| 100% | COUSTEAU | 8 | Author of The Silent World: Jacques __ |
| 67% | COUSTEAU | 8 | Author of "The Silent World: A Story of Undersea Discovery and Adventure" |
| 63% | COUSTEAU | 8 | The Silent World: by oceanographer Jacques __ |
| 60% | HGWELLS | 7 | Author of the novel War of the Worlds |
| 58% | ALAM | 4 | Author of Leave the World Behind |
| 58% | ALDOUSHUXLEY | 12 | Author of the classic dystopian novel "Brave New World": 2 wds. |
| 57% | HGWELLS | 7 | Science fiction author of The War of the Worlds |
| 57% | WELLS | 5 | "War of the Worlds" author |
| 57% | DAHL | 4 | Author of “Danny, the Champion of the World” |
| 56% | JOSEPHHELLER | 12 | Author of the classic 1961 World War II novel "Catch-22": 2 wds. |
| 56% | KURTVONNEGUT | 12 | Author of the classic 1969 World War II novel "Slaughterhouse-Five": 2 wds. |
| 56% | KARENRUSSELL | 12 | Author of the short-story collection "Orange World and Other Stories": 2 wds. |
| 56% | WELLS | 5 | Author of "The War of the Worlds" and "The Time Machine" |
| 55% | ENGEL | 5 | Patricia, author of 2023 book The Faraway World |
| 55% | WELLS | 5 | "The War of the Worlds" author |
| 55% | HGWELLS | 7 | "The War of the Worlds" author |
| 54% | GEORGE | 6 | & 23A Author of the novels The Nether World and Workers in the Dawn |
| 54% | MURASAKISHIKIBU | 15 | Author of “The Tale of Genji,” often called the world’s first novel |
| 54% | COATES | 6 | Ta-Nehisi __, author of Between the World and Me |
| 54% | PTBARNUM | 8 | "The Humbugs of the World" author, 1865 |
| 54% | NORMANMAILER | 12 | Author of the classic 1948 World War II novel "The Naked and the Dead": 2 wds. |
| 54% | ROSE | 4 | Author of novels The World My Wilderness and The Towers of Trebizond |
| 53% | JOETORRE | 8 | Author of "Chasing the Dream: My Lifelong Journey to the World Series" |
| 53% | TANEHISICOATES | 14 | MacArthur Fellowship-winning author of "Between the World and Me" |
| 53% | BALLARD | 7 | J G —, author of novels Crash and The Drowned World |
| 53% | TOLKIEN | 7 | Author who created the world of Middle Earth |
| 53% | WELLS | 5 | "The War of the Worlds" author H.G. ___ |
| 53% | SYNGE | 5 | "The Playboy of the Western World" author |