| 100% | DONLEAVY | 8 | J P —, author of novels A Fairy Tale of New York and The Onion Eaters |
| 47% | CRONIN | 6 | A J —, author of novels The Green Years and The Citadel |
| 45% | BURN | 4 | Gordon —, author of novels Alma Cogan and Born Yesterday: The News as a Novel |
| 44% | JAMES | 5 | P D —, author of the novels Original Sin and A Mind to Murder |
| 43% | DONNBYRNE | 9 | Brian Oswald —, New York-born Irish author of novels Messer Marco Polo and The Wind Bloweth |
| 42% | BALLARD | 7 | J G —, author of novels Crash and The Drowned World |
| 42% | HARDY | 5 | Thomas —, author of novels A Laodicean and Jude the Obscure |
| 41% | EDNAOBRIEN | 10 | Author of novels The Country Girls and A Pagan Place |
| 40% | WHITE | 5 | Edmund —, author of novels A Boy's Own Story and The Farewell Symphony |
| 40% | MASON | 5 | A E W —, author of the novels The Prisoner in the Opal and The Four Feathers |
| 40% | BARSTOW | 7 | Stan —, author of novels A Kind of Loving and The Watchers on the Shore |
| 40% | STAN | 4 | & 21A Author of novels A Kind of Loving and The Watchers on the Shore |
| 40% | ALEC | 4 | & 19D Author of novels A Spy in the Family and The Loom of Youth |
| 40% | ALEC | 4 | & 9D Author of novels A Spy in the Family and The Loom of Youth |
| 40% | ALEC | 4 | & 22A Author of novels A Spy in the Family and The Loom of Youth |
| 40% | JAMES | 5 | P D —, author of novels Original Sin and A Mind to Murder |
| 40% | PELECANOS | 9 | George P —, author of novels Nick's Trip and A Firing Offense |
| 40% | MORTIMER | 8 | Penelope —, author of novels The Pumpkin Eater and Long Distance |
| 40% | MURDOCH | 7 | Iris —, author of novels The Bell and A Word Child |
| 40% | EDNAOBRIEN | 10 | Author of novels The Country Girls and A Pagan Place (4,1’5) |
| 40% | CRICHTON | 8 | Michael —, author of novels Jurassic Park and Eaters of the Dead |
| 39% | BYATT | 5 | A S —, author of the novels Still Life and The Virgin in the Garden |
| 39% | ONDAATJE | 8 | Michael —, author of novels Anil’s Ghost and In the Skin of a Lion |
| 39% | EDSON | 5 | J T —, author of the novels Trail Boss and Waco's Debt |
| 39% | MICHENER | 8 | James A —, author of novel Chesapeake and The Bridges at Toko-Ri |
| 39% | SNOW | 4 | C P —, author of the novels Homecomings and Time of Hope |
| 39% | ELLORY | 6 | R J —, author of novels City of Lies and A Quiet Belief in Angels |
| 38% | JONATHANFRANZEN | 15 | Author of a 2001 novel about the Lambert family and a 2010 novel about the Berglund family |
| 38% | SOPHIEHANNAH | 12 | Author of the novels A Game for All the Family and Little Face |