| 100% | OBRIAN | 6 | Novelist Patrick who wrote "Master and Commander" |
| 53% | TABITHA | 7 | Novelist King who wrote "Caretakers" and "One on One" |
| 52% | GRISHAM | 7 | Novelist John who wrote "The Firm" and "The Client" |
| 52% | ALI | 3 | Novelist Smith who wrote “Autumn,” “Winter,” “Spring,” and “Summer” |
| 52% | READE | 5 | Novelist Charles who wrote "The Cloister and the Hearth" |
| 52% | JANE | 4 | Novelist Austen, who wrote Pride and Prejudice |
| 52% | LEONURIS | 8 | Novelist who wrote "Exodus" and "Topaz" |
| 52% | ROALD | 5 | Novelist Dahl who wrote "Matilda" and "James and the Giant Peach" |
| 51% | SEE | 3 | Novelist Lisa who wrote "Snow Flower and the Secret Fan" |
| 51% | ELIAS | 5 | English novelist Canetti who wrote "Crowds and Power" |
| 50% | ELLE | 4 | Novelist Kennedy who writes the Briar U and Avalon Bay romance series |
| 50% | ANA | 3 | Novelist Huang who writes the "Twisted" and "Kings of Sin" romance series |
| 50% | OBRIAN | 6 | “Master and Commander” scribe Patrick |
| 49% | FAULKNER | 8 | Novelist William who wrote "The Sound and the Fury" and "As I Lay Dying" |
| 48% | STEPHENKING | 11 | Novelist who wrote "The Shining" and 37-Across (2 wds.) |
| 46% | KAVANAGH | 8 | Patrick —, Irish poet and novelist who authored 1938 autobiographical work The Green Fool |
| 46% | ANGIETHOMAS | 11 | Novelist who wrote the Y.A. bestsellers 17-Across and 29-Across (2 wds.) |
| 44% | NIN | 3 | Novelist who wrote "I have no fear of depths and a great fear of shallow living" |
| 44% | NEILGAIMAN | 10 | Fantasy novelist who wrote "American Gods" and "The Graveyard Book": 2 wds. |
| 43% | EMMADONOGHUE | 12 | Irish novelist who wrote "Slammerkin," 44-Down, and "Learned By Heart" (2 wds.) |
| 43% | COLMTOIBIN | 10 | Irish novelist who wrote 17-Across, 26-Across, and 33-Across (2 wds.) |
| 42% | DAVIDMITCHELL | 13 | English novelist who wrote "Cloud Atlas," "The Bone Clocks," and 18-Across (2 wds.) |
| 42% | ALICEHOFFMAN | 12 | American novelist who has written 29 novels, including "The Dovekeepers," 14-Across, and 31-Across (2 wds.) |
| 42% | NORRIS | 6 | Novelist Frank who wrote "The Octopus" |
| 42% | AYN | 3 | Novelist Rand who wrote "The Fountainhead" |
| 42% | BRIANJACQUES | 12 | British novelist who wrote the "Redwall" and "Castaways of the Flying Dutchman" series (2 wds.) |
| 42% | DONDELILLO | 10 | American novelist who wrote "Mao II," 18-Across, 25-Across, and 34-Across (2 wds.) |
| 42% | TANAFRENCH | 10 | Irish novelist who wrote "In the Woods," "The Witch Elm," and "The Hunter" (2 wds.) |
| 42% | EDNAOBRIEN | 10 | Irish novelist who wrote "The Country Girls," "House of Splendid Isolation," and "Girls" (2 wds.) |
| 42% | LIANEMORIARTY | 13 | Australian novelist who wrote "Nine Perfect Strangers," "Apples Never Fall," and 48-Across (2 wds.) |