| 100% | MARTINESPADA | 12 | Writer whose collection "Floaters" won the 2021 National Book Award for Poetry (2 wds.) |
| 71% | JASONMOTT | 9 | Writer whose novel "Hell of a Book" won the 2021 National Book Award for Fiction (2 wds.) |
| 66% | MALINDALO | 9 | Writer whose novel "Last Night at the Telegraph Club" won the 2021 National Book Award for Young People's Literature (2 wds.) |
| 66% | JASONMOTT | 9 | Author who won the 2021 National Book Award for Fiction for "Hell of a Book": 2 wds. |
| 64% | CHARLESYU | 9 | Writer whose novel "Interior Chinatown" won the 2020 National Book Award for Fiction (2 wds.) |
| 64% | SUSANCHOI | 9 | Writer whose novel "Trust Exercise" won the 2019 National Book Award for Fiction (2 wds.) |
| 63% | TESSGUNTY | 9 | Writer whose novel "The Rabbit Hutch" won the 2022 National Book Award for Fiction (2 wds.) |
| 55% | THEFRIEND | 9 | Book that won the 2018 National Book Award for Fiction, written by Sigrid Nunez: 2 wds. |
| 55% | SIGRIDNUNEZ | 11 | "Salvation City" author whose "The Friend" won the 2018 National Book Award for Fiction (2 wds.) |
| 55% | CHARLESYU | 9 | Author who won the 2020 National Book Award for Fiction for "Interior Chinatown": 2 wds. |
| 55% | SUSANCHOI | 9 | Author who won the 2019 National Book Award for Fiction for "Trust Exercise": 2 wds. |
| 54% | TESSGUNTY | 9 | Author who won the 2022 National Book Award for Fiction for "The Rabbit Hutch": 2 wds. |
| 53% | THEEMISSARY | 11 | Book that won the 2018 National Book Award for Translated Literature, written by Yoko Tawada and translated by Margaret Mitsutani: 2 wds. |
| 50% | INDECENCY | 9 | Book that won the 2018 National Book Award for Poetry, written by Justin Phillip Reed |
| 50% | FORTUNESMILES | 13 | Adam Johnson short story collection that won the National Book Award for Fiction in 2015 (2 wds.) |
| 50% | JAMESMCBRIDE | 12 | 15-Across and 47-Across writer who won the 2013 National Book Award for Fiction for "The Good Lord Bird" (2 wds.) |
| 50% | SUSANCHOI | 9 | 15-Across and 33-Across writer who won the 2019 National Book Award for Fiction for her novel "Trust Exercise" (2 wds.) |
| 49% | JUSTINBIEBER | 12 | Singer whose "Peaches" won the MTV Video Music Award for Best Pop Video in 2021: 2 wds. |
| 48% | ARKADYMARTINE | 13 | Writer whose "A Memory Called Empire" won the 2020 Hugo Award for Best Novel (2 wds.) |
| 48% | WILLIAMSTYRON | 13 | Novelist who won the National Book Award for Fiction for 15-Across (2 wds.) |
| 47% | PREMEEMOHAMED | 13 | Writer whose "And What Can We Offer You Tonight" won the Nebula Award for Best Novella in 2022 (2 wds.) |
| 46% | CORBINBURNES | 12 | Milwaukee Brewers pitcher who won the 2021 National League Cy Young Award (2 wds.) |
| 45% | PDJELICLARK | 11 | Writer whose "A Master of Djinn" won the Nebula Award for Best Novel in 2022 (3 wds.) |
| 45% | TESS | 4 | Gunty whose novel "The Rabbit Hutch" won the 2022 National Book Award for Fiction |
| 44% | OATES | 5 | She won the 1970 National Book Award for Fiction |
| 44% | JONATHANINDIA | 13 | Reds infielder who won the National League Rookie of the Year Award in 2021: 2 wds. |
| 44% | STAYHIGH | 8 | Brittany Howard song that won the Grammy Award for Best Rock Song in 2021: 2 wds. |
| 44% | TERRANCE | 8 | Poet Hayes who won a National Book Award for the collection “Lighthead” |
| 44% | SAMSMITH | 8 | "Love Goes" singer who won the GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Music Artist in 2021: 2 wds. |
| 44% | GABRIELLEZEVIN | 14 | 16-Across and 28-Across writer whose novel "Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow" won the Goodreads Choice Award Winner for Best Fiction in 2022 (2 wds.) |