| 100% | NASHE | 5 | Thomas —, author of 1594 novel The Unfortunate Traveller |
| 52% | MANN | 4 | Thomas —, author of novels Buddenbrooks and The Magic Mountain |
| 51% | MANN | 4 | Thomas —, author of the novels Buddenbrooks and The Magic Mountain |
| 51% | HARDY | 5 | Thomas —, author of novels A Laodicean and Jude the Obscure |
| 51% | PYNCHON | 7 | Thomas —, author of novels Vineland and The Crying of Lot 49 |
| 48% | AYNRAND | 7 | Author of 1943 novel The Fountainhead |
| 48% | WALTERBESANT | 12 | Author of 1896 novel The Master Craftsman |
| 47% | DISCH | 5 | Thomas M —, author of 1965 science fiction novel The Genocides |
| 47% | HERMANWOUK | 10 | Author of 1971 novel The Winds of War |
| 47% | JOHNBUCHAN | 10 | Author of 1915 novel The Thirty-Nine Steps |
| 46% | TROLLOPE | 8 | Author of the Barsetshire novels |
| 46% | MARIOPUZO | 9 | Author of the Godfather novels |
| 46% | BOCCACCIO | 9 | Author of the novel The Decameron |
| 46% | IANRANKIN | 9 | Author of the Inspector Rebus novels |
| 45% | AQUINAS | 7 | Author of the Summa Theologica: St. Thomas __ |
| 45% | SEWELL | 6 | Author of the novel "Black Beauty": Anna __ |
| 45% | DANBROWN | 8 | Author of the novel "Inferno": 2 wds. |
| 45% | DICKENS | 7 | Author of the novel "Bleak House": Charles __ |
| 45% | FAULKS | 6 | Author of the WWI novel Birdsong: Sebastian __ |
| 45% | MAURIER | 7 | Author of the novel Rebecca: Daphne du __ |
| 45% | ANNASEWELL | 10 | Author of the 1877 novel Black Beauty |
| 45% | COLETTE | 7 | French author of 1933 novel The Cat |
| 45% | KINSELLA | 8 | Author of the Shopaholic novel series, Sophie |
| 45% | KATECHOPIN | 10 | US author of 1899 novel The Awakening |
| 45% | JAMES | 5 | Author of the novels Deliverance and Alnilam |
| 45% | ALDRICH | 7 | Thomas Bailey —, author of 1870 semi-autobiographical novel The Story of a Bad Boy |
| 44% | HGWELLS | 7 | Author of the novel War of the Worlds |