| 100% | NONFICTION | 10 | Type of book where the author writes about real events like Michelle Obama's "Becoming": Hyph. |
| 28% | JOYLUCK | 7 | Type of club Amy Tan wrote about in the '80s |
| 28% | LIPO | 4 | Poet written about in the Books of Tang |
| 27% | PROSEANDKHANS | 13 | Book about the writing style of the Mongols? |
| 27% | BAUM | 4 | Author who wrote about the Land of Oz |
| 26% | RLSTINE | 7 | Author referred to as "Stephen King of children's literature" who wrote the first book of the Goosebumps series in 1992 |
| 25% | MACINTYRE | 9 | Ben, author of books about real spies and missions |
| 25% | ANNALIST | 8 | Writer who writes about the year's events |
| 25% | TOMWOLFE | 8 | Author of the 1979 book about space flight that 34-Across is based on: 2 wds. |
| 25% | GERTRUDESTEIN | 13 | "The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas" author who also wrote the children's book "The World Is Round" (2 wds.) |
| 25% | ONO | 3 | Author of the 1964 artist's book "Grapefruit" |
| 25% | SEAHORSE | 8 | Type of fish where the males give birth |
| 25% | ASIAN | 5 | Like about 60% of the world's population |
| 25% | LATINO | 6 | Like about 7% of the U.S. electorate |
| 24% | CEDAR | 5 | Type of wood in Horace Slughorn's wand in the Harry Potter books |
| 24% | JUDYBLUME | 9 | Author of the children's book "Superfudge": 2 wds. |
| 24% | DAHL | 4 | Author of the best-selling children's book "Matilda" |
| 24% | REMOTE | 6 | Type of job where the person works from home |
| 24% | ASIAN | 5 | Like about 20% of the world's land area |
| 24% | ASIAN | 5 | Like about 30% of the Earth's land area |
| 24% | LOISLOWRY | 9 | Author of the children's book "The Giver": 2 wds. |
| 24% | ROALDDAHL | 9 | Author of the tortoise-themed kid's book Esio Trot |
| 24% | ASIA | 4 | Where about 60 percent of the earth's population lives |
| 24% | ASIAN | 5 | Like about sixty per cent of the world’s population |
| 24% | HANDFORD | 8 | Martin, creator of the Where's Wally? books |
| 24% | TESS | 4 | Author Gerritsen who writes about the crime-solving duo of Jane Rizzoli and Maura Isles |
| 24% | DRSEUSS | 7 | Author of 1957 children's book The Cat in the Hat |
| 24% | ROALDDAHL | 9 | Author of 1964 children's book Charlie and the Chocolate Factory |
| 24% | ALANGARNER | 10 | Author of children's books Elidor and The Moon of Gomrath |
| 24% | AVI | 3 | One-named author of the children's book "Poppy" |