Trending Novelists in China — the 12 months to October 2026
The 100 most-viewed novelists on Wikipedia, the 12 months to October 2026 (Chinese-language edition). Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Yang Shuang-zi. Data as of 24 October 2026.
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Ranked
35,571
Total Views (the 12 months to October 2026)
1
Yang Shuang-zi
Taiwanese writer (born 1984)
1,570
views
views
2
Julien Gracq
French writer (1910-2007)
1,493
views
views
3
Eileen Chang
Chinese-born American essayist, novelist, and screenwriter (1920–1995)
1,217
views
views
4
Yiyun Li
Chinese American writer
1,188
views
views
5
Gen Urobuchi
Japanese writer of visual novels, light novels, and anime
1,180
views
views
6
袁哲生
1,178
views
views
7
Mo Yan
Chinese novelist and screenwriter
1,091
views
views
8
Jin Yong
Hong Kong writer (1924-2018)
981
views
views
9
Lu Xun
Chinese novelist and essayist (1881–1936)
845
views
views
10
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Russian novelist (1821–1881)
845
views
views
11
Yu Hua
Chinese writer (1960–)
829
views
views
12
Sanmao
Taiwanese novelist, translator and writer (1943-1991)
806
views
views
13
Keigo Higashino
Japanese mystery writer (1958–2026)
630
views
views
14
Lanling Xiaoxiao Sheng
pseudonym of the author of Jin Ping Mei
595
views
views
15
Chiung Yao
Taiwanese writer and film producer (1938-2024)
588
views
views
16
Yukio Mishima
Japanese author (1925–1970)
563
views
views
17
Jessica Jung
South Korean-American singer
539
views
views
18
Haruki Murakami
Japanese writer (born 1949)
495
views
views
19
Makoto Shinkai
Japanese anime director
472
views
views
20
Isaac Asimov
American writer and biochemist (1920–1992)
463
views
views
21
Jimmy Carter
president of the United States from 1977 to 1981 (1924–2024)
429
views
views
22
Hiroki Azuma
Japanese critic and philosopher (1971– )
428
views
views
23
Osamu Dazai
Japanese author
428
views
views
24
Lao She
Chinese writer, novelist and playwright (1899-1966)
418
views
views
25
Cao Xueqin
Chinese novelist and poet (1710–1765)
406
views
views
26
Lin Yutang
Chinese inventor, novelist and philosopher (1895–1976)
382
views
views
27
Franz Kafka
Bohemian writer from Prague (1883–1924)
377
views
views
28
Albert Camus
French philosopher, author, and journalist (1913–1960)
371
views
views
29
Justine Musk
Canadian author (born 1972)
363
views
views
30
Saddam Hussein
Iraqi politician and revolutionary, president of Iraq from 1979 to 2003
362
views
views
31
Yayoi Kusama
Japanese artist (1929–2026)
354
views
views
32
Yasunari Kawabata
Japanese novelist (1899–1972)
347
views
views
33
Agatha Christie
English mystery and detective writer (1890–1976)
340
views
views
34
Gabriel García Márquez
Colombian writer and Nobel laureate (1927–2014)
340
views
views
35
Yi Shu
Hong Kong writer
337
views
views
36
Zijin Chen
Chinese mystery writer
321
views
views
37
Andy Weir
American writer (born 1972)
311
views
views
38
Simone de Beauvoir
French philosopher, social theorist and activist (1908–1986)
301
views
views
39
Gao Xingjian
Chinese novelist and playwright (1940- )
296
views
views
40
J. K. Rowling
English author (born 1965)
287
views
views
41
Natsume Sōseki
Japanese novelist
284
views
views
42
Fujino Ōmori
Japanese light novel author
276
views
views
43
Ernest Hemingway
American author and journalist (1899–1961)
271
views
views
44
Victor Hugo
French novelist, poet, dramatist and politician (1802–1885)
263
views
views
45
Shi Tiesheng
Chinese novelist (1951–2010)
259
views
views
46
Stephen King
American novelist and writer (born 1947)
258
views
views
47
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Genevan philosopher, writer, and composer (1712-1778)
255
views
views
48
Ikki Kajiwara
Japanese manga writer (1936–1987)
248
views
views
49
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
German writer, artist, natural scientist and politician (1749–1832)
241
views
views
50
Leo Tolstoy
Russian author (1828–1910)
241
views
views
51
Lee Chang-dong
South Korean film director, screenwriter and novelist
235
views
views
52
Jean-Paul Sartre
French existentialist philosopher (1905–1980)
235
views
views
53
星子 (作家)
235
views
views
54
Ryūnosuke Akutagawa
Japanese writer (1892–1927)
224
views
views
55
Alexandre Dumas
French writer and dramatist (1802–1870)
212
views
views
56
Jane Austen
author, novelist, writer (1775–1817)
210
views
views
57
Dan Brown
American novelist (born 1964)
207
views
views
58
J. R. R. Tolkien
English writer and philologist (1892–1973)
207
views
views
59
Oscar Wilde
Irish poet, playwright, and aesthete (1854-1900)
205
views
views
60
Joseph Goebbels
Nazi politician and Propaganda Minister (1897–1945)
200
views
views
61
Hermann Hesse
Nobel Prize winning German-Swiss poet, novelist and painter (1877–1962)
196
views
views
62
Hans Christian Andersen
Danish writer and poet (1805–1875)
193
views
views
63
Han Kang
South Korean writer
192
views
views
64
Yoshiyuki Tomino
Japanese animation director (1941-)
191
views
views
65
Kana Akatsuki
Japanese author
186
views
views
66
Ethan Hawke
American actor and writer (born 1970)
180
views
views
67
Nanpai Sanshu
Chinese writer, film director, screen writer
178
views
views
68
Mark Twain
American author and humorist (1835–1910)
176
views
views
69
Ma Boyong
Chinese writer
169
views
views
70
Murasaki Shikibu
Japanese novelist and poet (c.973–c.1014)
168
views
views
71
Virginia Woolf
English modernist writer (1882–1941)
166
views
views
72
Lafcadio Hearn
Greek-Irish writer, translator, and teacher who introduced the culture and literature of Japan to the West (1850–1904)
166
views
views
73
Kazuo Ishiguro
British novelist (born 1954)
164
views
views
74
Tian Can Tu Dou
Chinese writer
164
views
views
75
Pang Ho-cheung
Hong Kong actor, writer and filmmaker
158
views
views
76
Ivana Trump
Czech-American businesswoman (1949–2022)
157
views
views
77
Charles Dickens
English novelist and social critic (1812–1870)
156
views
views
78
Yūgo Aosaki
Japanese novelist
155
views
views
79
José Rizal
Filipino nationalist, writer and polymath (1861–1896)
149
views
views
80
Yukito Ayatsuji
Japanese writer of mystery and horror
149
views
views
81
Marquis de Sade
French nobleman, revolutionary politician, philosopher and writer of erotic works
147
views
views
82
Julie Andrews
British actress, singer and author (born 1935)
146
views
views
83
Pearl S. Buck
Chinese women Nobel Prize winner, author, teacher, missionary (1892–1973)
146
views
views
84
George Orwell
British writer and journalist (1903–1950)
143
views
views
85
Gu man
Chinese novelist
142
views
views
86
James Joyce
Irish novelist and poet (1882–1941)
138
views
views
87
Edogawa Ranpo
Japanese writer (1894–1965)
137
views
views
88
Tangjia Sanshao
Chinese web novelist
134
views
views
89
Kenji Miyazawa
Japanese poet and author of children's literature (1896–1933)
134
views
views
90
Edgar Allan Poe
American writer and literary critic (1809–1849)
131
views
views
91
Søren Kierkegaard
Danish theologian, philosopher, poet and social critic (1813–1855)
129
views
views
92
Maxim Gorky
Russian and Soviet writer (1868–1936)
128
views
views
93
George R. R. Martin
American writer and television producer (born 1948)
126
views
views
94
C. S. Lewis
British writer, lay theologian, and scholar (1898–1963)
125
views
views
95
Sion Sono
Japanese filmmaker, author and poet
124
views
views
96
Lin Haiyin
Taiwanese writer (1918–2001)
122
views
views
97
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Russian writer, publicist, poet and politician (1918–2008)
120
views
views
98
Anton Chekhov
Russian dramatist and author (1860–1904)
119
views
views
99
Shi Nai'an
Chinese writer (1296-1372)
119
views
views
100
Rabindranath Tagore
Bengali poet, philosopher and polymath (1861–1941)
116
views
views
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