| 100% | NOBBS | 5 | David —, author of 1975 novel The Death of Reginald Perrin |
| 50% | WYSS | 4 | Johann David —, author of 1812 novel The Swiss Family Robinson |
| 50% | WYSS | 4 | Johann David -, author of 1812 novel The Swiss Family Robinson |
| 49% | MITCHELL | 8 | David —, author of the novels Ghostwritten and The Bone Clocks |
| 47% | CREASEY | 7 | John —, author of novels Go Away Death and The Executioners |
| 47% | ADAIR | 5 | Gilbert —, author of the novels The Holy Innocents and Love and Death on Long Island |
| 45% | HERMANWOUK | 10 | Author of 1971 novel The Winds of War |
| 44% | AGEE | 4 | James —, author of 1957 autobiographical novel A Death in the Family |
| 43% | BOCCACCIO | 9 | Author of the novel The Decameron |
| 43% | AYNRAND | 7 | Author of 1943 novel The Fountainhead |
| 43% | LEON | 4 | Donna —, author of 2012 novel The Jewels of Paradise |
| 43% | WOUK | 4 | Herman —, author of 1971 novel The Winds of War |
| 43% | MCCAFFREY | 9 | Anne —, author of 2001 novel The Skies of Pern |
| 43% | WALTERBESANT | 12 | Author of 1896 novel The Master Craftsman |
| 43% | ADAIR | 5 | Gilbert —, author of novels The Holy Innocents and Love and Death on Long Island |
| 42% | GRUBB | 5 | Davis —, author of 1953 novel The Night of the Hunter |
| 42% | HEINEY | 6 | Rose —, author of 2008 novel The Days of Judy B |
| 42% | DANN | 4 | Colin —, author of 1979 novel The Animals of Farthing Wood |
| 42% | COLIN | 5 | & 18D Author of 1979 novel The Animals of Farthing Wood |
| 42% | MONSARRAT | 9 | Author of the novel The Cruel Sea: Nicholas __ |
| 42% | JOHNBUCHAN | 10 | Author of 1915 novel The Thirty-Nine Steps |
| 42% | UMBERTOECO | 10 | Author of the novels The Name of the Rose and Foucault's Pendulum |
| 42% | WILDER | 6 | Thornton —, author of 1927 novel The Bridge of San Luis Rey |
| 42% | RICHARDSON | 10 | Samuel —, author of 1753 novel The History of Sir Charles Grandison |
| 42% | HELLER | 6 | Zoe —, author of 2008 novel The Believers |
| 42% | PUZO | 4 | Mario —, author of 1969 novel The Godfather |
| 42% | EGGERS | 6 | Dave —, author of 2013 novel The Circle |
| 42% | COLETTE | 7 | French author of 1933 novel The Cat |