| 100% | SUSANNACLARKE | 13 | Novelist nominated for the 2021 Women's Prize for Fiction for "Piranesi" (2 wds.) |
| 91% | BRITBENNETT | 11 | Novelist nominated for the 2021 Women's Prize for Fiction for "The Vanishing Half" (2 wds.) |
| 89% | CHERIEJONES | 11 | Novelist nominated for the 2021 Women's Prize for Fiction for "How the One-Armed Sister Sweeps Her House" (2 wds.) |
| 52% | RICHARDPOWERS | 13 | American novelist whose novel "The Overstory" won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 2019: 2 wds. |
| 51% | RICHARDRUSSO | 12 | Novelist whose "Empire Falls" won the 2002 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (2 wds.) |
| 51% | NORMANMAILER | 12 | "The Executioner's Song" novelist who won Pulitzer Prizes for both Fiction and General Nonfiction: 2 wds. |
| 51% | HALF | 4 | "The Vanishing ___" (Brit Bennett novel nominated for the Women's Prize for Fiction) |
| 49% | MICHAELCHABON | 13 | Novelist whose "The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay" won the 2001 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (2 wds.) |
| 49% | SALLYROONEY | 11 | Novelist whose "Beautiful World, Where Are You" won the 2021 Goodreads Choice Award for Best Fiction (2 wds.) |
| 48% | JASONMOTT | 9 | Author who won the 2021 National Book Award for Fiction for "Hell of a Book": 2 wds. |
| 48% | DONNATARTT | 10 | Mississippi novelist who won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 2014 (2 wds.) |
| 48% | JESMYNWARD | 10 | Mississippi novelist who is the only woman to win the National Book Award for Fiction twice (2 wds.) |
| 47% | JANECAMPION | 11 | Woman nominated for a Best Director Oscar for 1993's "The Piano": 2 wds. |
| 45% | NGOZI | 5 | Chimamanda ___ Adichie, Nigerian writer and winner of the Women's Prize for Fiction |
| 45% | THEREIVERS | 10 | "___: A Reminiscence," the last novel by William Faulkner that won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction: 2 wds. |
| 44% | RICKRIORDAN | 11 | Novelist whose "Daughter of the Deep" won the 2021 Goodreads Choice Award for Best Middle Grade & Children's (2 wds.) |
| 44% | LAURENGROFF | 11 | "Fates and Furies" author whose "Florida" was nominated for the 2018 National Book Award for Fiction (2 wds.) |
| 44% | OFA | 3 | "Half ___ Yellow Sun," novel by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie that won the 2007 Orange Prize for Fiction: 2 wds. |
| 44% | PIRANESI | 8 | 2020 Susanna Clarke novel featuring themes of magical realism that won the Women's Prize for Fiction |
| 44% | PHILIPPMEYER | 12 | 46-Across novelist whose novel "The Son" was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize (2 wds.) |
| 44% | GRETATHUNBERG | 13 | Young Swedish environmental activist who is known for urging action on global warming and was nominated for the 2019 Nobel Peace Prize: 2 wds. |
| 43% | REBECCAMAKKAI | 13 | "Music for Wartime" author whose "The Great Believers" was nominated for the 2018 National Book Award for Fiction (2 wds.) |
| 43% | GRETAGERWIG | 11 | Woman nominated for a Best Director Oscar for 2017's "Lady Bird": 2 wds. |
| 43% | WILLIAMSTYRON | 13 | Novelist who won the National Book Award for Fiction for 15-Across (2 wds.) |
| 43% | THEOVERSTORY | 12 | 2018 novel by 32-Across that won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (2 wds.) |
| 43% | SALMANRUSHDIE | 13 | Author who won the Booker Prize for "Midnight's Children": 2 wds. |
| 43% | JASONMOTT | 9 | Writer whose novel "Hell of a Book" won the 2021 National Book Award for Fiction (2 wds.) |
| 43% | JANECAMPION | 11 | "The Piano" director who was the second woman nominated for the Best Director Oscar (2 wds.) |
| 43% | JANECAMPION | 11 | "The Piano" director who was the second woman nominated for a Best Director Oscar (2 wds.) |
| 42% | THEOVERSTORY | 12 | Novel by 30-Across that won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (2 wds.) |