| 100% | MURASAKISHIKIBU | 15 | Author of “The Tale of Genji,” often called the world’s first novel |
| 65% | JAPAN | 5 | Origin of "The Tale of Genji," considered by many to be the world's first novel |
| 47% | RLSTINE | 7 | “Fear Street” author often called the Stephen King of children’s literature |
| 46% | MARGARETATWOOD | 14 | Author of the dystopian novel "The Handmaid's Tale" and its sequel, "The Testaments": 2 wds. |
| 46% | HGWELLS | 7 | Author of the novel War of the Worlds |
| 45% | ALDOUSHUXLEY | 12 | Author of the classic dystopian novel "Brave New World": 2 wds. |
| 44% | ROSE | 4 | Author of novels The World My Wilderness and The Towers of Trebizond |
| 44% | HINTON | 6 | S E —, author of 1967 novel The Outsiders |
| 44% | HINTON | 6 | S E -, author of 1967 novel The Outsiders |
| 44% | JOSEPHHELLER | 12 | Author of the classic 1961 World War II novel "Catch-22": 2 wds. |
| 44% | KURTVONNEGUT | 12 | Author of the classic 1969 World War II novel "Slaughterhouse-Five": 2 wds. |
| 43% | JACKLONDON | 10 | Author of the 1903 novel, "The Call of the Wild," on which the 2020 movie is based: 2 wds. |
| 43% | SETTERFIELD | 11 | Diane —, author of 2006 novel The Thirteenth Tale |
| 43% | ATWOOD | 6 | Author of The Handmaid's Tale |
| 43% | GEORGE | 6 | & 23A Author of the novels The Nether World and Workers in the Dawn |
| 43% | WELLS | 5 | H G —, author of novels The World Set Free and The Wonderful Visit |
| 42% | CASE | 4 | John —, author of the novels The First Horseman and The Genesis Code; pseudonym of Jim and Carolyn Hougan |
| 42% | ANNE | 4 | "The Diary of a Young Girl" author who posthumously won the first World's Children's Prize |
| 42% | NORMANMAILER | 12 | Author of the classic 1948 World War II novel "The Naked and the Dead": 2 wds. |
| 42% | BYATT | 5 | A S —, author of the novels Still Life and The Virgin in the Garden |
| 42% | BEANIEBABY | 10 | Collectible from what's been called the world's first internet sensation |
| 42% | BALLARD | 7 | J G —, author of novels Crash and The Drowned World |
| 42% | FORESTER | 8 | C S —, author of novels The Commodore and Lord Hornblower |
| 41% | SOUVESTRE | 9 | Emile —, author of 1846 novel The World As It Will Be |
| 41% | KOESTLER | 8 | Arthur —, author of novels The Call-Girls and Darkness at Noon |
| 41% | STOWE | 5 | Author of the 19th century's best-selling novel |
| 41% | EMILYBRONTE | 11 | Author of novel Wuthering Heights, first published in 1847 under the pseudonym Ellis Bell |
| 41% | GISSING | 7 | George —, author of novels The Nether World and Workers in the Dawn |