| 100% | NERUDA | 6 | Pablo ___, author of "Canto General" who wrote in green ink as he considered it the color of hope |
| 35% | RLSTINE | 7 | Author referred to as "Stephen King of children's literature" who wrote the first book of the Goosebumps series in 1992 |
| 35% | FANNIEFLAGG | 11 | Author of "Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe" who cameoed as a teacher in the 1991 film adaptation: 2 wds. |
| 34% | SEANHUGHES | 10 | Stand-up comedian and actor, author of novels It's What He Would've Wanted and The Detainees, who died in 2017 |
| 33% | TOLKIEN | 7 | Author who wrote "Do not meddle in the affairs of wizards" |
| 32% | PETERBENCHLEY | 13 | Author of "Jaws" who cameoed as a reporter in the 1975 film adaptation: 2 wds. |
| 32% | AYNRAND | 7 | Author who wrote "Anyone who fights for the future, lives in it today" |
| 32% | JOHNLECARRE | 11 | Author of "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy" who cameoed as a party guest in the 2011 film adaptation: 3 wds. |
| 31% | SOPHIEKINSELLA | 14 | Author of the "Shopaholic" novels who also wrote stand-alone novels as Madeleine Wickham: 2 wds. |
| 31% | JENNABUSHHAGER | 14 | Daughter of the 43rd president who wrote "Everything Beautiful in Its Time": 3 wds. |
| 30% | OBAMA | 5 | President who wrote "The Audacity of Hope" in 2006 |
| 30% | KATIE | 5 | Author Kitamura who wrote “Intimacies,” whose protagonist works as an interpreter at the International Criminal Court in The Hague (July, 2021) |
| 30% | TONICADEBAMBARA | 15 | Author who wrote, “The dream is real, my friends. The failure to make it work is the unreality,” in “The Salt Eaters” |
| 29% | AUSTEN | 6 | Author who wrote "One half of the world cannot understand the pleasures of the other" |
| 29% | TONIMORRISON | 12 | Author who died in 2019 and was, as David Remnick wrote, “unsparing in her depiction of people who would use language to evil ends” |
| 29% | DANA | 4 | Author Spiotta who wrote “Wayward,” about a woman who flees her suburban family life in the wake of the 2016 Presidential election (July, 2021) |
| 29% | DRSEUSS | 7 | Author of Cat in the Hat and Green Eggs and Ham |
| 29% | THUCYDIDES | 10 | Athenian general who wrote "History of the Peloponnesian War" |
| 29% | DOLPHLUNDGREN | 13 | "The Expendables" actor who plays Gunner Jensen in the 2010 film and also starred as He-Man in "Masters of the Universe": 2 wds. |
| 28% | OPERA | 5 | Peter Benchley described it as "where a guy gets stabbed in the back, and instead of dying, he sings" |
| 28% | SIMONPEGG | 9 | "Shaun of the Dead" star who left Twitter in 2014, saying it just wasn't for him: 2 wds. |
| 28% | BAUM | 4 | Author who wrote about the Land of Oz |
| 28% | LEROUX | 6 | Author Gaston, who wrote The Phantom of the Opera |
| 28% | WYNDHAM | 7 | Author John, who wrote The Day of the Triffids |
| 28% | ECO | 3 | Author Umberto who wrote "The Name of the Rose" |
| 28% | MICHAELSTIPE | 12 | Singer who came up with "It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine)" in his sleep: 2 wds. |
| 28% | IDA | 3 | Author Tarbell who wrote "All in the Day's Work" |
| 28% | MASTHEAD | 8 | The title of a newspaper as it appears in print |
| 27% | PETRAEUS | 8 | General who's the subject of the 2012 biography "All In" |
| 27% | ALAIN | 5 | Author ___ de Botton who wrote "Essays in Love" (anagram of "nalai") |