Trending Novelists of all time
The 100 most-viewed novelists of all time on Wikipedia. Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Marjane Satrapi.
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2,447,512
Total Views (of all time)
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Marjane Satrapi
Iranian-French graphic novelist, cartoonist, illustrator, film director, and children's book author (1969–2026)
471,466
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2
Elle Kennedy
Canadian novelist; bestselling author of contemporary romance and romantic suspense
64,475
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3
Anthony Bourdain
American chef and television personality (1956-2018)
51,779
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views
4
Rupert Everett
British actor
44,143
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5
Brandon Sanderson
American fantasy writer (born 1975)
38,149
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views
6
J. R. R. Tolkien
English writer and philologist (1892–1973)
37,746
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7
Carrie Fisher
American actress, writer and screenwriter (1956–2016)
36,261
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8
Jimmy Carter
president of the United States from 1977 to 1981 (1924–2024)
32,620
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9
Andy Weir
American writer (born 1972)
32,405
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10
Agatha Christie
English mystery and detective writer (1890–1976)
32,298
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views
11
Hilary Duff
American actress and singer (born 1987)
31,127
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views
12
Justine Musk
Canadian author (born 1972)
29,774
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13
Isla Fisher
Australian actress and author (born 1976)
29,250
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14
Ernest Hemingway
American author and journalist (1899–1961)
28,468
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views
15
Arthur Miller
American playwright and essayist (1915–2005)
28,368
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16
Roald Dahl
British writer and poet (1916–1990)
28,197
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views
17
J. K. Rowling
British author and philanthropist (born 1965)
27,985
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views
18
Saddam Hussein
Iraqi politician and revolutionary, president of Iraq from 1979 to 2003
26,855
views
views
19
Oscar Wilde
Irish poet, playwright, and aesthete (1854-1900)
25,950
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views
20
Stephen King
American novelist and writer (born 1947)
25,937
views
views
21
Grace Dent
English columnist, broadcaster and author
25,663
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views
22
Joseph Goebbels
Nazi politician and Propaganda Minister (1897–1945)
25,601
views
views
23
Franz Kafka
Bohemian writer from Prague (1883–1924)
25,535
views
views
24
William Shatner
Canadian actor (born 1931)
25,276
views
views
25
Amy Sedaris
American comedian and actor
24,803
views
views
26
Gene Hackman
American actor and novelist (1930–2025)
24,125
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views
27
David Benioff
American writer and producer (born 1970)
23,744
views
views
28
Yukio Mishima
Japanese author (1925–1970)
23,503
views
views
29
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Russian novelist (1821–1881)
23,440
views
views
30
Ethan Hawke
American actor and writer (born 1970)
22,178
views
views
31
Julie Andrews
British actress, singer and author (born 1935)
21,928
views
views
32
Joan Collins
English actress, author and columnist
21,630
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views
33
George Orwell
British writer and journalist (1903–1950)
20,754
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views
34
Nick Cave
Australian musician and singer
20,625
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views
35
Edgar Allan Poe
American writer and literary critic (1809–1849)
20,021
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views
36
Chris Elliott
American actor, writer, and comedian
19,987
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views
37
Jane Austen
English novelist (1775–1817)
19,365
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views
38
MacKenzie Scott
American philanthropist and novelist
19,068
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views
39
George R. R. Martin
American writer and television producer (born 1948)
18,773
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views
40
Ann Patchett
American novelist and memoirist
18,567
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41
David Foster Wallace
American fiction writer and essayist (1962–2008)
18,425
views
views
42
Hugh Laurie
English actor, comedian, director, musician and writer
18,419
views
views
43
Aleister Crowley
English occultist (1875–1947)
18,249
views
views
44
Ivana Trump
Czech-American businesswoman (1949–2022)
18,171
views
views
45
Sylvia Plath
American poet and writer (1932–1963)
18,033
views
views
46
Ayn Rand
Russian-born American writer and public philosopher (1905–1982)
17,852
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47
Virginia Woolf
English modernist writer (1882–1941)
17,381
views
views
48
Mark Twain
American author and humorist (1835–1910)
17,312
views
views
49
John Grisham
American writer (born 1955)
17,045
views
views
50
Leo Tolstoy
Russian author (1828–1910)
16,948
views
views
51
C. S. Lewis
British writer, lay theologian, and scholar (1898–1963)
16,811
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views
52
Albert Camus
French philosopher, author, and journalist (1913–1960)
16,805
views
views
53
W. E. B. Du Bois
American sociologist and activist (1868–1963)
16,789
views
views
54
Ian Fleming
British author (1908–1964)
16,661
views
views
55
Whoopi Goldberg
American actress, comedian, author and television personality
16,077
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views
56
Neil Gaiman
English writer (born 1960)
15,865
views
views
57
Charles Dickens
English novelist and social critic (1812–1870)
15,800
views
views
58
Russell Brand
English comedian, actor, and podcaster (born 1975)
15,577
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views
59
Stephen Fry
British comedian, actor, writer, presenter, and activist
15,234
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views
60
John Steinbeck
American writer (1902–1968)
15,168
views
views
61
Katie Price
British television personality, businesswoman, model, and singer (born 1978)
15,147
views
views
62
Tom Clancy
American author (1947–2013)
15,093
views
views
63
H. P. Lovecraft
American writer and editor (1890–1937)
15,080
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views
64
Emily Brontë
English novelist and poet (1818–1848)
14,883
views
views
65
Tyler Perry
American actor, director, screenwriter, playwright, producer, author, and songwriter
14,770
views
views
66
Michael Crichton
American author, screenwriter, film director (1942–2008)
14,744
views
views
67
Cormac McCarthy
American novelist, playwright, and screenwriter (1933–2023)
14,589
views
views
68
Leonard Cohen
Canadian singer, songwriter and poet (1934–2016)
14,492
views
views
69
L. Ron Hubbard
estafador de gente
14,415
views
views
70
Salman Rushdie
Indian-born British-American novelist (born 1947)
14,398
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views
71
Bella Thorne
American actress and singer (born 1997)
14,382
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views
72
Dawn French
British actress, comedian and writer (born 1957)
14,334
views
views
73
Paul Auster
American novelist, poet, essayist, screenwriter (1947-2024)
14,177
views
views
74
Mickey Rooney
American actor (1920–2014)
14,082
views
views
75
Margaret Atwood
Canadian poet, novelist, literary critic, essayist, teacher, environmental activist, pépiniériste and inventor (born 1939)
14,073
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views
76
Isaac Asimov
American writer and biochemist (1920–1992)
13,913
views
views
77
Mick Foley
American professional wrestler
13,868
views
views
78
Diana Gabaldon
American author (born 1952)
13,771
views
views
79
Lauren Graham
American actress, producer and novelist
13,689
views
views
80
Jimmy Buffett
American singer-songwriter (1946–2023)
13,547
views
views
81
Carl Sagan
American astrophysicist, cosmologist and author (1934–1996)
13,519
views
views
82
Guillermo del Toro
Mexican filmmaker and author (born 1964)
13,391
views
views
83
Mary Shelley
English writer (1797–1851)
13,358
views
views
84
Peter Craig
American novelist and screenwriter
13,285
views
views
85
Rudyard Kipling
English writer and poet (1865–1936)
13,239
views
views
86
Stephen Collins
American actor
13,138
views
views
87
Thomas Mann
German novelist and Nobel Prize laureate (1875–1955)
13,135
views
views
88
Hunter S. Thompson
American journalist and author (1937–2005)
13,133
views
views
89
Craig Ferguson
British actor
13,018
views
views
90
Marquis de Sade
French nobleman, revolutionary politician, philosopher and writer of erotic works
12,790
views
views
91
Toni Morrison
African American novelist, essayist, and academic (1931–2019)
12,702
views
views
92
Haruki Murakami
Japanese writer (born 1949)
12,697
views
views
93
Thomas Hardy
English novelist and poet (1840–1928)
12,217
views
views
94
Khloé Kardashian
American media personality, influencer, and businesswoman (born 1984)
12,182
views
views
95
Thomas More
English statesman, lawyer and philosopher (1478–1535)
12,111
views
views
96
Carroll Baker
American actress (born 1931)
12,095
views
views
97
Alexandre Dumas
French writer and dramatist (1802–1870)
12,048
views
views
98
Truman Capote
American author (1924-1984)
11,860
views
views
99
David Niven
British actor and novelist (1910–1983)
11,845
views
views
100
Kurt Vonnegut
American author (1922–2007)
11,841
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