| Author of QB VII | 19 |
| Author of Portnoy's Complaint | 36 |
| Author of Paper Lion | 23 |
| Author of Les Miserables | 27 |
| Author of Heaven Help Us | 27 |
| Author of Green Eggs and Ham | 31 |
| Author of Exodus | 19 |
| Author of Butterfield 8 | 26 |
| Author of Annabel Lee | 24 |
| Author of A Tree Grows in Brooklyn | 37 |
| Author of A Study in Scarlet | 31 |
| Author of A Death in the Family | 34 |
| Author of A Case of Samples | 30 |
| Author of The Nazarene | 24 |
| Author of Animal Farm | 23 |
| Author of A WomanSpeaks | 26 |
| Author Octavus Roy ___ | 22 |
| Author O'Flaherty et al. | 28 |
| Author O'Flaherty | 21 |
| Author O'Brien or Buchanan | 30 |
| Author O'Brien | 18 |
| Author Norman Vincent | 21 |
| Author Norman | 13 |
| Author Norah | 12 |
| Author Nora Roberts's genre | 31 |
| Author Noel or Aphra | 20 |
| Author Nin | 10 |
| Author Nicholas | 15 |
| Author Neville | 14 |
| Author Nevil | 12 |
| Author Nathaniel | 16 |
| Author named for Emerson | 24 |
| Author Myrer ("The Last Convertible") | 47 |
| Author Myrer | 12 |
| Author Murdoch or Rainer | 24 |
| Author Murdoch | 14 |
| Author Munthe et al. | 20 |
| Author Munro's pen name | 27 |
| Author Morrison of "Beloved" | 38 |
| Author Morrison et al. | 22 |
| Author Morrison and others | 26 |
| Author Morrison | 15 |
| Author Morris ___ | 17 |
| Author Mordecai | 15 |
| Author Montgomery's first name | 34 |
| Author Montgomery | 17 |
| Author Mme. de ___ | 18 |
| Author Milne's first name | 29 |
| Author Milne | 12 |
| Author Mills | 12 |
| Author Miller | 13 |
| Author Michael who hated the movie version of "The Neverending Story" | 79 |
| Author Michael and others | 25 |
| Author Michael | 14 |
| Author mentioned in the Beatles' "I Am the Walrus" | 64 |
| Author Melville | 15 |
| Author Mehta | 12 |
| Author McFadden | 15 |
| Author McEwan | 13 |
| Author McCullers | 16 |
| Author McCaffrey | 16 |
| Author Mazo ___ Roche | 21 |
| Author Mazo de la ___ | 21 |
| Author May | 10 |
| Author Maupassant | 17 |
| Author Maugham's middle name | 32 |
| Author Maugham | 14 |
| Author Mary ___ Dodge | 21 |
| Author Martin or Kingsley | 25 |
| Author Marshall | 15 |
| Author Marsh | 12 |
| Author Mario Vargas ___ | 23 |
| Author Mario | 12 |
| Author Malraux | 14 |
| Author Madeleine L'___ | 26 |
| Author Madame de ___ | 20 |
| Author Lustbader | 16 |
| Author Lurie | 12 |
| Author Ludwig | 13 |
| Author Ludlum | 13 |
| Author Luce | 11 |
| Author Louisa May with a Thoreau education | 42 |
| Author Louisa May | 17 |
| Author Loos et al. | 18 |
| Author Loos | 11 |
| Author Lofts | 12 |
| Author Lofting | 14 |
| Author Liz from Austin | 22 |
| Author Linklater | 16 |
| Author Lin ___ | 14 |
| Author Lin __ | 13 |
| Author Lieblich | 15 |
| Author Levin of "The Stepford Wives" | 46 |
| Author Levin ("Rosemary's Baby") | 46 |
| Author Levin | 12 |
| Author Lessing | 14 |
| Author LeShan and others | 24 |
| Author LeShan | 13 |
| Author Lesage | 13 |
| Author Leonard | 14 |