| 100% | WHITE | 5 | Edmund —, author of novels A Boy's Own Story and The Farewell Symphony |
| 46% | ALDRICH | 7 | Thomas Bailey —, author of 1870 semi-autobiographical novel The Story of a Bad Boy |
| 45% | TREVOR | 6 | William —, author of novels Felicia's Journey and The Story of Lucy Gault |
| 44% | KELMAN | 6 | James —, author of novels A Disaffection and Kieron Smith, Boy |
| 44% | HARDY | 5 | Thomas —, author of novels A Laodicean and Jude the Obscure |
| 44% | SVEVO | 5 | Italo —, author of the novels A Life and Zeno's Conscience |
| 43% | EDNAOBRIEN | 10 | Author of novels The Country Girls and A Pagan Place |
| 43% | NICKHORNBY | 10 | Author of novels About A Boy and A Long Way Down |
| 43% | IRALEVIN | 8 | Author of novels The Boys from Brazil and The Stepford Wives |
| 43% | TREVOR | 6 | William —, author of the novels Felicia's Journey and The Story of Lucy Gault |
| 43% | BYATT | 5 | A S —, author of the novels Still Life and The Virgin in the Garden |
| 43% | BARSTOW | 7 | Stan —, author of novels A Kind of Loving and The Watchers on the Shore |
| 43% | STAN | 4 | & 21A Author of novels A Kind of Loving and The Watchers on the Shore |
| 43% | ALEC | 4 | & 19D Author of novels A Spy in the Family and The Loom of Youth |
| 43% | ALEC | 4 | & 9D Author of novels A Spy in the Family and The Loom of Youth |
| 43% | ALEC | 4 | & 22A Author of novels A Spy in the Family and The Loom of Youth |
| 42% | TONYPARSONS | 11 | Author of novels Men from the Boys and One for My Baby |
| 42% | MURDOCH | 7 | Iris —, author of novels The Bell and A Word Child |
| 42% | DONLEAVY | 8 | J P —, author of novels A Fairy Tale of New York and The Onion Eaters |
| 42% | EDNAOBRIEN | 10 | Author of novels The Country Girls and A Pagan Place (4,1’5) |
| 42% | ITALOSVEVO | 10 | Author of novels A Life and Zeno's Conscience |
| 42% | HORNBY | 6 | Nick —, author of novels About A Boy and A Long Way Down |
| 42% | LEVIN | 5 | Ira —, author of novels The Boys from Brazil and The Stepford Wives |
| 41% | DAVEPELZER | 10 | Author of memoirs A Child Called It and The Lost Boy |
| 41% | BURN | 4 | Gordon —, author of novels Alma Cogan and Born Yesterday: The News as a Novel |
| 41% | IRALEVIN | 8 | Author of the novels The Boys from Brazil and The Stepford Wives |
| 41% | SVEVO | 5 | Italo —, author of novels A Life and Zeno's Conscience |
| 40% | ONDAATJE | 8 | Michael —, author of novels Anil’s Ghost and In the Skin of a Lion |
| 40% | SOPHIEHANNAH | 12 | Author of the novels A Game for All the Family and Little Face |