Trending Novelists in China — May 2026
The 100 most-viewed novelists on Wikipedia, May 2026 (Chinese-language edition). Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Yang Shuang-zi. Data as of 30 June 2026.
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Ranked
25,717
Total Views (May 2026)
1
Yang Shuang-zi
Taiwanese writer (born 1984)
1,533
views
views
2
Julien Gracq
French writer (1910-2007)
1,492
views
views
3
袁哲生
1,171
views
views
4
Yiyun Li
Chinese American writer
1,165
views
views
5
Gen Urobuchi
Japanese writer of visual novels, light novels, and anime
1,113
views
views
6
Mo Yan
Chinese novelist and screenwriter
962
views
views
7
Yu Hua
Chinese writer (1960–)
730
views
views
8
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Russian novelist (1821–1881)
714
views
views
9
Eileen Chang
Chinese-born American essayist, novelist, and screenwriter (1920–1995)
648
views
views
10
Jin Yong
Hong Kong writer (1924-2018)
597
views
views
11
Lanling Xiaoxiao Sheng
pseudonym of the author of Jin Ping Mei
566
views
views
12
Sanmao
Taiwanese novelist, translator and writer (1943-1991)
514
views
views
13
Lu Xun
Chinese novelist and essayist (1881–1936)
504
views
views
14
Hiroki Azuma
Japanese critic and philosopher (1971– )
415
views
views
15
Chiung Yao
Taiwanese writer and film producer (1938-2024)
386
views
views
16
Yukio Mishima
Japanese author (1925–1970)
383
views
views
17
Isaac Asimov
American writer and biochemist (1920–1992)
372
views
views
18
Keigo Higashino
Japanese mystery writer (1958–2026)
370
views
views
19
Justine Musk
Canadian author (born 1972)
333
views
views
20
Haruki Murakami
Japanese writer (born 1949)
317
views
views
21
Zijin Chen
Chinese mystery writer
308
views
views
22
Cao Xueqin
Chinese novelist and poet (1710–1765)
299
views
views
23
Jimmy Carter
president of the United States from 1977 to 1981 (1924–2024)
290
views
views
24
Lin Yutang
Chinese inventor, novelist and philosopher (1895–1976)
286
views
views
25
Gabriel García Márquez
Colombian writer and Nobel laureate (1927–2014)
286
views
views
26
Jessica Jung
South Korean-American singer
273
views
views
27
Makoto Shinkai
Japanese anime director
254
views
views
28
Yi Shu
Hong Kong writer
253
views
views
29
Osamu Dazai
Japanese author
252
views
views
30
Albert Camus
French philosopher, author, and journalist (1913–1960)
237
views
views
31
Franz Kafka
Bohemian writer from Prague (1883–1924)
236
views
views
32
Lao She
Chinese writer, novelist and playwright (1899-1966)
233
views
views
33
Gao Xingjian
Chinese novelist and playwright (1940- )
221
views
views
34
Simone de Beauvoir
French philosopher, social theorist and activist (1908–1986)
218
views
views
35
Fujino Ōmori
Japanese light novel author
214
views
views
36
Yayoi Kusama
Japanese artist (1929–2026)
212
views
views
37
Agatha Christie
English mystery and detective writer (1890–1976)
212
views
views
38
Yasunari Kawabata
Japanese novelist (1899–1972)
202
views
views
39
Saddam Hussein
Iraqi politician and revolutionary, president of Iraq from 1979 to 2003
200
views
views
40
Shi Tiesheng
Chinese novelist (1951–2010)
198
views
views
41
J. K. Rowling
English author (born 1965)
187
views
views
42
Stephen King
American novelist and writer (born 1947)
182
views
views
43
Ernest Hemingway
American author and journalist (1899–1961)
176
views
views
44
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Genevan philosopher, writer, and composer (1712-1778)
172
views
views
45
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
German writer, artist, natural scientist and politician (1749–1832)
171
views
views
46
Lee Chang-dong
South Korean film director, screenwriter and novelist
165
views
views
47
Leo Tolstoy
Russian author (1828–1910)
157
views
views
48
Ikki Kajiwara
Japanese manga writer (1936–1987)
157
views
views
49
Natsume Sōseki
Japanese novelist
154
views
views
50
Joseph Goebbels
Nazi politician and Propaganda Minister (1897–1945)
151
views
views
51
Yūgo Aosaki
Japanese novelist
150
views
views
52
Yoshiyuki Tomino
Japanese animation director (1941-)
144
views
views
53
Jean-Paul Sartre
French existentialist philosopher (1905–1980)
143
views
views
54
Ryūnosuke Akutagawa
Japanese writer (1892–1927)
142
views
views
55
Oscar Wilde
Irish poet, playwright, and aesthete (1854-1900)
137
views
views
56
Victor Hugo
French novelist, poet, dramatist and politician (1802–1885)
131
views
views
57
J. R. R. Tolkien
English writer and philologist (1892–1973)
131
views
views
58
Alexandre Dumas
French writer and dramatist (1802–1870)
120
views
views
59
Han Kang
South Korean writer
120
views
views
60
Ivana Trump
Czech-American businesswoman (1949–2022)
116
views
views
61
Hans Christian Andersen
Danish writer and poet (1805–1875)
115
views
views
62
Hermann Hesse
Nobel Prize winning German-Swiss poet, novelist and painter (1877–1962)
114
views
views
63
Jane Austen
author, novelist, writer (1775–1817)
114
views
views
64
Mark Twain
American author and humorist (1835–1910)
113
views
views
65
Dan Brown
American novelist (born 1964)
113
views
views
66
Nanpai Sanshu
Chinese writer, film director, screen writer
108
views
views
67
Charles Dickens
English novelist and social critic (1812–1870)
103
views
views
68
Daisuke Satō
Japanese writer (1964–2017)
100
views
views
69
Tian Can Tu Dou
Chinese writer
99
views
views
70
Andy Weir
American writer (born 1972)
98
views
views
71
Kazuo Ishiguro
British novelist (born 1954)
97
views
views
72
Chan Ho-kei
Chinese writer
94
views
views
73
Yukito Ayatsuji
Japanese writer of mystery and horror
93
views
views
74
Marquis de Sade
French nobleman, revolutionary politician, philosopher and writer of erotic works
93
views
views
75
Virginia Woolf
English modernist writer (1882–1941)
93
views
views
76
Murasaki Shikibu
Japanese novelist and poet (c.973–c.1014)
90
views
views
77
Joris-Karl Huysmans
French novelist and art critic (1848–1907)
89
views
views
78
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Russian writer, publicist, poet and politician (1918–2008)
87
views
views
79
Pang Ho-cheung
Hong Kong actor, writer and filmmaker
87
views
views
80
Kana Akatsuki
Japanese author
86
views
views
81
Edogawa Ranpo
Japanese writer (1894–1965)
86
views
views
82
Sion Sono
Japanese filmmaker, author and poet
82
views
views
83
Gu man
Chinese novelist
81
views
views
84
Anthony Horowitz
English novelist and screenwriter (born 1955)
81
views
views
85
Alexander Pushkin
Russian poet, playwright, and novelist (1799–1837)
80
views
views
86
Ethan Hawke
American actor and writer (born 1970)
78
views
views
87
Lafcadio Hearn
Greek-Irish writer, translator, and teacher who introduced the culture and literature of Japan to the West (1850–1904)
78
views
views
88
Ma Boyong
Chinese writer
77
views
views
89
Miyuki Miyabe
Japanese novelist
77
views
views
90
Pearl S. Buck
Chinese women Nobel Prize winner, author, teacher, missionary (1892–1973)
77
views
views
91
Shintarō Ishihara
Japanese politician and author, Governor of Tokyo (1932–2022)
77
views
views
92
George R. R. Martin
American writer and television producer (born 1948)
77
views
views
93
Issei Sagawa
Japanese author, murderer (1949-2022)
77
views
views
94
Arthur Conan Doyle
British writer and physician (1859–1930)
76
views
views
95
James Joyce
Irish novelist and poet (1882–1941)
76
views
views
96
Shi Nai'an
Chinese writer (1296-1372)
76
views
views
97
Rabindranath Tagore
Bengali poet, philosopher and polymath (1861–1941)
76
views
views
98
Tangjia Sanshao
Chinese web novelist
75
views
views
99
H. P. Lovecraft
American writer and editor (1890–1937)
75
views
views
100
C. S. Lewis
British writer, lay theologian, and scholar (1898–1963)
74
views
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