Trending Novelists in China — the 7 days to 27 May 2026
The 100 most-viewed novelists on Wikipedia, the 7 days to 27 May 2026 (Chinese-language edition). Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Yang Shuang-zi. Data as of 27 May 2026.
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1,148
Total Views (the 7 days to 27 May 2026)
1
Yang Shuang-zi
Taiwanese writer (born 1984)
480
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views
2
Sanmao
Taiwanese novelist, translator and writer (1943-1991)
75
views
views
3
Jin Yong
Hong Kong writer (1924-2018)
42
views
views
4
Han Kang
South Korean writer
21
views
views
5
Mo Yan
Chinese novelist and screenwriter
20
views
views
6
Yiyun Li
Chinese American writer
18
views
views
7
Chiung Yao
Taiwanese writer and film producer (1938-2024)
14
views
views
8
Yu Hua
Chinese writer (1960–)
11
views
views
9
Osamu Dazai
Japanese author
11
views
views
10
Keigo Higashino
Japanese mystery writer (1958–2026)
11
views
views
11
J. R. R. Tolkien
English writer and philologist (1892–1973)
11
views
views
12
Chan Ho-kei
Chinese writer
10
views
views
13
Franz Kafka
Bohemian writer from Prague (1883–1924)
10
views
views
14
Haruki Murakami
Japanese writer (born 1949)
9
views
views
15
Albert Camus
French philosopher, author, and journalist (1913–1960)
9
views
views
16
Justine Musk
Canadian author (born 1972)
9
views
views
17
Jimmy Carter
president of the United States from 1977 to 1981 (1924–2024)
9
views
views
18
Jessica Jung
South Korean-American singer
9
views
views
19
Lu Xun
Chinese novelist and essayist (1881–1936)
9
views
views
20
Yasunari Kawabata
Japanese novelist (1899–1972)
8
views
views
21
Eileen Chang
Chinese-born American essayist, novelist, and screenwriter (1920–1995)
8
views
views
22
Søren Kierkegaard
Danish theologian, philosopher, poet and social critic (1813–1855)
8
views
views
23
Makoto Shinkai
Japanese anime director
8
views
views
24
Shi Tiesheng
Chinese novelist (1951–2010)
8
views
views
25
Agatha Christie
English mystery and detective writer (1890–1976)
8
views
views
26
Cao Xueqin
Chinese novelist and poet (1710–1765)
8
views
views
27
Yukio Mishima
Japanese author (1925–1970)
8
views
views
28
Gao Xingjian
Chinese novelist and playwright (1940- )
8
views
views
29
Atsushi Nakajima
Japanese writer (1909–1942)
7
views
views
30
Fujino Ōmori
Japanese light novel author
7
views
views
31
Zijin Chen
Chinese mystery writer
6
views
views
32
Leo Tolstoy
Russian author (1828–1910)
6
views
views
33
Thomas Mann
German novelist and Nobel Prize laureate (1875–1955)
6
views
views
34
Hermann Hesse
Nobel Prize winning German-Swiss poet, novelist and painter (1877–1962)
6
views
views
35
Kazuo Ishiguro
British novelist (born 1954)
6
views
views
36
Ernest Hemingway
American author and journalist (1899–1961)
6
views
views
37
Hans Christian Andersen
Danish writer and poet (1805–1875)
6
views
views
38
Fumie Mizusawa
Japanese voice actress
5
views
views
39
李屏瑤
5
views
views
40
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Russian novelist (1821–1881)
5
views
views
41
Oniroku Dan
Japanese writer (1931-2011)
5
views
views
42
Gen Urobuchi
Japanese writer of visual novels, light novels, and anime
5
views
views
43
László Krasznahorkai
Hungarian novelist and screenwriter
5
views
views
44
Saddam Hussein
Iraqi politician and revolutionary, president of Iraq from 1979 to 2003
5
views
views
45
Victor Hugo
French novelist, poet, dramatist and politician (1802–1885)
5
views
views
46
Simone de Beauvoir
French philosopher, social theorist and activist (1908–1986)
5
views
views
47
Lee Chang-dong
South Korean film director, screenwriter and novelist
5
views
views
48
Ikki Kajiwara
Japanese manga writer (1936–1987)
5
views
views
49
Junichi Watanabe
Japanese writer (1933–2014)
5
views
views
50
George Orwell
British writer and journalist (1903–1950)
5
views
views
51
Stefan Zweig
Austrian writer (1881–1942)
4
views
views
52
Wu Xiaole
Taiwanese writer
4
views
views
53
Lanling Xiaoxiao Sheng
pseudonym of the author of Jin Ping Mei
4
views
views
54
Oscar Wilde
Irish poet, playwright, and aesthete (1854-1900)
4
views
views
55
Rabindranath Tagore
Bengali poet, philosopher and polymath (1861–1941)
4
views
views
56
Maxim Gorky
Russian and Soviet writer (1868–1936)
4
views
views
57
Stephen King
American novelist and writer (born 1947)
4
views
views
58
Lin Haiyin
Taiwanese writer (1918–2001)
4
views
views
59
Ango Sakaguchi
Japanese writer (1906–1955)
4
views
views
60
Yukito Ayatsuji
Japanese writer of mystery and horror
4
views
views
61
Cao Wenxuan
Chinese writer
4
views
views
62
Marquis de Sade
French nobleman, revolutionary politician, philosopher and writer of erotic works
4
views
views
63
Fumiko Hayashi
Japanese writer (1903–1951)
4
views
views
64
Doris Lessing
British novelist, poet, playwright, librettist, biographer, and short story writer (1919–2013)
4
views
views
65
Carl Sagan
American astrophysicist, cosmologist and author (1934–1996)
4
views
views
66
Tappei Nagatsuki
Japanese novelist
4
views
views
67
Jean-Paul Sartre
French existentialist philosopher (1905–1980)
4
views
views
68
Philip Pullman
English author
3
views
views
69
Edogawa Ranpo
Japanese writer (1894–1965)
3
views
views
70
Kōtarō Isaka
Japanese writer
3
views
views
71
Hugh Laurie
English actor, comedian, director, musician and writer (born 1959)
3
views
views
72
Lao She
Chinese writer, novelist and playwright (1899-1966)
3
views
views
73
H. P. Lovecraft
American writer and editor (1890–1937)
3
views
views
74
Mamoru Oshii
Japanese filmmaker, television director, and writer
3
views
views
75
Tom Clancy
American author (1947–2013)
3
views
views
76
F. Scott Fitzgerald
American writer (1896–1940)
3
views
views
77
Lin Yutang
Chinese inventor, novelist and philosopher (1895–1976)
3
views
views
78
Mao Ni
Chinese web novelist
3
views
views
79
L. Frank Baum
American author of children's books (1856–1919)
3
views
views
80
Gabriel García Márquez
Colombian writer and Nobel laureate (1927–2014)
3
views
views
81
Alice Munro
Canadian writer (1931–2024)
3
views
views
82
Yoshiyuki Tomino
Japanese animation director (1941-)
3
views
views
83
Yūko Tsushima
Japanese author (1947–2016)
3
views
views
84
Murasaki Shikibu
Japanese novelist and poet (c.973–c.1014)
3
views
views
85
Gekidan Hitori
Japanese comedian, actor, novelist and film director
3
views
views
86
Shintarō Ishihara
Japanese politician and author, Governor of Tokyo (1932–2022)
3
views
views
87
Haruko Ōta
Japanese novelist
3
views
views
88
Lafcadio Hearn
Greek-Irish writer, translator, and teacher who introduced the culture and literature of Japan to the West (1850–1904)
3
views
views
89
Xiong Zhaozheng
Chinese writer
3
views
views
90
Ethan Hawke
American actor and writer (born 1970)
3
views
views
91
Otsuichi
Japanese writer and filmmaker
3
views
views
92
Julie Andrews
British actress, singer and author (born 1935)
3
views
views
93
Jiang Nan
Chinese novelist
3
views
views
94
Chu T’ien-hsin
novelist
3
views
views
95
Ian Fleming
British author (1908–1964)
3
views
views
96
Charles Dickens
English novelist and social critic (1812–1870)
3
views
views
97
Pang Ho-cheung
Hong Kong actor, writer and filmmaker
3
views
views
98
Tong Hua
Chinese writer, novelist, and film & television planner
3
views
views
99
Charlotte Brontë
British novelist and poet (1816-1855)
3
views
views
100
Mark Twain
American author and humorist (1835–1910)
3
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