| 100% | INNES | 5 | Hammond —, author of novels Campbell's Kingdom and Maddon's Rock |
| 84% | INNES | 5 | Hammond —, author of the novels Campbell's Kingdom and Maddon's Rock |
| 46% | NICKLAIRD | 9 | Author of novels Glover's Mistake and Utterly Monkey |
| 45% | FORESTER | 8 | C S —, author of novels The Commodore and Lord Hornblower |
| 45% | COHN | 4 | Nik —, rock music journalist; author of novels Need and King Death |
| 44% | BALDACCI | 8 | David —, author of novels Hell's Corner and Split Second |
| 44% | ELDOCTOROW | 10 | US author of novels Andrew's Brain and Homer and Langley |
| 44% | TREECE | 6 | Henry —, author of novels Viking's Dawn and The Dark Island |
| 43% | BYATT | 5 | A S —, author of the novels Still Life and The Virgin in the Garden |
| 43% | PELECANOS | 9 | George P —, author of novels Nick's Trip and A Firing Offense |
| 43% | MEREDITH | 8 | George —, author of novels Beauchamp's Career and The Ordeal of Richard Feverel |
| 43% | CRANE | 5 | Stephen —, author of novels George's Mother and The Red Badge of Courage |
| 43% | TREVOR | 6 | William —, author of novels Felicia's Journey and The Story of Lucy Gault |
| 43% | ANNHALAM | 8 | Author of novels Dr Franklin's Island and Siberia |
| 43% | ITALOSVEVO | 10 | Author of novels A Life and Zeno's Conscience |
| 42% | CORNWELL | 8 | Patricia —, author of novels Body of Evidence and From Potter's Field |
| 42% | HOLLINGHURST | 12 | Alan —, author of novels The Sparsholt Affair and The Stranger's Child |
| 42% | VINE | 4 | Barbara —, author of novels The Minotaur and King Solomon's Carpet |
| 42% | SVEVO | 5 | Italo —, author of the novels A Life and Zeno's Conscience |
| 41% | ONDAATJE | 8 | Michael —, author of novels Anil’s Ghost and In the Skin of a Lion |
| 41% | FUENTES | 7 | Carlos —, Mexican author of novels Christopher Unborn and The Eagle's Throne |
| 41% | BRADDON | 7 | M E —, author of novels Aurora Floyd and Lady Audley's Secret |
| 41% | EDSON | 5 | J T —, author of the novels Trail Boss and Waco's Debt |
| 41% | SVEVO | 5 | Italo —, author of novels A Life and Zeno's Conscience |
| 41% | HALAM | 5 | Ann —, author of novels Dr Franklin's Island and Siberia |
| 41% | MURDOCH | 7 | Iris —, author of novels The Bell and Bruno’s Dream |
| 41% | EDSON | 5 | J T —, author of novels Trail Boss and Waco's Debt |