| 100% | HUGHLOFTING | 11 | Novelist who wrote 12 books featuring 53-Across (2 wds.) |
| 60% | ROBERTBPARKER | 13 | Detective novelist who wrote nine books featuring 18-Across and 40 books featuring Spenser (3 wds.) |
| 56% | NEILGAIMAN | 10 | Fantasy novelist who wrote "American Gods" and "The Graveyard Book": 2 wds. |
| 56% | NORAROBERTS | 11 | Romance Writers of America Hall of Fame novelist who wrote 12-Across and 25-Across (2 wds.) |
| 51% | STEPHENKING | 11 | Novelist who wrote "The Shining" and 37-Across (2 wds.) |
| 49% | ANNERICE | 8 | "Tasty" novelist who wrote the "Vampire Chronicles" series: 2 wds. |
| 49% | VICTORHUGO | 10 | French novelist who wrote "Les Misérables": 2 wds. |
| 47% | ANGIETHOMAS | 11 | Novelist who wrote the Y.A. bestsellers 17-Across and 29-Across (2 wds.) |
| 47% | JUDYBLUME | 9 | Novelist who wrote "Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret" and the other three frequently banned books in this puzzle (2 wds.) |
| 47% | ANNNAPOLITANO | 13 | "Dear Edward" novelist who wrote 15-Across and 33-Across (2 wds.) |
| 47% | JULESVERNE | 10 | French novelist who wrote "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea": 2 wds. |
| 47% | ALEXANDREDUMAS | 14 | French novelist who wrote "The Three Musketeers": 2 wds. |
| 46% | COLMTOIBIN | 10 | Irish novelist who wrote 17-Across, 26-Across, and 33-Across (2 wds.) |
| 46% | ELOISAJAMES | 11 | Romance novelist who wrote the Desperate Duchesses series, among many others: 2 wds. |
| 46% | DEBBIEMACOMBER | 14 | Romance novelist who wrote the Blossom Street series, among many others: 2 wds. |
| 46% | NORAROBERTS | 11 | Romance novelist who wrote the Chesapeake Bay series, among many others: 2 wds. |
| 46% | DAVIDMITCHELL | 13 | English novelist who wrote "Cloud Atlas," "The Bone Clocks," and 18-Across (2 wds.) |
| 46% | FAYEKELLERMAN | 13 | "The Quality of Mercy" novelist who has written 27 mysteries featuring 18-Across and 40-Across (2 wds.) |
| 45% | DONDELILLO | 10 | American novelist who wrote "Mao II," 18-Across, 25-Across, and 34-Across (2 wds.) |
| 45% | LIANEMORIARTY | 13 | Australian novelist who wrote "Nine Perfect Strangers," "Apples Never Fall," and 48-Across (2 wds.) |
| 45% | THOMASPYNCHON | 13 | Novelist who received a National Book Award for "Gravity's Rainbow": 2 wds. |
| 45% | LEIGHBARDUGO | 12 | American novelist who wrote 17-Across, 40-Across, and the "Shadow and Bone" trilogy (2 wds.) |
| 45% | LOUISEERDRICH | 13 | Native American novelist who wrote 2012's "The Round House": 2 wds. |
| 44% | LENDEIGHTON | 11 | British novelist who wrote "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Spy" (2 wds.) |
| 44% | STEPHENKING | 11 | Novelist who wrote the 1983 bestseller "Pet Sematary" (2 wds.) |
| 44% | LOUISEERDRICH | 13 | Native American novelist who wrote 18-Across, 44-Across, and 2020's "The Night Watchman" (2 wds.) |
| 44% | NORAROBERTS | 11 | Romance Writers of America Hall of Fame novelist who wrote 17-Across and 29-Across (2 wds.) |
| 44% | RUTHWARE | 8 | British novelist who wrote the bestsellers "The Woman in Cabin 10," 15-Across, and 29-Across (2 wds.) |
| 44% | FRANZKAFKA | 10 | German-language novelist who wrote "The Metamorphosis," most of whose work got published after his death: 2 wds. |
| 44% | SHERMANALEXIE | 13 | Native American novelist who wrote 2007's "The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian": 2 wds. |