| 100% | HARUKI | 6 | Murakami, Japanese author of Kafka on the Shore |
| 47% | AGATHA | 6 | Author of Death on the Nile, __ Christie |
| 45% | LITTORAL | 8 | Coastal, on the shore of a lake |
| 45% | OREM | 4 | City on the shore of Utah Lake |
| 45% | ITHACA | 6 | College town on the shore of Cayuga Lake |
| 45% | EVIAN | 5 | Spa town on the shores of Lake Geneva |
| 45% | MONTREUX | 8 | Jazz festival on the shores of Lake Geneva |
| 45% | DOCKS | 5 | Wooden platforms on the shores of a lake |
| 44% | ERIE | 4 | Pennsylvania city on the shore of a Great Lake |
| 44% | ERIE | 4 | Pennsylvania town on the shore of a Great Lake |
| 44% | BEACHED | 7 | Stranded on the shore, a whale out of water |
| 44% | IGUANA | 6 | Creature seen basking on the shores of the Galápagos |
| 44% | DARWIN | 6 | Author of On The Origin of Species |
| 44% | REMARQUE | 8 | Author of All Quiet on the Western Front |
| 43% | SEALS | 5 | Animals seen sunbathing on the shores of the San Francisco Bay |
| 43% | BRUCECHATWIN | 12 | Author of novels Utz and On the Black Hill |
| 43% | REMARQUE | 8 | Author of All Quiet On The Western Front, Erich __ |
| 43% | EMR | 3 | Author of "All Quiet on the Western Front", initially |
| 42% | ROSTOV | 6 | Old town in Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia, on the shores of Lake Nero |
| 42% | LECCO | 5 | Hill station located on the shores of Lake Como in Lombardy, Italy |
| 42% | ISLIP | 5 | Town on the south shore of Long Island |
| 42% | CISLIP | 6 | Town on the south shore of Long Island |
| 42% | MARGE | 5 | “Woman on the Edge of Time” author Piercy |
| 42% | BEACHSIDE | 9 | Of a property on the shore |
| 42% | LAURA | 5 | ___ Ingalls Wilder, author of "Little House on the Prairie" |
| 41% | BENCHLEY | 8 | Peter, author of the book on which Jaws was based |
| 41% | ORR | 3 | Author of the short story on which All About Eve was based, Mary ___ |
| 41% | HUNSTANTON | 10 | Seaside resort in Norfolk on the SE shore of the Wash |
| 41% | HUNSTANTON | 10 | Seaside resort in Norfolk on the southeast shore of the Wash |
| 41% | KEROUAC | 7 | Jack —, author of novels The Dharma Bums and On the Road |