| 100% | BRADDON | 7 | M E —, author of novels Aurora Floyd and Lady Audley's Secret |
| 42% | FORSTER | 7 | E M —, author of novels Howards End and A Room with a View |
| 41% | FORSTER | 7 | Author of Howard's End and Maurice, E. M. __ |
| 41% | DELAFIELD | 9 | E M —, author of 1930 novel Diary of a Provincial Lady |
| 40% | COLE | 4 | Martina —, author of novels Dangerous Lady and Goodnight Lady |
| 40% | COLE | 4 | Martina —, author of novels Dangerous Lady and The Ladykiller |
| 39% | CONRAD | 6 | Joseph —, author of novels The Secret Agent, Lord Jim and Nostromo |
| 37% | ANNHALAM | 8 | Author of novels Dr Franklin's Island and Siberia |
| 37% | NICKLAIRD | 9 | Author of novels Glover's Mistake and Utterly Monkey |
| 37% | TARTT | 5 | Donna —, author of the novels The Secret History and The Little Friend |
| 36% | ITALOSVEVO | 10 | Author of novels A Life and Zeno's Conscience |
| 36% | HINTON | 6 | S E —, author of 1967 novel The Outsiders |
| 36% | HINTON | 6 | S E -, author of 1967 novel The Outsiders |
| 35% | HALAM | 5 | Ann —, author of novels Dr Franklin's Island and Siberia |
| 35% | BALDACCI | 8 | David —, author of novels Hell's Corner and Split Second |
| 35% | ELDOCTOROW | 10 | US author of novels Andrew's Brain and Homer and Langley |
| 35% | INNES | 5 | Hammond —, author of novels Campbell's Kingdom and Maddon's Rock |
| 35% | TREECE | 6 | Henry —, author of novels Viking's Dawn and The Dark Island |
| 35% | CAIN | 4 | James M —, author of novels Serenade and Mildred Pierce |
| 35% | BATES | 5 | H E —, author of novels Love for Lydia and Fair Stood the Wind for France |
| 35% | LINDHOLM | 8 | Megan —, author of novels Wizard of the Pigeons and Harpy's Flight |
| 35% | CORNWELL | 8 | Patricia —, author of novels Body of Evidence and From Potter's Field |
| 35% | ROTH | 4 | Philip —, author of novels The Plot Against America and Portnoy's Complaint |
| 35% | HOLLINGHURST | 12 | Alan —, author of novels The Sparsholt Affair and The Stranger's Child |
| 35% | PELECANOS | 9 | George P —, author of novels Nick's Trip and A Firing Offense |
| 35% | ALCOTT | 6 | Louisa M —, author of novels Little Women and Little Men |
| 35% | FORESTER | 8 | C S —, author of novels The Commodore and Lord Hornblower |