| 100% | JAMESMICHENER | 13 | Novelist whose "The Covenant" spent nine weeks on the 1980 New York Times Fiction Best Seller list (2 wds.) |
| 87% | JUDITHKRANTZ | 12 | Novelist whose "Princess Daisy" spent five weeks on the 1980 New York Times Fiction Best Seller list (2 wds.) |
| 78% | ROBERTLUDLUM | 12 | Novelist whose "The Bourne Identity" spent 16 weeks on the 1980 New York Times Fiction Best Seller list (2 wds.) |
| 62% | JOHNGRISHAM | 11 | Writer whose novel "The Brethren" topped "The New York Times" Fiction Best Seller List for nine weeks in 2000 (2 wds.) |
| 57% | THELOSTWORLD | 12 | Michael Crichton novel that spent eight weeks at #1 on the New York Times Best Seller list in 1995 (3 wds.) |
| 50% | JENNYLAWSON | 11 | 34-Across writer whose new memoir, "Broken (in the best possible way)," debuted on the "New York Times" Best Seller list (2 wds.) |
| 44% | SUSANNAKAYSEN | 13 | Author of the 1993 New York Times best seller "Girl, Interrupted": 2 wds. |
| 44% | GILLIANFLYNN | 12 | Author of the 2012 New York Times best seller "Gone Girl": 2 wds. |
| 41% | STIEGLARSSON | 12 | Author of the 2005 New York Times best seller "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo": 2 wds. |
| 38% | STACEYABRAMS | 12 | Fair Fight Action founder and author of 19-Across and 33-Across whose legal thriller "While Justice Sleeps" topped "The New York Times" fiction bestseller list in 2021 (2 wds.) |
| 37% | KENNYCHESNEY | 12 | "The Good Stuff" singer whose songs have spent 72 weeks at #1 on Billboard's Hot Country chart: 2 wds. |
| 35% | HEYJUDE | 7 | Single from the Beatles that spent nine weeks as #1 on the US charts: 2 wds. |
| 34% | MISSYELLIOTT | 12 | Rapper whose 2002 hit "Work It" spent 10 weeks at #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 without hitting #1: 2 wds. |
| 34% | LUKECOMBS | 9 | Singer whose 2023 hit "Fast Car" spent 8 weeks at #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 without hitting #1: 2 wds. |
| 34% | MARGARETATWOOD | 14 | Novelist whose "The Testaments" won the 2019 Goodreads Choice Award for Best Fiction (2 wds.) |
| 34% | EDSHEERAN | 9 | Singer whose 2015 hit "Thinking Out Loud" spent 8 weeks at #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 without hitting #1: 2 wds. |
| 33% | SALLYROONEY | 11 | Novelist whose "Beautiful World, Where Are You" won the 2021 Goodreads Choice Award for Best Fiction (2 wds.) |
| 33% | ATUL | 4 | ___ Gawande, surgeon with the #1 New York Times best seller "Being Mortal" |
| 31% | MARKRONSON | 10 | Musician whose "Uptown Funk" spent 31 weeks in the Billboard Top 10 in 2014 and 2015: 2 wds. |
| 31% | TAN | 3 | Amy who wrote the New York Times best seller The Backyard Bird Chronicles |
| 31% | PABLOPICASSO | 12 | Cubist painter whose "Les Demoiselles d'Avignon" is on display at New York's Museum of Modern Art: 2 wds. |
| 31% | VAMPIREWEEKEND | 14 | New York City rock band whose last two albums each won the Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album (2 wds.) |
| 30% | INCHNAILS | 9 | Nine ___, band whose song "Wish" won the 1993 Grammy for Best Metal Performance: 2 wds. |
| 30% | KEITHHERNANDEZ | 14 | First baseman for the 1986 New York Mets who later appeared on "Seinfeld": 2 wds. |
| 30% | SKIMORE | 7 | Spend extra time on the slopes? (going from one school in New York ...) |
| 30% | MEGHANTRAINOR | 13 | Singer whose "All About That Bass" spent 25 weeks in the Billboard Top 10 in 2014 and 2015: 2 wds. |
| 30% | LEANNRIMES | 10 | Singer whose "How Do I Live" spent 32 weeks in the Billboard Top 10 in 1997 and 1998: 2 wds. |
| 30% | TOPTEN | 6 | Best seller list: 2 wds. |
| 30% | STEVEJOBS | 9 | Apple cofounder who was on the Time 100 list five times: 2 wds. |
| 30% | ANDREWCUOMO | 11 | Governor of New York, whose father was also the governor once: 2 wds. |