| 100% | THOMASPYNCHON | 13 | Novelist who received a National Book Award for "Gravity's Rainbow": 2 wds. |
| 56% | WILLIAMSTYRON | 13 | Novelist who won the National Book Award for Fiction for 15-Across (2 wds.) |
| 52% | DENIS | 5 | Novelist Johnson who won a National Book Award for Fiction for "Tree of Smoke" |
| 52% | JASONMOTT | 9 | Author who won the 2021 National Book Award for Fiction for "Hell of a Book": 2 wds. |
| 49% | KELLYPRESTON | 12 | Honolulu-born actress who received a Razzie award for her role in "Battlefield Earth": 2 wds. |
| 46% | ANNEMCCAFFREY | 13 | Novelist who won a Nebula Award for "Dragonrider" (2 wds.) |
| 45% | CHARLESYU | 9 | Author who won the 2020 National Book Award for Fiction for "Interior Chinatown": 2 wds. |
| 45% | SUSANCHOI | 9 | Author who won the 2019 National Book Award for Fiction for "Trust Exercise": 2 wds. |
| 45% | THEROUNDHOUSE | 13 | 2012 Novel by 44-Across that won a National Book Award for Fiction (3 wds.) |
| 45% | TESSGUNTY | 9 | Author who won the 2022 National Book Award for Fiction for "The Rabbit Hutch": 2 wds. |
| 45% | TERRANCE | 8 | Poet Hayes who won a National Book Award for the collection “Lighthead” |
| 44% | THOMASPYNCHON | 13 | National Book Award winner who wrote the 1963 novel "V.": 2 wds. |
| 44% | CELIACRUZ | 9 | "Queen of Salsa" who received a 2016 Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award: 2 wds. |
| 44% | LINDARONSTADT | 13 | "Queen of Rock" who received a 2016 Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award: 2 wds. |
| 43% | JESMYNWARD | 10 | Mississippi novelist who is the only woman to win the National Book Award for Fiction twice (2 wds.) |
| 43% | JAMESPATTERSON | 14 | Bestselling crime novelist who was honored with the Literarian Award from the National Book Foundation (2 wds.) |
| 43% | RALPHELLISON | 12 | African-American author of "Invisible Man," winner of the 1953 National Book Award for Fiction: 2 wds. |
| 43% | BERNARDMALAMUD | 14 | Author whose works "The Magic Barrel" and "The Fixer" each won a National Book Award: 2 wds. |
| 42% | JESMYNWARD | 10 | Author whose novels "Salvage the Bones" and "Sing, Unburied, Sing" each won a National Book Award: 2 wds. |
| 42% | DENIS | 5 | Novelist Johnson who won the National Book Award for Fiction for "Tree of Smoke" |
| 42% | RUTHBROWN | 9 | "Queen of R&B" who received a 2016 Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award: 2 wds. |
| 42% | ELLIEGOULDING | 13 | English musician who received the UN Foundation's Global Leadership Award for environmental and social justice activism: 2 wds. |
| 42% | JAMESMCBRIDE | 12 | African-American author of "The Good Lord Bird," winner of the 2013 National Book Award for Fiction: 2 wds. |
| 42% | TANEHISICOATES | 14 | African-American author of "Between the World and Me," winner of the 2015 National Book Award for Nonfiction: 2 wds. |
| 41% | SANDRABROWN | 11 | "Tailspin" novelist who received the Romance Writers of America's Lifetime Achievement Award in 1998 (2 wds.) |
| 41% | PHILIPROTH | 10 | Author whose works "Goodbye, Columbus" and "Sabbath's Theater" each won a National Book Award: 2 wds. |
| 41% | MALINDALO | 9 | Writer whose novel "Last Night at the Telegraph Club" won the 2021 National Book Award for Young People's Literature (2 wds.) |
| 41% | NORAROBERTS | 11 | "Angels Fall" novelist who received the Romance Writers of America's Lifetime Achievement Award in 1997 (2 wds.) |
| 41% | MARTINESPADA | 12 | Writer whose collection "Floaters" won the 2021 National Book Award for Poetry (2 wds.) |
| 40% | BEVERLYJENKINS | 14 | "Second Time Sweeter" novelist who received the Romance Writers of America's Lifetime Achievement Award in 2017 (2 wds.) |