| 100% | WRATH | 5 | The Grapes of __, John Steinbeck novel |
| 83% | WRATH | 5 | "The Grapes of ___" (John Steinbeck novel) |
| 81% | WRATH | 5 | "The Grapes of ___," novel by American author John Steinbeck based on the struggles of migrant farmworkers |
| 80% | TOMJOAD | 7 | Protagonist of 1939 John Steinbeck novel The Grapes of Wrath |
| 76% | WRATH | 5 | "The Grapes of ___," novel by John Steinbeck, set in the Great Depression, that was a major reason for him winning the Nobel Prize |
| 71% | EASTOFEDEN | 10 | John Steinbeck novel inspired by the biblical story of Cain and Abel: 3 wds |
| 65% | WRATH | 5 | John Steinbeck's "The Grapes of ___" |
| 64% | EDEN | 4 | John Steinbeck novel "East of ___" |
| 63% | STEINBECK | 9 | The Grapes of Wrath author John |
| 62% | WRATH | 5 | "The Grapes of ___" (Steinbeck novel) |
| 61% | OKIES | 5 | John Steinbeck's characters from "The Grapes of Wrath" |
| 57% | EDEN | 4 | "East of ___," John Steinbeck novel |
| 56% | WITCHES | 7 | John Updike novel, The __ of Eastwick |
| 55% | STEINBECK | 9 | John, author of The Grapes of Wrath |
| 55% | GALSWORTHY | 10 | John —, author of novel series The Forsyte Saga |
| 55% | FOWLES | 6 | John —, author of the 1977 novel Daniel Martin |
| 54% | BUCHAN | 6 | John —, author of 1915 novel The Thirty-Nine Steps |
| 54% | PANAMA | 6 | The Tailor of __, spy novel by John le Carré |
| 54% | BRAINE | 6 | John —, author of 1957 novel Room at the Top |
| 54% | GRISHAM | 7 | John —, author of novels The Broker and The Brethren |
| 54% | MEN | 3 | "Of Mice and ___," John Steinbeck novel |
| 53% | CREASEY | 7 | John —, author of novels Go Away Death and The Executioners |
| 53% | EAST | 4 | "___ of Eden," John Steinbeck novel |
| 53% | CARR | 4 | John Dickson —, author of the 1935 mystery novel The Hollow Man |
| 53% | CHEEVER | 7 | John —, author of novels The Wapshot Chronicle and The Wapshot Scandal |
| 53% | LAHR | 4 | John —, author of novels The Autograph Hound and Hot to Trot |
| 52% | STEINBECK | 9 | John, US author of The Grapes of Wrath |
| 52% | GRAPES | 6 | __ of Wrath, Steinbeck novel on the Dust Bowl |
| 52% | THEMOONISDOWN | 13 | John Steinbeck novel |
| 52% | CANNERYROW | 10 | John Steinbeck novel |