| 100% | TIPPING | 7 | The point Malcolm Gladwell wrote about |
| 44% | PERIOD | 6 | The point of writing? |
| 42% | TWAIN | 5 | He wrote about the Finns |
| 41% | SAW | 3 | Malcolm Gladwell's "What the Dog ___: And Other Adventures" |
| 41% | ZANE | 4 | Grey who wrote about the Old West |
| 41% | RABELAIS | 8 | French author, wrote about the giant Pantagruel |
| 41% | THESHREW | 8 | Shakespeare wrote about The Taming of her |
| 41% | ENID | 4 | Blyton who wrote about the Famous Five |
| 41% | SEXYSADIE | 9 | 1968 Beatles song written about the Maharishi |
| 40% | BAUM | 4 | Author who wrote about the Land of Oz |
| 40% | ARENDT | 6 | *She wrote about the Eichmann trial in 1963 |
| 40% | SALESMAN | 8 | Arthur Miller wrote about the Death of one |
| 40% | ANNALIST | 8 | Writer who writes about the year's events |
| 40% | LIPO | 4 | Poet written about in the Books of Tang |
| 40% | OUTLIERS | 8 | Malcolm Gladwell best seller that explores the 10,000-hour rule |
| 39% | PISA | 4 | Leonardo of ___ (mathematician who wrote about the 33-Across) |
| 39% | NIETZSCHE | 9 | German philosopher who wrote about the "will to power" |
| 39% | HERODOTUS | 9 | Father of history who wrote about the Persian Wars |
| 39% | EARNEST | 7 | Oscar Wilde wrote about The Importance of Being it |
| 39% | NIETZSCHE | 9 | German philosopher Friedrich who wrote about the "will to power" |
| 39% | JOYLUCK | 7 | Type of club Amy Tan wrote about in the '80s |
| 38% | ODE | 3 | Neruda wrote one about the sea |
| 38% | SURAT | 5 | Tolstoy wrote about the coffee house in this location in 1893 |
| 38% | FORCEFEED | 9 | Instead of writing about strong winds, the weather reporter showed the ___ |
| 38% | ANNEFRANK | 9 | Wrote a diary about the time she spent hiding |
| 37% | REDTAPE | 7 | Instead of writing about the Republican convention, the political reporter showed the ___ |
| 37% | UNDERGROUNDFILM | 15 | Instead of writing about London's subway, the travel reporter showed the ___ |
| 37% | PROSEANDKHANS | 13 | Book about the writing style of the Mongols? |
| 36% | NELLYSACHS | 10 | 1966 Swedish Literature Nobelist who wrote about the struggles of the Jewish people |
| 36% | SQUAREFOOTAGE | 13 | Instead of writing about the new city plaza, the metro reporter showed the ___ |