| 100% | SAVIANO | 7 | Roberto —, Italian author of 2006 non-fiction book Gomorrah |
| 42% | DESAI | 5 | Kiran —, author of 2006 Man Booker Prize-winning novel The Inheritance of Loss |
| 37% | RALPHELLISON | 12 | African-American author of "Invisible Man," winner of the 1953 National Book Award for Fiction: 2 wds. |
| 36% | PENNAMES | 8 | Authors of fiction? |
| 36% | JAMESMCBRIDE | 12 | African-American author of "The Good Lord Bird," winner of the 2013 National Book Award for Fiction: 2 wds. |
| 36% | JASONMOTT | 9 | Author who won the 2021 National Book Award for Fiction for "Hell of a Book": 2 wds. |
| 36% | DINOBUZZATI | 11 | Italian author of 1940 novel The Tartar Steppe |
| 35% | POE | 3 | Author of macabre fiction |
| 35% | ASIMOV | 6 | Author of 500+ books |
| 35% | STINE | 5 | Author of ''Goosebumps'' books |
| 35% | KETTLE | 6 | Liz —, author of 2006 novel Broken Biscuits |
| 35% | BAUM | 4 | Author of the Oz books |
| 35% | BERENSTAIN | 10 | Author of kids' "bear" books |
| 34% | OUTLIERS | 8 | "___: The Story of Success," non-fiction book by Malcolm Gladwell |
| 34% | SETTERFIELD | 11 | Diane —, author of 2006 novel The Thirteenth Tale |
| 34% | KIPLING | 7 | Author of The Jungle Book: Rudyard __ |
| 34% | THUNBERG | 8 | Author of "The Climate Book," 2022 |
| 34% | JANSSON | 7 | Author of the Moomin books, Tove __ |
| 34% | ECO | 3 | Umberto ___, Italian author of "The Name of the Rose" |
| 34% | BUZZATI | 7 | Dino —, Italian author of 1940 novel The Tartar Steppe |
| 34% | NGAIOMARSH | 10 | Author of detective fiction's ''Golden Age'' |
| 34% | PAUL | 4 | Author of 13 books of the Bible |
| 33% | SEUSS | 5 | Author of six books retired in 2021 |
| 33% | SHORT | 5 | "The Big ___: Inside the Doomsday Machine," 2010 non-fiction book by author Michael Lewis |
| 33% | SCARRY | 6 | Author of kids' Busytown books |
| 33% | NOVEL | 5 | Book of fiction |
| 33% | LEVI | 4 | Carlo —, Italian author of 1945 memoir Christ Stopped at Eboli |
| 33% | TASSO | 5 | Torquato —, 16th-century Italian author of epic poem Jerusalem Delivered |
| 33% | LEVI | 4 | Carlo ---, Italian author of 1945 memoir Christ Stopped at Eboli |
| 33% | JOHNGREEN | 9 | Author of YA fiction and YouTube content creator |