| 100% | ENGELS | 6 | Marx's co-author for "The Communist Manifesto" |
| 62% | ENGELS | 6 | Friedrich —, co-author with Karl Marx of 1848's The Communist Manifesto |
| 61% | KARL | 4 | Marx who co-wrote "The Communist Manifesto" |
| 61% | ENGELS | 6 | "The Communist Manifesto" co-author |
| 60% | ENGELS | 6 | Friedrich —, co-author with Karl Marx of The Communist Manifesto |
| 57% | ENGELS | 6 | "Communist Manifesto" co-author with Marx |
| 57% | ENGELS | 6 | Co-author of "The Communist Manifesto" |
| 57% | MARX | 4 | Co-author of "The Communist Manifesto" |
| 55% | MARX | 4 | "The Communist Manifesto" author |
| 55% | MARX | 4 | “The Communist Manifesto” author |
| 54% | MARX | 4 | Author of "The Communist Manifesto" |
| 54% | TRACT | 5 | “The Communist Manifesto,” for one |
| 51% | ENGELS | 6 | Marx's collaborator on "The Communist Manifesto" |
| 47% | KARL | 4 | Marx who cowrote "The Communist Manifesto" |
| 47% | BIO | 3 | Author's story on the back cover, for short |
| 46% | POE | 3 | Baltimore author for whom the mystery genre's Edgar Awards are named |
| 45% | HARRIS | 6 | Co-winner of Time’s Person of the Year for 2020 |
| 45% | GLORIASTEINEM | 13 | Co-organizer of the 1970 Women's Strike for Equality |
| 45% | ENGELS | 6 | "Communist Manifesto" co-author |
| 44% | SALMANRUSHDIE | 13 | Author who won the Booker Prize for "Midnight's Children": 2 wds. |
| 44% | EWEN | 4 | "Music for the Millions" author David |
| 44% | CATHER | 6 | "Death Comes for the Archbishop" author |
| 44% | DESSEN | 6 | "Along for the Ride" author Sarah |
| 43% | LAHR | 4 | Co-star in the U.S. premiere of "Waiting for Godot," 1956 |
| 43% | WELTY | 5 | Eudora ___, Pulitzer-winning author for "The Optimist's Daughter" |
| 43% | EBERT | 5 | "Questions for the Movie Answer Man" author |
| 43% | WENDT | 5 | "Sons for the Return Home" author Albert |
| 43% | UTA | 3 | A Challenge for the Actor author Hagen |
| 43% | NOAM | 4 | "Requiem for the American Dream" author Chomsky |
| 43% | MIA | 3 | "Go for the Goal: A Champion's Guide to Winning in Soccer and Life" author Hamm |