| Author of "Watch on the Rhine," politely | 50 |
| Author of "War and Peace" | 35 |
| Author of "Wall Street Jungle" | 40 |
| Author of "Waiting for Lefty" | 39 |
| Author of "Vérité" | 34 |
| Author of "Utopia" | 28 |
| Author of "Unto the Sons" | 35 |
| Author of "Unsafe at Any Speed" | 41 |
| Author of "Underworld" and "Mao II" | 55 |
| Author of "Ulalume" | 29 |
| Author of "Two Years Behind the Mast" | 47 |
| Author of "Two Years Before the Mast" | 47 |
| Author of "Twenty Thousand Years in Sing Sing" | 56 |
| Author of "Turn On, Tune In, Drop Out" | 48 |
| Author of "Tristram Shandy" | 37 |
| Author of "Trinity" | 29 |
| Author of "Trent's Last Case" | 43 |
| Author of "Trelawney of the Wells" | 44 |
| Author of "Topaze" | 28 |
| Author of "Topaz" | 27 |
| Author of "Tobacco Road" | 34 |
| Author of "Toad of Toad Hall" | 39 |
| Author of "To Kill a Mockingbird" | 43 |
| Author of "Time's Arrow," 1991, a novel written in reverse chronological order | 92 |
| Author of "Thy Neighbor's Wife" | 45 |
| Author of "This Hunger": 1945 | 39 |
| Author of "This Hunger" | 33 |
| Author of "Things I Remember": 1975 | 45 |
| Author of "Them" | 26 |
| Author of "The Young Bank Messenger" | 46 |
| Author of "The Yosemite" | 34 |
| Author of "The Women" | 31 |
| Author of "The White Company" | 39 |
| Author of "The Way West" | 34 |
| Author of "The Way Things Ought to Be" | 48 |
| Author of "The Waste Land" | 36 |
| Author of "The Wapshot Chronicle" | 43 |
| Author of "The Wandering Jew" | 39 |
| Author of "The Wall" | 30 |
| Author of "The Wall Street Gang" | 42 |
| Author of "The Virginian" | 35 |
| Author of "The Violent Land" Jorge | 44 |
| Author of "The Vicar of Wakefield" | 44 |
| Author of "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" | 49 |
| Author of "The Valley of Horses" | 42 |
| Author of "The Valachi Papers" | 40 |
| Author of "The Unmade Bed" | 36 |
| Author of "The Unfinished Revolution": 1979 | 53 |
| Author of "The Ugly Duckling" | 39 |
| Author of "The Two Cultures" | 38 |
| Author of "The Trial" | 31 |
| Author of "The Torrents of Spring" | 44 |
| Author of "The Torch Bearers" | 39 |
| Author of "The Titans" | 32 |
| Author of "The Third Man," 1949 | 41 |
| Author of "The Tell-Tale Heart" | 41 |
| Author of "The Talisman" | 34 |
| Author of "The Swiss Family Robinson" | 47 |
| Author of "The Stranger" | 34 |
| Author of "The Stranger Beside Me," 1980 | 50 |
| Author of "The Story of Philosophy" | 45 |
| Author of "The Story of Bip" | 38 |
| Author of "The Star-Spangled Banner" | 46 |
| Author of "The Spanish Tragedy" | 41 |
| Author of "The Sot-Weed Factor" | 41 |
| Author of "The Sojourner" | 35 |
| Author of "The Silver Chalice" | 40 |
| Author of "The Silent World" | 38 |
| Author of "The Shelters of Stone" | 43 |
| Author of "The Sheik" | 31 |
| Author of "The Seven-Per-Cent Solution" | 49 |
| Author of "The Seven Storey Mountain" | 47 |
| Author of "The Seven Lady Godivas" | 44 |
| Author of "The Second Mrs. Tanqueray" | 47 |
| Author of "The Sea, the Sea" | 38 |
| Author of "The Sandman" series Neil | 45 |
| Author of "The Sandman" graphic novels | 48 |
| Author of "The Rover" | 31 |
| Author of "The Road to Mecca" | 39 |
| Author of "The Road Less Traveled" | 44 |
| Author of "The Right Stuff" | 37 |
| Author of "The Republic" | 34 |
| Author of "The Red Badge of Courage" | 46 |
| Author of "The Raven" | 31 |
| Author of "The Purloined Letter" | 42 |
| Author of "The Prophet" | 33 |
| Author of "The Promised Land" | 39 |
| Author of "The Prince of Tides" | 41 |
| Author of "The Praise of Folly" | 41 |
| Author of "The Prague Cemetery" | 41 |
| Author of "The Potting Shed" | 38 |
| Author of "The Poor Little Rich Girl" | 47 |
| Author of "The Pilot" | 31 |
| Author of "The Periodic Table" | 40 |
| Author of "The Overcoat" | 34 |
| Author of "The Other" | 31 |
| Author of "The Old Wives' Tale" | 45 |
| Author of "The Nun's Story": 1956 | 47 |
| Author of "The Nun's Story" | 41 |
| Author of "The Neverending Story" | 43 |