Trending Novelists — the 7 days to 29 October 2026
The 100 most-viewed novelists on Wikipedia, the 7 days to 29 October 2026. Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Ryū Murakami. Data as of 29 October 2026.
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5,651,454
Total Views (the 7 days to 29 October 2026)
1
Ryū Murakami
Japanese novelist, film director, and screenwriter (1952–2026)
716,168
views
views
2
Chiyo Uno
Japanese writer (1897-1996)
210,380
views
views
3
Haruki Murakami
Japanese writer (born 1949)
184,422
views
views
4
William Shatner
Canadian actor (born 1931)
135,525
views
views
5
Stephen King
American novelist and writer (born 1947)
124,704
views
views
6
David Walliams
English actor, comedian and writer
114,200
views
views
7
Russell Brand
English comedian, actor, and podcaster (born 1975)
112,570
views
views
8
Anthony Bourdain
American chef and television personality (1956-2018)
111,600
views
views
9
Ethan Hawke
American actor and writer (born 1970)
98,752
views
views
10
John Steinbeck
American writer (1902–1968)
88,073
views
views
11
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Russian novelist (1821–1881)
83,065
views
views
12
Edgar Allan Poe
American writer and literary critic (1809–1849)
82,521
views
views
13
Carrie Fisher
American actress, writer and screenwriter (1956–2016)
82,330
views
views
14
Thomas Mann
German novelist and Nobel Prize laureate (1875–1955)
74,855
views
views
15
J. R. R. Tolkien
English writer and philologist (1892–1973)
74,619
views
views
16
Jane Austen
author, novelist, writer (1775–1817)
73,179
views
views
17
Saddam Hussein
Iraqi politician and revolutionary, president of Iraq from 1979 to 2003
69,340
views
views
18
Hilary Duff
American actress, singer-songwriter, entrepreneur and writer (born 1987)
67,840
views
views
19
Isla Fisher
Australian actress and author (born 1976)
67,597
views
views
20
J. K. Rowling
English author (born 1965)
67,569
views
views
21
Joseph Goebbels
Nazi politician and Propaganda Minister (1897–1945)
61,169
views
views
22
Ernest Hemingway
American author and journalist (1899–1961)
59,767
views
views
23
Franz Kafka
Bohemian writer from Prague (1883–1924)
57,874
views
views
24
Sarah J. Maas
American fantasy writer
56,475
views
views
25
Jimmy Carter
president of the United States from 1977 to 1981 (1924–2024)
54,286
views
views
26
Oscar Wilde
Irish poet, playwright, and aesthete (1854-1900)
51,565
views
views
27
Agatha Christie
English mystery and detective writer (1890–1976)
51,417
views
views
28
Leo Tolstoy
Russian author (1828–1910)
51,342
views
views
29
Roald Dahl
British writer and poet (1916–1990)
51,114
views
views
30
Ryūnosuke Akutagawa
Japanese writer (1892–1927)
50,486
views
views
31
Khloé Kardashian
American media personality, influencer, and businesswoman
50,394
views
views
32
Julie Andrews
British actress, singer and author (born 1935)
49,291
views
views
33
Emily Brontë
English novelist and poet (1818–1848)
47,417
views
views
34
Ivana Trump
Czech-American businesswoman (1949–2022)
47,057
views
views
35
Ikki Kajiwara
Japanese manga writer (1936–1987)
46,503
views
views
36
Guillermo del Toro
Mexican filmmaker and author (born 1964)
45,503
views
views
37
George Orwell
British writer and journalist (1903–1950)
45,177
views
views
38
Victor Hugo
French novelist, poet, dramatist and politician (1802–1885)
45,165
views
views
39
Charles Dickens
English novelist and social critic (1812–1870)
44,306
views
views
40
Mary Shelley
English writer (1797–1851)
44,130
views
views
41
Albert Camus
French philosopher, author, and journalist (1913–1960)
43,361
views
views
42
Lauren Graham
American actress, producer and novelist
42,367
views
views
43
H. P. Lovecraft
American writer and editor (1890–1937)
41,853
views
views
44
C. S. Lewis
British writer, lay theologian, and scholar (1898–1963)
41,805
views
views
45
Kazuo Ishiguro
British novelist (born 1954)
41,251
views
views
46
Alexandre Dumas
French writer and dramatist (1802–1870)
40,981
views
views
47
Ian Fleming
British author (1908–1964)
40,779
views
views
48
Yukio Mishima
Japanese author (1925–1970)
40,392
views
views
49
Barbara Barrie
American actress and author (1931–2026)
40,014
views
views
50
Ayn Rand
Russian-born American writer and public philosopher (1905–1982)
39,761
views
views
51
José Sarney
President of Brazil from 1985 to 1990
39,407
views
views
52
Clive Barker
English author, film director, and visual artist (born 1952) (74 years)
39,375
views
views
53
James Doohan
Canadian actor (1920–2005)
39,118
views
views
54
Jean-Paul Sartre
French existentialist philosopher (1905–1980)
39,044
views
views
55
Virginia Woolf
English modernist writer (1882–1941)
38,303
views
views
56
Alexander Pushkin
Russian poet, playwright, and novelist (1799–1837)
38,173
views
views
57
Hugh Laurie
English actor, comedian, director, musician and writer (born 1959)
38,060
views
views
58
Sylvia Plath
American poet and writer (1932–1963)
38,013
views
views
59
Stephen Fry
British comedian, actor, writer, presenter, and activist
37,496
views
views
60
Keigo Higashino
Japanese mystery writer (1958–2026)
37,056
views
views
61
Nobuhiko Kobayashi
Japanese novelist
36,903
views
views
62
Isaac Asimov
American writer and biochemist (1920–1992)
36,441
views
views
63
Harlan Coben
American writer
36,174
views
views
64
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
German writer, artist, natural scientist and politician (1749–1832)
36,116
views
views
65
Whoopi Goldberg
American actress, comedian, author and television personality (born 1955)
34,690
views
views
66
Cathy Ames
fictional character of John Steinbeck
34,598
views
views
67
Sally Rooney
Irish author
34,341
views
views
68
Gene Hackman
American actor and novelist (1930–2025)
34,096
views
views
69
Truman Capote
American writer (1924-1984)
34,081
views
views
70
Leonard Cohen
Canadian singer, songwriter and poet (1934–2016)
34,003
views
views
71
Aleister Crowley
English occultist (1875–1947)
33,368
views
views
72
Neil Gaiman
English writer (born 1960)
32,501
views
views
73
George R. R. Martin
American writer and television producer (born 1948)
32,269
views
views
74
Mark Twain
American author and humorist (1835–1910)
31,254
views
views
75
Rena Matsui
Japanese actor, novelist and YouTuber
31,200
views
views
76
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Genevan philosopher, writer, and composer (1712-1778)
30,713
views
views
77
Marquis de Sade
French nobleman, revolutionary politician, philosopher and writer of erotic works
30,195
views
views
78
Thomas More
English statesman, lawyer and philosopher (1478–1535)
30,099
views
views
79
Anton Chekhov
Russian dramatist and author (1860–1904)
29,880
views
views
80
Gabriel García Márquez
Colombian writer and Nobel laureate (1927–2014)
29,424
views
views
81
Jules Verne
French writer (1828–1905)
28,950
views
views
82
David Niven
British actor and novelist (1910–1983)
28,749
views
views
83
Simone de Beauvoir
French philosopher, social theorist and activist (1908–1986)
28,710
views
views
84
Arthur Conan Doyle
British writer and physician (1859–1930)
28,615
views
views
85
Bram Stoker
Irish novelist and short story writer (1847–1912)
28,546
views
views
86
Risa Wataya
Japanese writer
28,339
views
views
87
Patricia Highsmith
American novelist and short story writer (1921–1995)
28,215
views
views
88
Juan José Millás
Spanish journalist and writer (born 1946)
28,078
views
views
89
Hitomi Kanehara
Japanese writer
28,004
views
views
90
Yayoi Kusama
Japanese artist (1929–2026)
27,810
views
views
91
Cormac McCarthy
American novelist, playwright, and screenwriter (1933–2023)
26,928
views
views
92
Philip K. Dick
American science fiction author (1928–1982)
26,848
views
views
93
Anne Perry
English author (1938–2023)
26,763
views
views
94
Charles Bukowski
German-American writer (1920–1994)
26,304
views
views
95
Ursula K. Le Guin
American fantasy and science fiction author (1929–2018)
25,955
views
views
96
Carl Sagan
American astrophysicist, cosmologist and author (1934–1996)
25,808
views
views
97
Charlotte Brontë
British novelist and poet (1816-1855)
25,803
views
views
98
Katie Price
British television personality, businesswoman, model, and singer (born 1978)
24,916
views
views
99
James Joyce
Irish novelist and poet (1882–1941)
24,768
views
views
100
Mick Herron
British novelist
24,643
views
views
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