| Author McCaffrey | 16 |
| Author McCullers | 16 |
| Author McEwan | 13 |
| Author McFadden | 15 |
| Author Mehta | 12 |
| Author Melville | 15 |
| Author mentioned in the Beatles' "I Am the Walrus" | 64 |
| Author Michael | 14 |
| Author Michael and others | 25 |
| Author Michael who hated the movie version of "The Neverending Story" | 79 |
| Author Miller | 13 |
| Author Mills | 12 |
| Author Milne | 12 |
| Author Milne's first name | 29 |
| Author Mme. de ___ | 18 |
| Author Montgomery | 17 |
| Author Montgomery's first name | 34 |
| Author Mordecai | 15 |
| Author Morris ___ | 17 |
| Author Morrison | 15 |
| Author Morrison and others | 26 |
| Author Morrison et al. | 22 |
| Author Morrison of "Beloved" | 38 |
| Author Munro's pen name | 27 |
| Author Munthe et al. | 20 |
| Author Murdoch | 14 |
| Author Murdoch or Rainer | 24 |
| Author Myrer | 12 |
| Author Myrer ("The Last Convertible") | 47 |
| Author named for Emerson | 24 |
| Author Nathaniel | 16 |
| Author Nevil | 12 |
| Author Neville | 14 |
| Author Nicholas | 15 |
| Author Nin | 10 |
| Author Noel or Aphra | 20 |
| Author Nora Roberts's genre | 31 |
| Author Norah | 12 |
| Author Norman | 13 |
| Author Norman Vincent | 21 |
| Author O'Brien | 18 |
| Author O'Brien or Buchanan | 30 |
| Author O'Flaherty | 21 |
| Author O'Flaherty et al. | 28 |
| Author Octavus Roy ___ | 22 |
| Author of A WomanSpeaks | 26 |
| Author of Animal Farm | 23 |
| Author of The Nazarene | 24 |
| Author of A Case of Samples | 30 |
| Author of A Death in the Family | 34 |
| Author of A Study in Scarlet | 31 |
| Author of A Tree Grows in Brooklyn | 37 |
| Author of Annabel Lee | 24 |
| Author of Butterfield 8 | 26 |
| Author of Exodus | 19 |
| Author of Green Eggs and Ham | 31 |
| Author of Heaven Help Us | 27 |
| Author of Les Miserables | 27 |
| Author of Paper Lion | 23 |
| Author of Portnoy's Complaint | 36 |
| Author of QB VII | 19 |
| Author of Riders of the Purple Sage | 38 |
| Author of Swiss Family Robinson | 34 |
| Author of The Cloister and the Hearth | 40 |
| Author of The Divine Comedy | 30 |
| Author of The Gold Bug | 25 |
| Author of The Green Berets | 29 |
| Author of The Handmaid's Tale | 36 |
| Author of The Mammoth Hunters | 32 |
| Author of The Nazarene | 25 |
| Author of The Never Ending Story | 35 |
| Author of The Plague | 23 |
| Author of The Raven | 22 |
| Author of The Stranger | 25 |
| Author of The Winds of War | 29 |
| Author of Two Years Before the Mast | 38 |
| Author of Ulysses | 20 |
| Author of Waiting for Lefty | 30 |
| Author of ''Common Sense'' | 43 |
| Author of "Animal Farm" | 34 |
| Author of "The Fountainhead" | 39 |
| Author of A Fine Balance | 25 |
| Author of Now is the Time | 26 |
| Author of ''Ashes to Ashes'' | 44 |
| Author of ''Ivanhoe'' | 37 |
| Author of ''Les Miserables'' | 44 |
| Author of ''Murder in the White House'' | 55 |
| Author of ''Pecheur d'lslande'' | 51 |
| Author of ''Ruggles of Red Gap'' | 48 |
| Author of ''Siddhartha'' | 40 |
| Author of ''The Caine Mutiny'' | 47 |
| Author of ''The Divine Comedy'' | 47 |
| Author of ''The Principles and Practice of Medicine'' | 69 |
| Author of ''The Republic'' | 42 |
| Author of 'Finishing the Hat' | 37 |
| Author of "1984" | 26 |
| Author of "20,000 Years in Sing Sing" | 47 |
| Author of "A Burnt-Out Case" | 38 |
| Author of "A Call to Service: My Vision for a Better America" | 71 |
| Author of "A Child's Christmas in the Magic Mountain"? | 68 |