| 100% | DAHL | 4 | Roald ___, novelist on whose book inspired 26d |
| 34% | TORI | 4 | Amos whose songs inspired "Comic Book Tattoo" |
| 33% | STEPHENKING | 11 | Author of "It," based on whose books movies such as "The Shining" have been also been made: 2 wds. |
| 32% | STEIG | 5 | William ___, author whose eponymous book the movie "Shrek" is based on |
| 32% | RACHELCARSON | 12 | Marine biologist whose book "Silent Spring" led to a ban on the pesticide DDT (2 wds.) |
| 31% | LEX | 3 | ___ Luger (former wrestler whose name is a play on a comic book villain) |
| 30% | CHARLES | 7 | With 41-Across, British novelist whose 200th birthday was celebrated on February 7, 2012 |
| 30% | ISBN | 4 | Number on your library book whose last digit is determined by the previous 12 |
| 30% | MARC | 4 | Chagall whose work inspired the original production of Fiddler on the Roof |
| 30% | DAHL | 4 | Author Roald whose book "The BFG" was made into a 2016 movie |
| 30% | AREYOUTHERE | 11 | American sitcom "___, Chelsea?" in which Laura Prepon plays the author whose book the drama was based on: 3 wds. |
| 30% | DEEP | 4 | ___ Purple, "Smoke on the Water" band whose name was inspired by a Peter DeRose song |
| 30% | VERONICAROTH | 12 | YA novelist whose "Divergent" book series was adapted into movies starring Shailene Woodley: 2 wds. |
| 30% | STEPHENIEMEYER | 14 | YA novelist whose "Twilight" book series was adapted into movies starring Kristen Stewart: 2 wds. |
| 29% | WRITER | 6 | One whose work is on the books? |
| 29% | GILLIANFLYNN | 12 | Suspense novelist whose book was the basis for the movie "Gone Girl": 2 wds. |
| 29% | ELMORELEONARD | 13 | Suspense novelist whose book was the basis for the movie "Get Shorty": 2 wds. |
| 28% | JUDITHKRANTZ | 12 | Novelist whose "Princess Daisy" spent five weeks on the 1980 New York Times Fiction Best Seller list (2 wds.) |
| 28% | JAMESMICHENER | 13 | Novelist whose "The Covenant" spent nine weeks on the 1980 New York Times Fiction Best Seller list (2 wds.) |
| 28% | KARLMARX | 8 | His book inspired Communism |
| 28% | ROBERTLUDLUM | 12 | Novelist whose "The Bourne Identity" spent 16 weeks on the 1980 New York Times Fiction Best Seller list (2 wds.) |
| 28% | MODEST | 6 | ___ Mouse, "Float On" band whose name is inspired by Virginia Woolf's novel "The Mark on the Wall" |
| 28% | SEABISCUIT | 10 | 2003 sports film on a horse with a limp inspired by a 1999 book of the same name |
| 28% | MARGARET | 8 | ___ Mitchell, novelist whose only novel "Gone with the Wind" won her a Pulitzer and a National Book Award |
| 27% | TOBY | 4 | Mystery novelist on "The Office" |
| 27% | MATILDA | 7 | Roald Dahl book |
| 27% | LITERARY | 8 | On the books? |
| 27% | PITCHFORK | 9 | Music review website, whose name was inspired by the tattoo design on Al Pacino's right arm in "Scarface" |
| 27% | ANNBRASHARES | 12 | YA novelist whose "Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants" book series was adapted into movies starring America Ferrera: 2 wds. |
| 27% | THOMASHARRIS | 12 | Suspense novelist whose book was the basis for the movie "The Silence of the Lambs": 2 wds. |