| 100% | ELLROY | 6 | James —, author of 2009 novel Blood's a Rover |
| 49% | KELMAN | 6 | James —, author of novels A Disaffection and Kieron Smith, Boy |
| 48% | AGEE | 4 | James —, author of 1957 autobiographical novel A Death in the Family |
| 47% | ITALOSVEVO | 10 | Author of novels A Life and Zeno's Conscience |
| 45% | SVEVO | 5 | Italo —, author of novels A Life and Zeno's Conscience |
| 45% | HERRIOT | 7 | James —, author of semi-autobiographical novels It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet and Vets Might Fly |
| 45% | AMIS | 4 | Author of "Time's Arrow," 1991, a novel written in reverse chronological order |
| 44% | BYATT | 5 | A S —, author of the novels Still Life and The Virgin in the Garden |
| 44% | MICHENER | 8 | James A —, author of novel Chesapeake and The Bridges at Toko-Ri |
| 44% | PELECANOS | 9 | George P —, author of novels Nick's Trip and A Firing Offense |
| 44% | HOGG | 4 | James —, Scottish author of 1824 novel The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner |
| 43% | WHITE | 5 | Edmund —, author of novels A Boy's Own Story and The Farewell Symphony |
| 43% | ONDAATJE | 8 | Michael —, author of novels Anil’s Ghost and In the Skin of a Lion |
| 42% | RLS | 3 | Author of a classic novel about treasure hunters: Abbr. |
| 42% | MONSARRAT | 9 | Author of a WWII novel The Cruel Sea: Nicholas __ |
| 42% | FLEMING | 7 | Noted author of James Bond novels: Ian __ |
| 41% | ALANSILLITOE | 12 | Author of novels A Man of His Time and Birthday |
| 41% | EDNAOBRIEN | 10 | Author of novels The Country Girls and A Pagan Place |
| 41% | LEATHER | 7 | Stephen —, author of novels Takedown and Hot Blood |
| 41% | ERNESTHEMINGWAY | 15 | Author of a 1952 novel published in full in Life magazine |
| 41% | NICKHORNBY | 10 | Author of novels About A Boy and A Long Way Down |
| 41% | SVEVO | 5 | Italo —, author of the novels A Life and Zeno's Conscience |
| 41% | SIANJAMES | 9 | Author of novels A Small Country and Return to Hendre Ddu |
| 41% | DEAVER | 6 | Jeffery —, author of 2011 James Bond novel Carte Blanche |
| 41% | SMILEY | 6 | Jane —, author of novels Moo and A Thousand Acres |
| 40% | FYFIELD | 7 | Frances —, author of novels Blood from Stone and Without Consent |
| 40% | CLAVELL | 7 | James —, author of the novels Shogun and Tai-Pan |
| 40% | JOYCE | 5 | James —, author of the novels Finnegans Wake and Ulysses |
| 40% | MURDOCH | 7 | Iris —, author of novels The Bell and A Word Child |