| 100% | MAUGHAM | 7 | W Somerset —, author of The Sacred Flame and The Bread-Winner |
| 47% | UNSWORTH | 8 | Barry —, author of the novels Pascali's Island and Sacred Hunger |
| 46% | AUDEN | 5 | W H —, author of poetry collections Homage to Clio and The Shield of Achilles |
| 45% | HEMINGWAY | 9 | Author of The Old Man and the Sea |
| 45% | ANDERSEN | 8 | Author of The Ugly Duckling and The Snow Queen |
| 45% | ERNEST | 6 | Author of The Old Man and the Sea, __ Hemingway |
| 45% | MASON | 5 | A E W —, author of the novels The Prisoner in the Opal and The Four Feathers |
| 44% | PETERACKROYD | 12 | Author of the novels Chatterton and The Lambs of London |
| 44% | TREMAIN | 7 | Rose —, author of the novels Restoration and The Colour |
| 44% | HOMER | 5 | Author of the "Odyssey" and the "Iliad" |
| 44% | JAMES | 5 | Author of the novels Deliverance and Alnilam |
| 43% | MANN | 4 | Thomas —, author of the novels Buddenbrooks and The Magic Mountain |
| 43% | MITCHELL | 8 | David —, author of the novels Ghostwritten and The Bone Clocks |
| 43% | EDMCBAIN | 8 | Author of novels Cop Hater and The Mugger |
| 43% | JANEAUSTEN | 10 | Author of the novels Persuasion and Mansfield Park |
| 43% | GRAHAMSWIFT | 11 | Author of the novels Shuttlecock and Mothering Sunday |
| 43% | TOMSHARPE | 9 | Author of novels Porterhouse Blue and The Throwback |
| 43% | EDNAFERBER | 10 | Author of the novels Giant and Ice Palace |
| 43% | TANEHISICOATES | 14 | African-American author of "Between the World and Me," winner of the 2015 National Book Award for Nonfiction: 2 wds. |
| 43% | ROALDDAHL | 9 | Author of Matilda and James and the Giant Peach |
| 43% | IANMCEWAN | 9 | Author of novels Enduring Love and The Cement Garden |
| 43% | SARAH | 5 | Author of novels Getting Even and The Other Half |
| 42% | HEMINGWAY | 9 | Ernest ___, the author of "The Old Man and the Sea" |
| 42% | BENTRAVERS | 10 | Author of stage plays Thark and The Bed Before Yesterday |
| 42% | HEMINGWAY | 9 | Author of “The Old Man and the Sea” |
| 42% | WELSH | 5 | Irvine —, author of the novels Glue and Porno |
| 42% | BLOCH | 5 | Robert —, author of the novels Psycho and Lori |
| 42% | SWIFT | 5 | Graham —, author of the novels Shuttlecock and Waterland |