Trending Novelists this month
The 100 most-viewed novelists this month on Wikipedia. Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Harlan Coben.
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Ranked
2,804,192
Total Views (this month)
1
Harlan Coben
American writer
161,229
views
views
2
Anthony Bourdain
American chef and television personality (1956-2018)
71,689
views
views
3
Martina Navratilova
Czech-American tennis player
65,616
views
views
4
Hilary Duff
American actress and singer (born 1987)
64,272
views
views
5
David Niven
British actor and novelist (1910–1983)
59,423
views
views
6
George R. R. Martin
American writer and television producer (born 1948)
52,759
views
views
7
William Shatner
Canadian actor (born 1931)
44,628
views
views
8
Kazuo Ishiguro
British novelist (born 1954)
43,794
views
views
9
Saddam Hussein
Iraqi politician and revolutionary, president of Iraq from 1979 to 2003
43,228
views
views
10
Carrie Fisher
American actress, writer and screenwriter (1956–2016)
43,132
views
views
11
Jimmy Carter
president of the United States from 1977 to 1981 (1924–2024)
42,967
views
views
12
Stephen King
American novelist and writer (born 1947)
40,492
views
views
13
J. R. R. Tolkien
English writer and philologist (1892–1973)
40,232
views
views
14
Ayn Rand
Russian-born American writer and public philosopher (1905–1982)
39,704
views
views
15
Ernest Hemingway
American author and journalist (1899–1961)
39,446
views
views
16
Cormac McCarthy
American novelist, playwright, and screenwriter (1933–2023)
37,795
views
views
17
Julie Andrews
British actress, singer and author (born 1935)
37,080
views
views
18
J. K. Rowling
British author and philanthropist (born 1965)
36,759
views
views
19
Ethan Hawke
American actor and writer (born 1970)
34,254
views
views
20
Roald Dahl
British writer and poet (1916–1990)
34,081
views
views
21
MacKenzie Scott
American philanthropist and novelist
33,611
views
views
22
Katie Price
British television personality, businesswoman, model, and singer (born 1978)
32,859
views
views
23
Isla Fisher
Australian actress and author (born 1976)
32,630
views
views
24
Whoopi Goldberg
American actress, comedian, author and television personality
32,228
views
views
25
Jane Austen
English novelist (1775–1817)
31,702
views
views
26
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Russian novelist (1821–1881)
31,449
views
views
27
Michael Crichton
American author, screenwriter, film director (1942–2008)
29,358
views
views
28
Franz Kafka
Bohemian writer from Prague (1883–1924)
29,232
views
views
29
Ivana Trump
Czech-American businesswoman (1949–2022)
29,079
views
views
30
Oscar Wilde
Irish poet, playwright, and aesthete (1854-1900)
28,898
views
views
31
George Orwell
British writer and journalist (1903–1950)
28,797
views
views
32
Gene Hackman
American actor and novelist (1930–2025)
28,705
views
views
33
Joseph Goebbels
Nazi politician and Propaganda Minister (1897–1945)
28,680
views
views
34
Agatha Christie
English mystery and detective writer (1890–1976)
28,667
views
views
35
Richard Dreyfuss
American actor
27,823
views
views
36
Thomas More
English statesman, lawyer and philosopher (1478–1535)
27,315
views
views
37
Edgar Allan Poe
American writer and literary critic (1809–1849)
27,040
views
views
38
Ian Fleming
British author (1908–1964)
26,867
views
views
39
Aleister Crowley
English occultist (1875–1947)
26,863
views
views
40
Andy Weir
American writer (born 1972)
26,258
views
views
41
Hugh Laurie
English actor, comedian, director, musician and writer
26,250
views
views
42
Yukio Mishima
Japanese author (1925–1970)
25,997
views
views
43
Sylvia Plath
American poet and writer (1932–1963)
25,946
views
views
44
Mark Twain
American author and humorist (1835–1910)
24,860
views
views
45
Joss Whedon
American director, screenwriter, and producer (born 1964)
24,374
views
views
46
C. S. Lewis
British writer, lay theologian, and scholar (1898–1963)
24,355
views
views
47
Stephen Fry
British comedian, actor, writer, presenter, and activist
24,305
views
views
48
Nick Cave
Australian musician and singer
24,171
views
views
49
Elle Kennedy
Canadian novelist; bestselling author of contemporary romance and romantic suspense
22,618
views
views
50
Russell Brand
English comedian, actor, and podcaster (born 1975)
22,269
views
views
51
Tyler Perry
American actor, director, screenwriter, playwright, producer, author, and songwriter
22,071
views
views
52
Mickey Rooney
American actor (1920–2014)
21,946
views
views
53
Leonard Cohen
Canadian singer, songwriter and poet (1934–2016)
21,927
views
views
54
Virginia Woolf
English modernist writer (1882–1941)
21,833
views
views
55
Lauren Graham
American actress, producer and novelist
21,787
views
views
56
Neil Gaiman
English writer (born 1960)
21,547
views
views
57
Anne Rice
American writer
21,465
views
views
58
Bella Thorne
American actress and singer (born 1997)
21,338
views
views
59
Hunter S. Thompson
American journalist and author (1937–2005)
20,960
views
views
60
Albert Camus
French philosopher, author, and journalist (1913–1960)
20,578
views
views
61
Joan Collins
English actress, author and columnist
20,344
views
views
62
H. P. Lovecraft
American writer and editor (1890–1937)
20,306
views
views
63
Jimmy Buffett
American singer-songwriter (1946–2023)
20,284
views
views
64
Amy Sedaris
American comedian and actor
20,272
views
views
65
Philip K. Dick
American science fiction author (1928–1982)
20,254
views
views
66
Nick Tosches
American writer (1949–2019)
20,172
views
views
67
Marjane Satrapi
Iranian-French graphic novelist, cartoonist, illustrator, film director, and children's book author (1969–2026)
19,843
views
views
68
Isaac Asimov
American writer and biochemist (1920–1992)
19,716
views
views
69
Charles Dickens
English novelist and social critic (1812–1870)
19,632
views
views
70
Justine Musk
Canadian author (born 1972)
19,521
views
views
71
Alex Morgan
American soccer player
19,463
views
views
72
Salman Rushdie
Indian-born British-American novelist (born 1947)
18,820
views
views
73
John Steinbeck
American writer (1902–1968)
18,647
views
views
74
David Foster Wallace
American fiction writer and essayist (1962–2008)
18,623
views
views
75
Brandon Sanderson
American fantasy writer (born 1975)
18,575
views
views
76
Mary Shelley
English writer (1797–1851)
18,534
views
views
77
Chris Elliott
American actor, writer, and comedian
18,428
views
views
78
Truman Capote
American author (1924-1984)
18,335
views
views
79
Carl Sagan
American astrophysicist, cosmologist and author (1934–1996)
18,305
views
views
80
Janis Ian
American singer-songwriter
18,278
views
views
81
Laura Ingalls Wilder
American children's writer, diarist, and journalist (1867-1957)
18,104
views
views
82
Stephen Collins
American actor
17,644
views
views
83
David Benioff
American writer and producer (born 1970)
17,591
views
views
84
Guillermo del Toro
Mexican filmmaker and author (born 1964)
17,502
views
views
85
Leo Tolstoy
Russian author (1828–1910)
17,493
views
views
86
Marquis de Sade
French nobleman, revolutionary politician, philosopher and writer of erotic works
17,484
views
views
87
Kurt Vonnegut
American author (1922–2007)
17,162
views
views
88
Rupert Everett
British actor
17,036
views
views
89
Alexandre Dumas
French writer and dramatist (1802–1870)
16,867
views
views
90
F. Scott Fitzgerald
American writer (1896–1940)
16,823
views
views
91
Ann Patchett
American novelist and memoirist
16,803
views
views
92
Arthur Miller
American playwright and essayist (1915–2005)
16,792
views
views
93
James Baldwin
American writer (1924–1987)
16,760
views
views
94
W. E. B. Du Bois
American sociologist and activist (1868–1963)
16,740
views
views
95
Khloé Kardashian
American media personality, influencer, and businesswoman
16,594
views
views
96
Molly Ringwald
American actress and writer (born 1968)
16,333
views
views
97
L. Ron Hubbard
estafador de gente
16,270
views
views
98
Craig Ferguson
British actor
15,683
views
views
99
Rudyard Kipling
English writer and poet (1865–1936)
15,616
views
views
100
Margaret Atwood
Canadian poet, novelist, literary critic, essayist, teacher, environmental activist, pépiniériste and inventor (born 1939)
15,305
views
views
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