| 100% | ELIOT | 5 | George —, author of novels The Mill on the Floss and Adam Bede |
| 51% | BRUCECHATWIN | 12 | Author of novels Utz and On the Black Hill |
| 50% | MARYANNEEVANS | 13 | Author of "The Mill on the Floss" who wrote under the pen name George Eliot: 3 wds. |
| 49% | GISSING | 7 | George —, author of novels The Nether World and Workers in the Dawn |
| 48% | ADAIR | 5 | Gilbert —, author of novels The Holy Innocents and Love and Death on Long Island |
| 48% | KEROUAC | 7 | Jack —, author of novels The Dharma Bums and On the Road |
| 47% | MEREDITH | 8 | George —, author of novels Beauchamp's Career and The Ordeal of Richard Feverel |
| 46% | BUKOWSKI | 8 | Charles —, author of the novels Ham on Rye and Post Office |
| 45% | SHUTE | 5 | Nevil —, author of novels On the Beach and Beyond the Black Stump |
| 45% | CRANE | 5 | Stephen —, author of novels George's Mother and The Red Badge of Courage |
| 44% | BARSTOW | 7 | Stan —, author of novels A Kind of Loving and The Watchers on the Shore |
| 44% | STAN | 4 | & 21A Author of novels A Kind of Loving and The Watchers on the Shore |
| 44% | ELIOT | 5 | "The Mill on the Floss" author |
| 43% | KEROUAC | 7 | Jack —, author of the novels The Dharma Bums and On the Road |
| 43% | ELIOT | 5 | "The Mill on the Floss" writer George |
| 43% | SHUTE | 5 | Nevil —, author of the novels On the Beach and Beyond the Black Stump |
| 43% | ECO | 3 | Umberto —, author of novels The Name of the Rose and Foucault's Pendulum |
| 43% | ROBBINS | 7 | Harold —, author of novels The Carpetbaggers and The Betsy |
| 43% | GRISHAM | 7 | John —, author of novels The Broker and The Brethren |
| 43% | COOKSON | 7 | Catherine —, author of novels The Gillyvors and The Invitation |
| 43% | MALAMUD | 7 | Bernard —, author of novels The Assistant and The Fixer |
| 43% | DOSTOEVSKY | 10 | Fyodor —, author of novels The Idiot and The Possessed |
| 43% | STEPHEN | 7 | & 17A Author of the novels George's Mother and The Red Badge of Courage |
| 43% | ECO | 3 | Umberto —, late author of novels The Name of the Rose and Foucault's Pendulum |
| 43% | ISHIGURO | 8 | Kazuo —, author of novels The Remains of the Day and When We Were Orphans |
| 42% | DAVIS | 5 | Lindsey —, author of novels The Accusers and The Silver Pigs |
| 42% | EDMCBAIN | 8 | Author of novels Cop Hater and The Mugger |
| 42% | TOMSHARPE | 9 | Author of novels Porterhouse Blue and The Throwback |