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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 ...
This is a partial list of 21st-century writers. This list includes notable authors, poets, playwrights, philosophers, artists, scientists and other important and noteworthy contributors to literature. Literature (from Latin litterae (plural); letters) is the art of written works.
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 ...
Author(s) Original language First published Approximate sales Genre The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe: C.S. Lewis: English 1950 85 million [36] Fantasy, children's fiction: She: A History of Adventure: H. Rider Haggard: English: 1887: 83 million [37] Adventure: The Da Vinci Code: Dan Brown: English: 2003: 80 million [38] Mystery thriller ...
This is a list of novelists from the United States, listed with titles of a major work for each. This is not intended to be a list of every American (born U.S. citizen, naturalized citizen, or long-time resident alien) who has published a novel. (For the purposes of this article, novel is defined as an extended work of fiction. This definition ...
Modern writers such as Mildred D. Taylor (Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry) and Philip Pullman (the Sally Lockhart novels) have continued the tradition of the historical adventure. [10] The modern children's adventure novel sometimes deals with controversial issues like terrorism (Robert Cormier, After the First Death (1979)) [10] and warfare in ...
Dramatic genres; Comedy; Libretto; Play. historical; moral; Satire; Script; Tragedy; Tragicomedy; History; Ancient; Classical; Medieval; Modernist; Postmodern; Lists ...
This is a list of novelists from England writing for adults and young adults. Please add only one novel title or comment on fiction per name. Other genres appear in other lists and on subject's page. References appear on the individual pages.