Trending Novelists — the 7 days to 27 October 2026
The 100 most-viewed novelists on Wikipedia, the 7 days to 27 October 2026. Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Ryū Murakami. Data as of 27 October 2026.
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5,423,969
Total Views (the 7 days to 27 October 2026)
1
Ryū Murakami
Japanese novelist, film director, and screenwriter (1952–2026)
690,160
views
views
2
Chiyo Uno
Japanese writer (1897-1996)
238,470
views
views
3
Haruki Murakami
Japanese writer (born 1949)
178,071
views
views
4
Stephen King
American novelist and writer (born 1947)
126,752
views
views
5
Ethan Hawke
American actor and writer (born 1970)
102,436
views
views
6
Russell Brand
English comedian, actor, and podcaster (born 1975)
98,452
views
views
7
John Steinbeck
American writer (1902–1968)
96,134
views
views
8
Carrie Fisher
American actress, writer and screenwriter (1956–2016)
94,212
views
views
9
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Russian novelist (1821–1881)
88,536
views
views
10
Anthony Bourdain
American chef and television personality (1956-2018)
84,512
views
views
11
William Shatner
Canadian actor (born 1931)
83,240
views
views
12
Edgar Allan Poe
American writer and literary critic (1809–1849)
79,866
views
views
13
J. R. R. Tolkien
English writer and philologist (1892–1973)
77,234
views
views
14
Jane Austen
author, novelist, writer (1775–1817)
74,816
views
views
15
Isla Fisher
Australian actress and author (born 1976)
70,719
views
views
16
Thomas Mann
German novelist and Nobel Prize laureate (1875–1955)
69,899
views
views
17
J. K. Rowling
English author (born 1965)
67,005
views
views
18
Saddam Hussein
Iraqi politician and revolutionary, president of Iraq from 1979 to 2003
65,492
views
views
19
Hilary Duff
American actress, singer-songwriter, entrepreneur and writer (born 1987)
65,274
views
views
20
Joseph Goebbels
Nazi politician and Propaganda Minister (1897–1945)
64,025
views
views
21
Franz Kafka
Bohemian writer from Prague (1883–1924)
60,086
views
views
22
Ernest Hemingway
American author and journalist (1899–1961)
59,933
views
views
23
Khloé Kardashian
American media personality, influencer, and businesswoman
57,716
views
views
24
Jimmy Carter
president of the United States from 1977 to 1981 (1924–2024)
53,849
views
views
25
Agatha Christie
English mystery and detective writer (1890–1976)
53,578
views
views
26
Leo Tolstoy
Russian author (1828–1910)
52,957
views
views
27
Oscar Wilde
Irish poet, playwright, and aesthete (1854-1900)
52,289
views
views
28
Victor Hugo
French novelist, poet, dramatist and politician (1802–1885)
52,065
views
views
29
Julie Andrews
British actress, singer and author (born 1935)
50,923
views
views
30
Roald Dahl
British writer and poet (1916–1990)
50,497
views
views
31
Guillermo del Toro
Mexican filmmaker and author (born 1964)
47,732
views
views
32
Charles Dickens
English novelist and social critic (1812–1870)
45,878
views
views
33
Ivana Trump
Czech-American businesswoman (1949–2022)
45,561
views
views
34
George Orwell
British writer and journalist (1903–1950)
45,243
views
views
35
Lauren Graham
American actress, producer and novelist
45,209
views
views
36
C. S. Lewis
British writer, lay theologian, and scholar (1898–1963)
44,980
views
views
37
Alexander Pushkin
Russian poet, playwright, and novelist (1799–1837)
43,881
views
views
38
Sally Rooney
Irish author
43,748
views
views
39
Albert Camus
French philosopher, author, and journalist (1913–1960)
42,345
views
views
40
Clive Barker
English author, film director, and visual artist (born 1952) (74 years)
42,276
views
views
41
H. P. Lovecraft
American writer and editor (1890–1937)
41,742
views
views
42
Mary Shelley
English writer (1797–1851)
41,424
views
views
43
Kazuo Ishiguro
British novelist (born 1954)
41,421
views
views
44
Ryūnosuke Akutagawa
Japanese writer (1892–1927)
41,220
views
views
45
Alexandre Dumas
French writer and dramatist (1802–1870)
41,017
views
views
46
Yukio Mishima
Japanese author (1925–1970)
40,936
views
views
47
Emily Brontë
English novelist and poet (1818–1848)
40,269
views
views
48
Cathy Ames
fictional character of John Steinbeck
40,060
views
views
49
Jean-Paul Sartre
French existentialist philosopher (1905–1980)
39,822
views
views
50
Truman Capote
American writer (1924-1984)
39,293
views
views
51
Stephen Fry
British comedian, actor, writer, presenter, and activist
38,521
views
views
52
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
German writer, artist, natural scientist and politician (1749–1832)
36,826
views
views
53
Isaac Asimov
American writer and biochemist (1920–1992)
36,591
views
views
54
José Sarney
President of Brazil from 1985 to 1990
36,520
views
views
55
Hugh Laurie
English actor, comedian, director, musician and writer (born 1959)
36,473
views
views
56
Leonard Cohen
Canadian singer, songwriter and poet (1934–2016)
35,675
views
views
57
Ian Fleming
British author (1908–1964)
34,972
views
views
58
Harlan Coben
American writer
34,959
views
views
59
Nobuhiko Kobayashi
Japanese novelist
34,854
views
views
60
Gene Hackman
American actor and novelist (1930–2025)
34,733
views
views
61
Ursula K. Le Guin
American fantasy and science fiction author (1929–2018)
34,711
views
views
62
Aleister Crowley
English occultist (1875–1947)
34,705
views
views
63
Ayn Rand
Russian-born American writer and public philosopher (1905–1982)
34,349
views
views
64
Whoopi Goldberg
American actress, comedian, author and television personality (born 1955)
33,912
views
views
65
Virginia Woolf
English modernist writer (1882–1941)
33,828
views
views
66
Mark Twain
American author and humorist (1835–1910)
32,593
views
views
67
George R. R. Martin
American writer and television producer (born 1948)
32,262
views
views
68
Neil Gaiman
English writer (born 1960)
31,849
views
views
69
Sylvia Plath
American poet and writer (1932–1963)
31,800
views
views
70
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Russian writer, publicist, poet and politician (1918–2008)
31,719
views
views
71
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Genevan philosopher, writer, and composer (1712-1778)
30,990
views
views
72
Keigo Higashino
Japanese mystery writer (1958–2026)
30,607
views
views
73
Jules Verne
French writer (1828–1905)
30,128
views
views
74
Marquis de Sade
French nobleman, revolutionary politician, philosopher and writer of erotic works
30,057
views
views
75
Anton Chekhov
Russian dramatist and author (1860–1904)
29,141
views
views
76
Thomas More
English statesman, lawyer and philosopher (1478–1535)
29,048
views
views
77
Simone de Beauvoir
French philosopher, social theorist and activist (1908–1986)
29,030
views
views
78
Gabriel García Márquez
Colombian writer and Nobel laureate (1927–2014)
29,020
views
views
79
Arthur Conan Doyle
British writer and physician (1859–1930)
28,515
views
views
80
David Niven
British actor and novelist (1910–1983)
28,157
views
views
81
Patricia Highsmith
American novelist and short story writer (1921–1995)
27,728
views
views
82
Risa Wataya
Japanese writer
27,720
views
views
83
Philip K. Dick
American science fiction author (1928–1982)
27,712
views
views
84
Yayoi Kusama
Japanese artist (1929–2026)
27,457
views
views
85
Cormac McCarthy
American novelist, playwright, and screenwriter (1933–2023)
27,355
views
views
86
David Walliams
English actor, comedian and writer
27,318
views
views
87
Charles Bukowski
German-American writer (1920–1994)
27,072
views
views
88
Bram Stoker
Irish novelist and short story writer (1847–1912)
26,779
views
views
89
Mick Herron
British novelist
26,761
views
views
90
Sarah J. Maas
American fantasy writer
26,527
views
views
91
James Joyce
Irish novelist and poet (1882–1941)
26,233
views
views
92
Jack Kerouac
American writer (1922–1969)
26,132
views
views
93
Aldous Huxley
English writer and philosopher (1894–1963)
25,852
views
views
94
Hans Christian Andersen
Danish writer and poet (1805–1875)
25,428
views
views
95
Carl Sagan
American astrophysicist, cosmologist and author (1934–1996)
25,317
views
views
96
Julian Barnes
English writer (born 1946)
24,921
views
views
97
Jeffrey Archer
English author and politician (1940–2026)
24,835
views
views
98
Isabel Allende
Chilean writer (born 1942)
24,729
views
views
99
Osamu Dazai
Japanese author
24,257
views
views
100
Newt Gingrich
American politician and former speaker of the United States House of Representatives
24,036
views
views
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