| 100% | MCCAIN | 6 | Senator who wrote "Why Courage Matters" and "Hard Call" |
| 38% | CORNELWEST | 10 | Philosopher and activist who wrote "Race Matters" |
| 37% | OBAMA | 5 | Senator who wrote "Dreams From My Father" |
| 37% | ELIZABETHWARREN | 15 | Senator who wrote "A Fighting Chance," 2014 |
| 37% | MCCAIN | 6 | Senator who wrote "Faith of My Fathers" |
| 36% | ASHE | 4 | Tennis legend Arthur who wrote "Days of Grace" and "A Hard Road to Glory" |
| 34% | WEST | 4 | Cornel who wrote "Race Matters" |
| 34% | WEST | 4 | Cornel who wrote “Race Matters” |
| 34% | THURBER | 7 | Cartoonist who wrote the caption "Well, if I called the wrong number, why did you answer the phone?" |
| 34% | AGEE | 4 | Jon who wrote and illustrated "Palindromania!" |
| 34% | ABE | 3 | Burrows who wrote "Guys and Dolls" |
| 34% | AUSTEN | 6 | Jane who wrote "Sense and Sensibility" |
| 34% | VIDAL | 5 | Gore who wrote "Lincoln" and "1876" |
| 34% | WOLFF | 5 | Michael who wrote "Fire and Fury" |
| 34% | COLE | 4 | Porter who wrote "Night and Day" |
| 34% | JAFFE | 5 | Rona who wrote "Mazes and Monsters" |
| 34% | RONA | 4 | Jaffe who wrote "Mazes and Monsters" |
| 34% | AUSTEN | 6 | Jane who wrote "Pride and Prejudice" |
| 34% | HITE | 4 | Shere who wrote "Women and Love" |
| 34% | IVAN | 4 | Turgenev who wrote "Fathers and Sons" |
| 34% | RONA | 4 | Jaffe who wrote Mazes and Monsters |
| 34% | LORENE | 6 | Scafaria who wrote and directed Hustlers |
| 34% | JANE | 4 | Austen who wrote "Sense and Sensibility" |
| 34% | JOHNDEWEY | 9 | Philosopher who wrote "Democracy and Education" |
| 34% | LEO | 3 | ___ Tolstoy who wrote "War and Peace" |
| 34% | URIS | 4 | Leon ___, who wrote "Trinity" and "Redemption" |
| 34% | LEONURIS | 8 | Novelist who wrote "Exodus" and "Topaz" |
| 34% | PEELE | 5 | Jordan who wrote and directed “Nope” |
| 34% | CLIVE | 5 | Barker who wrote and directed Hellraiser |
| 34% | COMPOSER | 8 | Someone who writes symphonies and concertos |