| 100% | BLACKMORE | 9 | R D —, author of 1869 novel Lorna Doone |
| 54% | RIDD | 4 | John —, character in 1869 R D Blackmore novel Lorna Doone |
| 47% | LORNADOONE | 10 | 1869 novel by R D Blackmore |
| 45% | LORNA | 5 | & 9D 1869 novel by R D Blackmore |
| 42% | PALACIO | 7 | R. J. __, author of moving novel Wonder |
| 39% | SALINGER | 8 | J D —, author of 1951 novel The Catcher in the Rye |
| 38% | BALLANTYNE | 10 | R M —, author of adventure novels The Young Fur Traders and The Coral Island |
| 38% | NARAYAN | 7 | R K —, author of novels The Guide and The Painter of Signs |
| 38% | ROBB | 4 | J D —, author of novels Divided in Death and Origin in Death |
| 38% | JAMES | 5 | P D —, author of novels Original Sin and A Mind to Murder |
| 38% | JAMES | 5 | P D —, author of the novels Original Sin and A Mind to Murder |
| 37% | ELLORY | 6 | R J —, author of novels City of Lies and A Quiet Belief in Angels |
| 37% | ASCH | 4 | Author of biblical novels |
| 37% | KEATING | 7 | H R F —, author of 2008 novel Inspector Ghote's First Case |
| 36% | VOLTAIRE | 8 | Author of 1759 novel Candide |
| 36% | TROLLOPE | 8 | Author of the Barsetshire novels |
| 36% | MARIOPUZO | 9 | Author of the Godfather novels |
| 36% | LAING | 5 | Scottish psychiatrist R.D. ___ who authored "The Facts of Life" |
| 36% | TOMROBSMITH | 11 | Author of 2008 novel Child 44 |
| 36% | AYNRAND | 7 | Author of 1943 novel The Fountainhead |
| 36% | BOCCACCIO | 9 | Author of the novel The Decameron |
| 36% | AYNRAND | 7 | Author of 1957 novel Atlas Shrugged |
| 36% | ANNASEWELL | 10 | Author of 1877 novel Black Beauty |
| 36% | IAN | 3 | Author of "James Bond" novels, ___ Fleming |