| Author of Gothic short stories, in short | 40 |
| Author of gold rush stories | 27 |
| Author of fiction? | 18 |
| Author of featured quotation | 28 |
| Author of epistolas | 19 |
| Author of Christmas poem | 24 |
| Author of children's books | 30 |
| Author of celebratory verses | 28 |
| Author of boys' books | 25 |
| Author of books herein named | 28 |
| Author of books for boys | 24 |
| Author of biblical novels | 25 |
| Author of bequest | 17 |
| Author of Arcadian Adventures | 29 |
| Author of Acts, by most accounts | 32 |
| Author of a red book | 20 |
| Author of a once-popular book of quotations | 43 |
| Author of a history making 1837 report | 38 |
| Author of a famous elegy | 24 |
| Author of a famous comedy | 25 |
| Author of a classic novel about treasure hunters: Abbr. | 55 |
| Author of a book with "chin" in its title | 51 |
| Author of a book "As Dictated to Barbara Bush" | 56 |
| Author of a best-selling reader | 31 |
| Author of a 65+-million-selling novel | 37 |
| Author of a 50-million copy best seller | 39 |
| Author of a 1998 report | 23 |
| Author of a 1952 novel published in full in Life magazine | 57 |
| Author of a 1719 literary sensation | 35 |
| Author of 450+ books | 20 |
| Author of 2001's "Fury" | 37 |
| Author of 1998's "Diplomacy for the Next Century" | 63 |
| Author of 1980's "The Annotated Gulliver's Travels" | 69 |
| Author of 13 books on metaphysics | 33 |
| Author of "Your Erroneous Zones" | 42 |
| Author of "Yankee From Olympus" | 41 |
| Author of "World of Our Fathers" | 42 |
| Author of "Work in Progress" | 38 |
| Author of "Word Freak: Heartbreak, Triumph, Genius, and Obsession in the World of Competitive Scrabble Players" | 121 |
| Author of "Wonderland" | 32 |
| Author of "Winter's Tales," 1942 | 46 |
| Author of "Winning Bridge Made Easy" | 46 |
| Author of "Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship" | 58 |
| Author of "Why Women Should Rule the World" | 53 |
| Author of "Why Not the Best?" | 39 |
| Author of "Why I Live at the P.O." | 44 |
| Author of "White Noise" | 33 |
| Author of "While Reagan Slept" | 40 |
| Author of "What Do You Say After You Say Hello?" | 58 |
| Author of "Westward Ha!" | 34 |
| Author of "Watch on the Rhine," politely | 50 |
| Author of "War and Peace" | 35 |
| Author of "Wall Street Jungle" | 40 |
| Author of "Waiting for Lefty" | 39 |
| Author of "Vérité" | 34 |
| Author of "Utopia" | 28 |
| Author of "Unto the Sons" | 35 |
| Author of "Unsafe at Any Speed" | 41 |
| Author of "Underworld" and "Mao II" | 55 |
| Author of "Ulalume" | 29 |
| Author of "Two Years Behind the Mast" | 47 |
| Author of "Two Years Before the Mast" | 47 |
| Author of "Twenty Thousand Years in Sing Sing" | 56 |
| Author of "Turn On, Tune In, Drop Out" | 48 |
| Author of "Tristram Shandy" | 37 |
| Author of "Trinity" | 29 |
| Author of "Trent's Last Case" | 43 |
| Author of "Trelawney of the Wells" | 44 |
| Author of "Topaze" | 28 |
| Author of "Topaz" | 27 |
| Author of "Tobacco Road" | 34 |
| Author of "Toad of Toad Hall" | 39 |
| Author of "To Kill a Mockingbird" | 43 |
| Author of "Time's Arrow," 1991, a novel written in reverse chronological order | 92 |
| Author of "Thy Neighbor's Wife" | 45 |
| Author of "This Hunger": 1945 | 39 |
| Author of "This Hunger" | 33 |
| Author of "Things I Remember": 1975 | 45 |
| Author of "Them" | 26 |
| Author of "The Young Bank Messenger" | 46 |
| Author of "The Yosemite" | 34 |
| Author of "The Women" | 31 |
| Author of "The White Company" | 39 |
| Author of "The Way West" | 34 |
| Author of "The Way Things Ought to Be" | 48 |
| Author of "The Waste Land" | 36 |
| Author of "The Wapshot Chronicle" | 43 |
| Author of "The Wandering Jew" | 39 |
| Author of "The Wall" | 30 |
| Author of "The Wall Street Gang" | 42 |
| Author of "The Virginian" | 35 |
| Author of "The Violent Land" Jorge | 44 |
| Author of "The Vicar of Wakefield" | 44 |
| Author of "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" | 49 |
| Author of "The Valley of Horses" | 42 |
| Author of "The Valachi Papers" | 40 |
| Author of "The Unmade Bed" | 36 |
| Author of "The Unfinished Revolution": 1979 | 53 |
| Author of "The Ugly Duckling" | 39 |
| Author of "The Two Cultures" | 38 |