| 100% | LEONURIS | 8 | Novelist who wrote "Exodus" and "Topaz" |
| 71% | STEPHENKING | 11 | Novelist who wrote "The Shining" and 37-Across (2 wds.) |
| 69% | NORRIS | 6 | Frank ___, Progressive-era novelist who wrote "The Octopus" and "McTeague" |
| 67% | ANGIETHOMAS | 11 | Novelist who wrote the Y.A. bestsellers 17-Across and 29-Across (2 wds.) |
| 67% | NEILGAIMAN | 10 | Fantasy novelist who wrote "American Gods" and "The Graveyard Book": 2 wds. |
| 67% | ANNNAPOLITANO | 13 | "Dear Edward" novelist who wrote 15-Across and 33-Across (2 wds.) |
| 66% | CALEB | 5 | With 48-Across, novelist who wrote 40-Across and "The Angel of Darkness" |
| 66% | EMMADONOGHUE | 12 | Irish novelist who wrote "Slammerkin," 44-Down, and "Learned By Heart" (2 wds.) |
| 66% | COLMTOIBIN | 10 | Irish novelist who wrote 17-Across, 26-Across, and 33-Across (2 wds.) |
| 65% | OBRIAN | 6 | Novelist Patrick who wrote "Master and Commander" |
| 65% | NIN | 3 | Novelist who wrote "I have no fear of depths and a great fear of shallow living" |
| 65% | PATRICIA | 8 | With 38-Across, bestselling novelist who wrote 15-Across, 30-Across, and 47-Across |
| 65% | DAVIDMITCHELL | 13 | English novelist who wrote "Cloud Atlas," "The Bone Clocks," and 18-Across (2 wds.) |
| 64% | JANE | 4 | Novelist Austen, who wrote Pride and Prejudice |
| 64% | BRIANJACQUES | 12 | British novelist who wrote the "Redwall" and "Castaways of the Flying Dutchman" series (2 wds.) |
| 64% | DONDELILLO | 10 | American novelist who wrote "Mao II," 18-Across, 25-Across, and 34-Across (2 wds.) |
| 64% | TANAFRENCH | 10 | Irish novelist who wrote "In the Woods," "The Witch Elm," and "The Hunter" (2 wds.) |
| 64% | EDNAOBRIEN | 10 | Irish novelist who wrote "The Country Girls," "House of Splendid Isolation," and "Girls" (2 wds.) |
| 64% | LIANEMORIARTY | 13 | Australian novelist who wrote "Nine Perfect Strangers," "Apples Never Fall," and 48-Across (2 wds.) |
| 63% | LEIGHBARDUGO | 12 | American novelist who wrote 17-Across, 40-Across, and the "Shadow and Bone" trilogy (2 wds.) |
| 63% | ROBERTBPARKER | 13 | Detective novelist who wrote nine books featuring 18-Across and 40 books featuring Spenser (3 wds.) |
| 63% | TABITHA | 7 | Novelist King who wrote "Caretakers" and "One on One" |
| 62% | NORAROBERTS | 11 | Romance Writers of America Hall of Fame novelist who wrote 12-Across and 25-Across (2 wds.) |
| 62% | LOUISEERDRICH | 13 | Native American novelist who wrote 18-Across, 44-Across, and 2020's "The Night Watchman" (2 wds.) |
| 62% | NORAROBERTS | 11 | Romance Writers of America Hall of Fame novelist who wrote 17-Across and 29-Across (2 wds.) |
| 62% | GRISHAM | 7 | Novelist John who wrote "The Firm" and "The Client" |
| 62% | ALI | 3 | Novelist Smith who wrote “Autumn,” “Winter,” “Spring,” and “Summer” |
| 62% | READE | 5 | Novelist Charles who wrote "The Cloister and the Hearth" |
| 62% | RUTHWARE | 8 | British novelist who wrote the bestsellers "The Woman in Cabin 10," 15-Across, and 29-Across (2 wds.) |
| 61% | ROALD | 5 | Novelist Dahl who wrote "Matilda" and "James and the Giant Peach" |