| 100% | TUROW | 5 | Scott who wrote the legal thriller “Presumed Innocent” |
| 63% | SCOTTTUROW | 10 | Legal thriller author who wrote "Presumed Innocent" |
| 61% | SCOTT | 5 | With 35-Across, lawyer who wrote the thrillers "Presumed Innocent" and "Personal Injuries" |
| 56% | TUROW | 5 | Scott who wrote "Presumed Innocent" |
| 49% | ODELL | 5 | Scott who wrote "Island of the Blue Dolphins" |
| 49% | ODELL | 5 | Scott who wrote ''Island of the Blue Dolphins'' |
| 48% | DEANKOONTZ | 10 | Novelist who wrote the "Odd Thomas" thrillers |
| 47% | DEANKOONTZ | 10 | Novelist who wrote the "Odd Thomas" thrillers |
| 47% | SILVA | 5 | Novelist Daniel who writes the Gabriel Allon spy thrillers |
| 46% | ODELL | 5 | Scott who wrote "The Black Pearl" |
| 45% | SHELDONSIEGEL | 13 | Lawyer who wrote the thrillers "Final Verdict" and "Criminal Intent": 2 wds. |
| 44% | STACEYABRAMS | 12 | Voting rights activist who writes legal thrillers such as 14-Across under her own name and romance novels under the pen name Selena Montgomery (2 wds.) |
| 44% | JOHNGRISHAM | 11 | Lawyer who wrote the thrillers "The Firm" and "The Pelican Brief": 2 wds. |
| 44% | MEGGARDINER | 11 | Lawyer who wrote the thrillers "China Lake" and "The Nightmare Thief": 2 wds. |
| 44% | LISASCOTTOLINE | 14 | Lawyer who wrote the thrillers "Look Again" and "Don't Go": 2 wds. |
| 43% | DAVIDBALDACCI | 13 | Lawyer who wrote the thrillers "The Whole Truth" and "Deliver Us From Evil": 2 wds. |
| 40% | DANBROWN | 8 | American author who wrote the bestselling thriller series including "The Da Vinci Code": 2 wds. |
| 40% | STEPHENKING | 11 | Thriller writer who also wrote under the pen name Richard Bachman (2 wds.) |
| 39% | NICCIFRENCH | 11 | Pseudonymous writing team who authored thrillers Beneath the Skin and Killing Me Softly |
| 39% | LAURALIPPMAN | 12 | Reporter-turned-novelist who wrote the 2018 thriller "Sunburn" (2 wds.) |
| 38% | PLATO | 5 | Philosopher who wrote the "Republic" |
| 38% | BOCCACCIO | 9 | Italian who wrote The Decameron |
| 38% | VIRGIL | 6 | Poet who wrote the Aeneid |
| 38% | LOIS | 4 | Lowry who wrote The Giver |
| 38% | AYN | 3 | Rand who wrote The Fountainhead |
| 38% | EUCLID | 6 | Mathematician who wrote the "Elements" |
| 38% | GIULIANI | 8 | Politician who wrote the book "Leadership" |
| 38% | OVID | 4 | Roman poet who wrote the "Metamorphoses" |
| 38% | MEYER | 5 | Stephenie who wrote the "Twilight" novels |
| 38% | HAYDN | 5 | Joseph who wrote the "Surprise" Symphony |