who wrote "Butterfield 8" |
| 65% | OHARA | 5 | John who wrote "Pal Joey" |
| 65% | TESH | 4 | John who wrote "Roundball Rock" |
| 65% | MILTON | 6 | John ___, English poet who wrote the epic poem "Paradise Lost" |
| 64% | OHARA | 5 | John who wrote "Ten North Frederick" |
| 64% | OHARA | 5 | John who wrote "Appointment in Samarra" |
| 64% | LECARRE | 7 | John who wrote "A Perfect Spy" |
| 64% | MUIR | 4 | John who wrote "Our National Parks" |
| 64% | ELTON | 5 | John who writes with Bernie Taupin |
| 64% | ELTON | 5 | John who co-wrote the song “Ego” and the book “Me” |
| 63% | PLATO | 5 | Philosopher who wrote the "Republic" |
| 63% | BOCCACCIO | 9 | Italian who wrote The Decameron |
| 63% | VIRGIL | 6 | Poet who wrote the Aeneid |