| 100% | CORMAC | 6 | The Road author McCarthy, who recently died |
| 44% | DUMAS | 5 | Author who died before finishing his novel The Knight of Sainte-Hermine |
| 42% | PLINY | 5 | — the Elder, Roman author who died witnessing the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD |
| 41% | JACKKEROUAC | 11 | "On the Road" author |
| 41% | KEROUAC | 7 | "On the Road" author |
| 39% | FLANAGAN | 8 | Richard ___, author who won the Man Booker Prize in 2014 for "The Narrow Road to the Deep North" |
| 39% | JACKKEROUAC | 11 | ''On the Road'' author born in 1922 |
| 38% | FROST | 5 | American poet Robert ___ who authored "The Road Not Taken" and won the Pulitzer four times |
| 37% | VINCE | 5 | Carter who recently retired from the NBA |
| 37% | TONIMORRISON | 12 | "Beloved" author who died August 5, and who was the first African-American woman to win a Nobel Prize: 2 wds. |
| 37% | NEWHIRE | 7 | Worker who recently joined the staff: 2 wds. |
| 37% | LEE | 3 | Author Harper ___ who died in February |
| 37% | SUE | 3 | Author Grafton who died last December |
| 37% | TONI | 4 | Author Morrison who died in 2019 |
| 37% | BAUM | 4 | Author who inspired the musical "Wicked" |
| 37% | DICKENS | 7 | Author who created the Artful Dodger |
| 37% | GOETHE | 6 | Author who popularized the demon Mephistopheles |
| 37% | DAHL | 4 | Author Roald, who wrote The BFG |
| 36% | SEANHUGHES | 10 | Stand-up comedian and actor, author of novels It's What He Would've Wanted and The Detainees, who died in 2017 |
| 36% | STEPHEN | 7 | ___ Graham Jones, Native American writer who authored "The Fast Red Road: A Plainsong" |
| 36% | IAN | 3 | "Sharknado" actor Ziering who recently danced with the Chippendales |
| 36% | LEBRON | 6 | James who recently broke the NBA point-scoring record |
| 36% | MARIOPUZO | 9 | Author who wrote the novel The Godfather |
| 36% | ANNE | 4 | Author Rice who created the vampire Lestat |
| 36% | GALLICO | 7 | Author Paul who wrote The Poseidon Adventure |
| 36% | SEBOLD | 6 | Author Alice, who wrote The Lovely Bones |
| 36% | KHALED | 6 | Author Hosseini, who wrote The Kite Runner |
| 36% | ROTH | 4 | Author Veronica who wrote the "Divergent" books |
| 36% | KWJETER | 7 | Author who first coined the term Steampunk |
| 36% | ANNERICE | 8 | Author who wrote Interview with the Vampire |