| 100% | THEVALKYRIES | 12 | Paulo Coelho's autobiographical novel of the journey to Mojave Desert: 2 wds. |
| 45% | FIFTHMOUNTAIN | 13 | Paulo Coelho novel which is a narration of Elijah from the Hebrew Bible, "The ___": 2 wds. |
| 45% | THEALCHEMIST | 12 | Paulo Coelho novel about a boy who travels to find a treasure at the Egyptian pyramids: 2 wds. |
| 38% | ONENO | 5 | Paul Kingsnorth's "___, Many Yeses: A Journey to the Heart of the Global Resistance Movement": 2 wds. |
| 36% | JOHNUPDIKE | 10 | Author of the Rabbit series who wrote the 1988 novel "S.": 2 wds. |
| 36% | OLEMISS | 7 | Nickname of the Southern university that's home to the Rebels: 2 wds. |
| 35% | DANBROWN | 8 | Author of the novel "Inferno": 2 wds. |
| 34% | MARGARETATWOOD | 14 | Author of the dystopian novel "The Handmaid's Tale" and its sequel, "The Testaments": 2 wds. |
| 34% | TONIMORRISON | 12 | Author of the Harlem-set novel "Jazz": 2 wds. |
| 34% | BORISPASTERNAK | 14 | Russian writer of the novel "Doctor Zhivago": 2 wds. |
| 33% | LAWRENCEBLOCK | 13 | Creator of the Matthew Scudder mystery novel series: 2 wds. |
| 33% | RALPHELLISON | 12 | Author of the Harlem-set novel "Invisible Man": 2 wds. |
| 33% | IVANTURGENEV | 12 | Russian writer of the novel "Fathers and Sons": 2 wds. |
| 33% | AMERICANGODS | 12 | Starz fantasy drama based on 16-Across's 2001 novel of the same name: 2 wds. |
| 33% | JAMESBALDWIN | 12 | Author of the Harlem-set novel "If Beale Street Could Talk": 2 wds. |
| 33% | CHRISHARRISON | 13 | Host of the game show "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire": 2 wds. |
| 33% | JOHNREBUS | 9 | Protagonist of the detective novel series by Ian Rankin: 2 wds. |
| 33% | GEORGEORWELL | 12 | Author of the classic dystopian novel "Nineteen Eighty-Four": 2 wds. |
| 33% | ALDOUSHUXLEY | 12 | Author of the classic dystopian novel "Brave New World": 2 wds. |
| 33% | SHEENAEASTON | 12 | Singer of the 1980s hit "Morning Train (9 to 5)": 2 wds. |
| 33% | THELIGHTHOUSE | 13 | "To ___," writer Virginia Woolf's novel about the Ramsay family's visits to the Isle of Skye: 2 wds. |
| 32% | ALCHEMIST | 9 | Paulo Coelho's tale of a shepherd boy, The __ |
| 32% | COLDMOUNTAIN | 12 | One of the best-selling historical novels of the 90s written by Charles Frazier about a soldier's journey back home during the Civil war: 2 wds. |
| 32% | SUEGRAFTON | 10 | Author of the Kinsey Millhone mysteries who wrote the 2015 novel "X": 2 wds. |
| 31% | BILLIEEILISH | 12 | Singer of the theme song for the Bond movie "No Time to Die": 2 wds. |
| 31% | DALECARNEGIE | 12 | Author of the self-help book "How to Win Friends and Influence People": 2 wds. |
| 31% | TENZINGNORGAY | 13 | Sherpa who was one of the first two people to conquer Mount Everest: 2 wds. |
| 31% | AMAP | 4 | "___ of the World" (Jane Hamilton novel) (2 wds.) |
| 31% | NORMANMAILER | 12 | Author of the classic 1948 World War II novel "The Naked and the Dead": 2 wds. |
| 31% | SOPHIEKINSELLA | 14 | Author of the "Shopaholic" novels who also wrote stand-alone novels as Madeleine Wickham: 2 wds. |