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This is a list of best-selling fiction authors to date, in any language. While finding precise sales numbers for any given author is nearly impossible, the list is based on approximate numbers provided or repeated by reliable sources. "Best selling" refers to the estimated number of copies sold of all fiction books written or co-written by an ...
John Grisham. John Ray Grisham Jr. (/ ˈɡrɪʃəm /; born February 8, 1955) [1][2] is an American novelist, lawyer, and former member of the Mississippi House of Representatives, known for his best-selling legal thrillers. According to the American Academy of Achievement, Grisham has written 37 consecutive number-one fiction bestsellers, and ...
3, including Joe and Owen. Signature. Website. stephenking.com. Stephen Edwin King (born September 21, 1947) is an American author. Widely known for his horror novels, he has been crowned the "King of Horror". [2] He has also explored other genres, among them suspense, crime, science-fiction, fantasy and mystery. [3]
The list was compiled by a team of critics and editors at The New York Times and, with the input of 503 writers and academics, assessed the books based on their impact, originality, and lasting influence. The selection includes novels, memoirs, history books, and other nonfiction works from various genres, representing well-known and emerging ...
Isabel Allende (born 1942), Chilean/American novelist, Eva Luna, Daughter of Fortune. Dorothy Allison (born 1949), Bastard Out of Carolina. Lisa Alther (born 1944), Kinflicks. Joseph Alexander Altsheler (1862–1919), The Young Trailers. Julia Alvarez (born 1950), How the García Girls Lost Their Accents.
"author of new departures, poetic adventure and sensual ecstasy, explorer of a humanity beyond and below the reigning civilization" [109] novel, short story, essay, translation 2009: Herta Müller (b. 1953) Germany Romania: German "who, with the concentration of poetry and the frankness of prose, depicts the landscape of the dispossessed" [110]
Charles John Huffam Dickens (/ ˈdɪkɪnz /; 7 February 1812 – 9 June 1870) was an English novelist, journalist, short story writer and social critic. He created some of literature's best-known fictional characters, and is regarded by many as the greatest novelist of the Victorian era. [1]
George Orwell. Eric Arthur Blair (25 June 1903 – 21 January 1950) was a British novelist, poet, essayist, journalist, and critic who wrote under the pen name of George Orwell, a name inspired by his favourite place, the River Orwell. [2]