Trending Novelists — the 7 days to 26 October 2026
The 99 most-viewed novelists on Wikipedia, the 7 days to 26 October 2026. Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Ryū Murakami. Data as of 26 October 2026.
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Ranked
5,330,886
Total Views (the 7 days to 26 October 2026)
1
Ryū Murakami
Japanese novelist, film director, and screenwriter (1952–2026)
663,130
views
views
2
Chiyo Uno
Japanese writer (1897-1996)
242,958
views
views
3
Haruki Murakami
Japanese writer (born 1949)
171,612
views
views
4
Stephen King
American novelist and writer (born 1947)
127,653
views
views
5
Russell Brand
English comedian, actor, and podcaster (born 1975)
107,587
views
views
6
John Steinbeck
American writer (1902–1968)
100,632
views
views
7
Ethan Hawke
American actor and writer (born 1970)
99,408
views
views
8
Carrie Fisher
American actress, writer and screenwriter (1956–2016)
94,490
views
views
9
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Russian novelist (1821–1881)
88,654
views
views
10
Isla Fisher
Australian actress and author (born 1976)
85,171
views
views
11
J. R. R. Tolkien
English writer and philologist (1892–1973)
77,870
views
views
12
Jane Austen
author, novelist, writer (1775–1817)
75,857
views
views
13
Anthony Bourdain
American chef and television personality (1956-2018)
73,643
views
views
14
Edgar Allan Poe
American writer and literary critic (1809–1849)
70,831
views
views
15
Thomas Mann
German novelist and Nobel Prize laureate (1875–1955)
67,145
views
views
16
J. K. Rowling
English author (born 1965)
66,120
views
views
17
Saddam Hussein
Iraqi politician and revolutionary, president of Iraq from 1979 to 2003
64,568
views
views
18
Joseph Goebbels
Nazi politician and Propaganda Minister (1897–1945)
62,668
views
views
19
Ernest Hemingway
American author and journalist (1899–1961)
61,508
views
views
20
Hilary Duff
American actress, singer-songwriter, entrepreneur and writer (born 1987)
61,136
views
views
21
Franz Kafka
Bohemian writer from Prague (1883–1924)
60,208
views
views
22
Khloé Kardashian
American media personality, influencer, and businesswoman
59,905
views
views
23
Agatha Christie
English mystery and detective writer (1890–1976)
56,160
views
views
24
Leo Tolstoy
Russian author (1828–1910)
54,260
views
views
25
Jimmy Carter
president of the United States from 1977 to 1981 (1924–2024)
53,369
views
views
26
Victor Hugo
French novelist, poet, dramatist and politician (1802–1885)
52,134
views
views
27
Oscar Wilde
Irish poet, playwright, and aesthete (1854-1900)
51,998
views
views
28
Roald Dahl
British writer and poet (1916–1990)
50,429
views
views
29
Julie Andrews
British actress, singer and author (born 1935)
50,077
views
views
30
Guillermo del Toro
Mexican filmmaker and author (born 1964)
49,348
views
views
31
Alexander Pushkin
Russian poet, playwright, and novelist (1799–1837)
47,471
views
views
32
C. S. Lewis
British writer, lay theologian, and scholar (1898–1963)
47,227
views
views
33
Charles Dickens
English novelist and social critic (1812–1870)
46,540
views
views
34
Sally Rooney
Irish author
46,484
views
views
35
William Shatner
Canadian actor (born 1931)
45,940
views
views
36
Clive Barker
English author, film director, and visual artist (born 1952) (74 years)
45,912
views
views
37
George Orwell
British writer and journalist (1903–1950)
45,395
views
views
38
Lauren Graham
American actress, producer and novelist
45,386
views
views
39
Ivana Trump
Czech-American businesswoman (1949–2022)
44,583
views
views
40
Cathy Ames
fictional character of John Steinbeck
43,693
views
views
41
Albert Camus
French philosopher, author, and journalist (1913–1960)
42,886
views
views
42
Alexandre Dumas
French writer and dramatist (1802–1870)
41,223
views
views
43
Yukio Mishima
Japanese author (1925–1970)
41,138
views
views
44
H. P. Lovecraft
American writer and editor (1890–1937)
41,007
views
views
45
Kazuo Ishiguro
British novelist (born 1954)
40,946
views
views
46
Mary Shelley
English writer (1797–1851)
40,851
views
views
47
Jean-Paul Sartre
French existentialist philosopher (1905–1980)
40,096
views
views
48
Truman Capote
American writer (1924-1984)
38,766
views
views
49
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
German writer, artist, natural scientist and politician (1749–1832)
38,383
views
views
50
Stephen Fry
British comedian, actor, writer, presenter, and activist
37,988
views
views
51
Isaac Asimov
American writer and biochemist (1920–1992)
36,994
views
views
52
Aleister Crowley
English occultist (1875–1947)
36,442
views
views
53
Hugh Laurie
English actor, comedian, director, musician and writer (born 1959)
36,137
views
views
54
Leonard Cohen
Canadian singer, songwriter and poet (1934–2016)
35,699
views
views
55
Emily Brontë
English novelist and poet (1818–1848)
35,506
views
views
56
Gene Hackman
American actor and novelist (1930–2025)
35,168
views
views
57
Ian Fleming
British author (1908–1964)
34,643
views
views
58
Yuu Nagira
Japanese novelist
34,344
views
views
59
Virginia Woolf
English modernist writer (1882–1941)
34,277
views
views
60
Ursula K. Le Guin
American fantasy and science fiction author (1929–2018)
34,255
views
views
61
Whoopi Goldberg
American actress, comedian, author and television personality (born 1955)
33,912
views
views
62
Harlan Coben
American writer
33,509
views
views
63
Nobuhiko Kobayashi
Japanese novelist
32,839
views
views
64
Jules Verne
French writer (1828–1905)
32,409
views
views
65
Mark Twain
American author and humorist (1835–1910)
32,323
views
views
66
George R. R. Martin
American writer and television producer (born 1948)
32,038
views
views
67
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Genevan philosopher, writer, and composer (1712-1778)
31,447
views
views
68
Neil Gaiman
English writer (born 1960)
31,299
views
views
69
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Russian writer, publicist, poet and politician (1918–2008)
31,232
views
views
70
Sylvia Plath
American poet and writer (1932–1963)
31,018
views
views
71
Marquis de Sade
French nobleman, revolutionary politician, philosopher and writer of erotic works
30,242
views
views
72
Newt Gingrich
American politician and former speaker of the United States House of Representatives
29,535
views
views
73
Arthur Conan Doyle
British writer and physician (1859–1930)
28,935
views
views
74
Thomas More
English statesman, lawyer and philosopher (1478–1535)
28,906
views
views
75
Simone de Beauvoir
French philosopher, social theorist and activist (1908–1986)
28,798
views
views
76
Gabriel García Márquez
Colombian writer and Nobel laureate (1927–2014)
28,656
views
views
77
Keigo Higashino
Japanese mystery writer (1958–2026)
28,227
views
views
78
Philip K. Dick
American science fiction author (1928–1982)
28,220
views
views
79
Anton Chekhov
Russian dramatist and author (1860–1904)
27,907
views
views
80
Isabel Allende
Chilean writer (born 1942)
27,844
views
views
81
David Walliams
English actor, comedian and writer
27,824
views
views
82
Ryūnosuke Akutagawa
Japanese writer (1892–1927)
27,755
views
views
83
Cormac McCarthy
American novelist, playwright, and screenwriter (1933–2023)
27,661
views
views
84
Ayn Rand
Russian-born American writer and public philosopher (1905–1982)
27,359
views
views
85
Charles Bukowski
German-American writer (1920–1994)
27,097
views
views
86
David Niven
British actor and novelist (1910–1983)
27,086
views
views
87
Hans Christian Andersen
Danish writer and poet (1805–1875)
27,031
views
views
88
Yayoi Kusama
Japanese artist (1929–2026)
26,967
views
views
89
José Sarney
President of Brazil from 1985 to 1990
26,768
views
views
90
Aldous Huxley
English writer and philosopher (1894–1963)
26,750
views
views
91
Patricia Highsmith
American novelist and short story writer (1921–1995)
26,477
views
views
92
James Joyce
Irish novelist and poet (1882–1941)
26,415
views
views
93
Risa Wataya
Japanese writer
26,318
views
views
94
Jack Kerouac
American writer (1922–1969)
26,235
views
views
95
Bram Stoker
Irish novelist and short story writer (1847–1912)
26,191
views
views
96
Alberto Moravia
Italian writer and journalist (1907-1990)
25,952
views
views
97
Mick Herron
British novelist
25,615
views
views
98
Jeffrey Archer
English author and politician (1940–2026)
25,154
views
views
99
Julian Barnes
English writer (born 1946)
25,026
views
views
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