| 100% | HOLLINGHURST | 12 | Alan —, author of novels The Sparsholt Affair and The Stranger's Child |
| 50% | MYERS | 5 | L H —, author of novels The Orissers and Strange Glory |
| 50% | MURDOCH | 7 | Iris —, author of novels The Bell and A Word Child |
| 50% | FORESTER | 8 | C S —, author of novels The Commodore and Lord Hornblower |
| 49% | THOMPSON | 8 | Kate —, author of novels The O'Hara Affair and The Blue Hour |
| 49% | MARR | 4 | Andrew —, author of novels Head of State and Children of the Master |
| 49% | PATON | 5 | Alan —, author of novels Cry, the Beloved Country and Too Late the Phalarope |
| 48% | BYATT | 5 | A S —, author of the novels Still Life and The Virgin in the Garden |
| 48% | TREECE | 6 | Henry —, author of novels Viking's Dawn and The Dark Island |
| 47% | MEREDITH | 8 | George —, author of novels Beauchamp's Career and The Ordeal of Richard Feverel |
| 47% | CRANE | 5 | Stephen —, author of novels George's Mother and The Red Badge of Courage |
| 47% | TREVOR | 6 | William —, author of novels Felicia's Journey and The Story of Lucy Gault |
| 47% | PAULSAYER | 9 | Author of novels The Absolution Game and The Comforts of Madness |
| 47% | ALANGARNER | 10 | Author of children's books Elidor and The Moon of Gomrath |
| 47% | FREYANORTH | 10 | Author of novels The Turning Point and The Way Back Home |
| 46% | PATON | 5 | Alan —, author of the novels Cry, the Beloved Country and Too Late the Phalarope |
| 46% | LIANEMORIARTY | 13 | Author of the novels "Nine Perfect Strangers" and 47-Across: 2 wds. |
| 46% | READ | 4 | Herbert —, poet, art critic and author of 1935 novel The Green Child |
| 46% | ROTH | 4 | Philip —, author of novels The Plot Against America and Portnoy's Complaint |
| 46% | MURDOCH | 7 | Iris —, author of novels The Bell and Bruno’s Dream |
| 46% | CHEEVER | 7 | John —, author of novels The Wapshot Chronicle and The Wapshot Scandal |
| 46% | HAWTHORNE | 9 | Nathaniel —, author of novels The Scarlet Letter and The Marble Faun |
| 46% | CRONIN | 6 | A J —, author of novels The Green Years and The Citadel |
| 46% | HAMMETT | 7 | Dashiell —, author of novels The Glass Key and The Maltese Falcon |
| 46% | SEBOLD | 6 | Alice —, author of novels The Almost Moon and The Lovely Bones |
| 46% | VINE | 4 | Barbara —, author of novels The Minotaur and King Solomon's Carpet |