| 100% | BARRIE | 6 | J M —, author of 1902 novel The Little White Bird |
| 45% | THACKERAY | 9 | Author of the novel "Vanity Fair": William M. __ |
| 44% | SYNGE | 5 | J M —, author of 1907 stage play The Playboy of the Western World |
| 43% | SALINGER | 8 | J D —, author of 1951 novel The Catcher in the Rye |
| 43% | LONDON | 6 | Jack —, author of novels The Sea-Wolf and White Fang |
| 43% | MONSARRAT | 9 | Nicholas —, author of novels Castle Garac and The White Rajah |
| 42% | SOPHIEHANNAH | 12 | Author of the novels A Game for All the Family and Little Face |
| 42% | ADIGA | 5 | Aravind —, author of 2008 Booker Prize-winning novel The White Tiger |
| 42% | TARTT | 5 | Donna —, author of the novels The Secret History and The Little Friend |
| 42% | DOYLE | 5 | Arthur Conan —, author of novels Beyond the City and The White Company |
| 42% | LOTT | 4 | Tim —, author of novels White City Blue and Under the Same Stars |
| 41% | DOYLE | 5 | Arthur Conan —, author of the novels Beyond the City and The White Company |
| 41% | NIN | 3 | Author of the story collection "Little Birds" |
| 41% | SWAN | 4 | "The Trumpet of the ___" (E.B. White novel featuring water birds) |
| 40% | ALCOTT | 6 | Author of the semi-autobiographical novel “Little Women” |
| 40% | BALLANTYNE | 10 | R M —, author of adventure novels The Young Fur Traders and The Coral Island |
| 40% | ALCOTT | 6 | Louisa M —, author of novels Little Women and Little Men |
| 40% | DISCH | 5 | Thomas M —, author of 1965 science fiction novel The Genocides |
| 40% | ROWLING | 7 | J K —, author of the Harry Potter heptalogy of novels |
| 40% | BALLARD | 7 | J G —, author of novels Crash and The Drowned World |
| 40% | CAIN | 4 | James M —, author of the novels Serenade and Mildred Pierce |
| 40% | LIANEMORIARTY | 13 | Author of the novel "Big Little Lies" which was adapted into an Emmy-winning TV series: 2 wds. |
| 39% | AYNRAND | 7 | Author of 1943 novel The Fountainhead |
| 39% | EDSON | 5 | J T —, author of the novels Trail Boss and Waco's Debt |
| 39% | WALTERBESANT | 12 | Author of 1896 novel The Master Craftsman |
| 38% | HERMANWOUK | 10 | Author of 1971 novel The Winds of War |
| 38% | JOHNBUCHAN | 10 | Author of 1915 novel The Thirty-Nine Steps |
| 38% | PIRSIG | 6 | Robert M —, author of 1974 autobiographical novel Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance |
| 38% | DONLEAVY | 8 | J P —, author of novels A Fairy Tale of New York and The Onion Eaters |