| 100% | MARLEY | 6 | Musician who wrote "I Shot the Sheriff": Bob __ |
| 69% | BOBMARLEY | 9 | Reggae star who wrote "I Shot the Sheriff" |
| 68% | BOBMARLEY | 9 | Reggae star who wrote "I Shot the Sheriff": 2 wds. |
| 45% | TANEHISI | 8 | Coates who wrote "Between the World and Me" |
| 45% | ELIOT | 5 | Poet who wrote "Do I dare / Disturb the universe?" |
| 45% | COATES | 6 | Ta-Nehisi who wrote Between the World and Me |
| 45% | HEIDI | 5 | Schreck who wrote "What the Constitution Means to Me" |
| 45% | TSELIOT | 7 | Poet who wrote "Do I dare / Disturb the universe?" |
| 44% | UECKER | 6 | Bob who wrote "Catcher in the Wry" |
| 44% | DYLAN | 5 | Bob who wrote ''Blowin' in the Wind'' |
| 44% | NERUDA | 6 | Poet who wrote "Tonight I can write the saddest lines" |
| 44% | PIKE | 4 | American author Christopher ___ who wrote the "Remember Me" book series |
| 44% | MAYAANGELOU | 11 | Poet who wrote the memoir "Mom & Me & Mom" (2 wds.) |
| 44% | MARA | 4 | Actress Wilson who wrote the memoir "Where Am I Now?" |
| 44% | TYSON | 5 | Cicely who wrote the 2021 memoir "Just As I Am" |
| 43% | GARRETT | 7 | Sheriff who shot and killed Billy the Kid: Pat __ |
| 43% | TYSON | 5 | Actress Cicely who wrote the 2021 memoir "Just As I Am" |
| 43% | COATES | 6 | Ta-Nehisi who wrote the best seller "Between the World and Me" |
| 43% | CHELSEAHANDLER | 14 | Comedian who wrote the memoir “Life Will Be the Death of Me” |
| 43% | ALDA | 4 | Actor who wrote the memoir “Things I Overheard While Talking to Myself” |
| 43% | WAILERS | 7 | Original band that sang "I Shot the Sheriff," with "the" |
| 42% | ALDA | 4 | Actor Alan who wrote the memoir "Things I Overheard While Talking to Myself" |
| 42% | ALEC | 4 | Guinness who wrote “My Name Escapes Me: The Diary of a Retiring Actor” |
| 42% | MARAWILSON | 10 | "Matilda" child actress who wrote the memoir "Where Am I Now?": 2 wds. |
| 42% | SAGET | 5 | Bob who wrote and directed the mockumentary Farce of the Penguins |
| 41% | CHO | 3 | Comedian Margaret who wrote the bestselling memoir "I'm the One That I Want" |
| 41% | FAULKNER | 8 | Novelist William who wrote "The Sound and the Fury" and "As I Lay Dying" |
| 41% | BEE | 3 | Comedian Samantha who wrote the memoir "I Know I Am, But What Are You?" |
| 41% | ALDA | 4 | Actor Alan who wrote the 2007 memoir "Things I Overheard While Talking to Myself" |
| 41% | JOHN | 4 | With 19-Down, mustachioed libertarian pundit who wrote the book “Give Me a Break” |