Trending Novelists — the 7 days to 28 October 2026
The 100 most-viewed novelists on Wikipedia, the 7 days to 28 October 2026. Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Ryū Murakami. Data as of 28 October 2026.
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5,532,634
Total Views (the 7 days to 28 October 2026)
1
Ryū Murakami
Japanese novelist, film director, and screenwriter (1952–2026)
704,836
views
views
2
Chiyo Uno
Japanese writer (1897-1996)
228,056
views
views
3
Haruki Murakami
Japanese writer (born 1949)
181,890
views
views
4
Stephen King
American novelist and writer (born 1947)
125,261
views
views
5
William Shatner
Canadian actor (born 1931)
123,482
views
views
6
Ethan Hawke
American actor and writer (born 1970)
102,444
views
views
7
Anthony Bourdain
American chef and television personality (1956-2018)
100,692
views
views
8
Carrie Fisher
American actress, writer and screenwriter (1956–2016)
93,851
views
views
9
Russell Brand
English comedian, actor, and podcaster (born 1975)
93,660
views
views
10
John Steinbeck
American writer (1902–1968)
92,079
views
views
11
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Russian novelist (1821–1881)
84,472
views
views
12
Edgar Allan Poe
American writer and literary critic (1809–1849)
81,296
views
views
13
J. R. R. Tolkien
English writer and philologist (1892–1973)
76,112
views
views
14
Jane Austen
author, novelist, writer (1775–1817)
74,018
views
views
15
Thomas Mann
German novelist and Nobel Prize laureate (1875–1955)
72,100
views
views
16
Isla Fisher
Australian actress and author (born 1976)
68,801
views
views
17
J. K. Rowling
English author (born 1965)
67,822
views
views
18
Hilary Duff
American actress, singer-songwriter, entrepreneur and writer (born 1987)
67,751
views
views
19
Saddam Hussein
Iraqi politician and revolutionary, president of Iraq from 1979 to 2003
67,745
views
views
20
Joseph Goebbels
Nazi politician and Propaganda Minister (1897–1945)
60,223
views
views
21
Ernest Hemingway
American author and journalist (1899–1961)
59,723
views
views
22
Franz Kafka
Bohemian writer from Prague (1883–1924)
59,133
views
views
23
Jimmy Carter
president of the United States from 1977 to 1981 (1924–2024)
54,066
views
views
24
Khloé Kardashian
American media personality, influencer, and businesswoman
53,712
views
views
25
Agatha Christie
English mystery and detective writer (1890–1976)
52,285
views
views
26
Oscar Wilde
Irish poet, playwright, and aesthete (1854-1900)
52,148
views
views
27
Leo Tolstoy
Russian author (1828–1910)
51,741
views
views
28
Victor Hugo
French novelist, poet, dramatist and politician (1802–1885)
51,041
views
views
29
Julie Andrews
British actress, singer and author (born 1935)
50,573
views
views
30
Roald Dahl
British writer and poet (1916–1990)
49,994
views
views
31
Ivana Trump
Czech-American businesswoman (1949–2022)
46,981
views
views
32
Guillermo del Toro
Mexican filmmaker and author (born 1964)
46,855
views
views
33
George Orwell
British writer and journalist (1903–1950)
45,391
views
views
34
Charles Dickens
English novelist and social critic (1812–1870)
44,952
views
views
35
Emily Brontë
English novelist and poet (1818–1848)
44,584
views
views
36
Ryūnosuke Akutagawa
Japanese writer (1892–1927)
43,764
views
views
37
Lauren Graham
American actress, producer and novelist
43,699
views
views
38
C. S. Lewis
British writer, lay theologian, and scholar (1898–1963)
43,666
views
views
39
Sarah J. Maas
American fantasy writer
43,446
views
views
40
Mary Shelley
English writer (1797–1851)
42,629
views
views
41
David Walliams
English actor, comedian and writer
42,330
views
views
42
Albert Camus
French philosopher, author, and journalist (1913–1960)
42,202
views
views
43
H. P. Lovecraft
American writer and editor (1890–1937)
41,994
views
views
44
Yukio Mishima
Japanese author (1925–1970)
41,153
views
views
45
Alexandre Dumas
French writer and dramatist (1802–1870)
41,004
views
views
46
José Sarney
President of Brazil from 1985 to 1990
40,965
views
views
47
Kazuo Ishiguro
British novelist (born 1954)
40,698
views
views
48
Alexander Pushkin
Russian poet, playwright, and novelist (1799–1837)
40,469
views
views
49
Truman Capote
American writer (1924-1984)
40,128
views
views
50
Sally Rooney
Irish author
40,030
views
views
51
Clive Barker
English author, film director, and visual artist (born 1952) (74 years)
40,013
views
views
52
Jean-Paul Sartre
French existentialist philosopher (1905–1980)
39,795
views
views
53
Ian Fleming
British author (1908–1964)
38,256
views
views
54
Virginia Woolf
English modernist writer (1882–1941)
38,065
views
views
55
Stephen Fry
British comedian, actor, writer, presenter, and activist
37,890
views
views
56
Ayn Rand
Russian-born American writer and public philosopher (1905–1982)
37,643
views
views
57
Cathy Ames
fictional character of John Steinbeck
37,070
views
views
58
Hugh Laurie
English actor, comedian, director, musician and writer (born 1959)
36,895
views
views
59
Isaac Asimov
American writer and biochemist (1920–1992)
36,589
views
views
60
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
German writer, artist, natural scientist and politician (1749–1832)
36,335
views
views
61
Nobuhiko Kobayashi
Japanese novelist
36,201
views
views
62
Harlan Coben
American writer
35,544
views
views
63
James Doohan
Canadian actor (1920–2005)
35,388
views
views
64
Sylvia Plath
American poet and writer (1932–1963)
35,032
views
views
65
Aleister Crowley
English occultist (1875–1947)
34,786
views
views
66
Ursula K. Le Guin
American fantasy and science fiction author (1929–2018)
34,728
views
views
67
Leonard Cohen
Canadian singer, songwriter and poet (1934–2016)
34,558
views
views
68
Gene Hackman
American actor and novelist (1930–2025)
34,493
views
views
69
Keigo Higashino
Japanese mystery writer (1958–2026)
34,492
views
views
70
Whoopi Goldberg
American actress, comedian, author and television personality (born 1955)
34,008
views
views
71
Ikki Kajiwara
Japanese manga writer (1936–1987)
32,746
views
views
72
George R. R. Martin
American writer and television producer (born 1948)
32,333
views
views
73
Neil Gaiman
English writer (born 1960)
32,050
views
views
74
Mark Twain
American author and humorist (1835–1910)
31,804
views
views
75
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Genevan philosopher, writer, and composer (1712-1778)
30,835
views
views
76
Anton Chekhov
Russian dramatist and author (1860–1904)
30,008
views
views
77
Marquis de Sade
French nobleman, revolutionary politician, philosopher and writer of erotic works
29,904
views
views
78
Thomas More
English statesman, lawyer and philosopher (1478–1535)
29,580
views
views
79
Gabriel García Márquez
Colombian writer and Nobel laureate (1927–2014)
29,568
views
views
80
Simone de Beauvoir
French philosopher, social theorist and activist (1908–1986)
29,260
views
views
81
Jules Verne
French writer (1828–1905)
29,202
views
views
82
David Niven
British actor and novelist (1910–1983)
28,679
views
views
83
Arthur Conan Doyle
British writer and physician (1859–1930)
28,490
views
views
84
Patricia Highsmith
American novelist and short story writer (1921–1995)
28,375
views
views
85
Risa Wataya
Japanese writer
28,262
views
views
86
Yayoi Kusama
Japanese artist (1929–2026)
27,592
views
views
87
Bram Stoker
Irish novelist and short story writer (1847–1912)
27,546
views
views
88
Mick Herron
British novelist
27,468
views
views
89
Cormac McCarthy
American novelist, playwright, and screenwriter (1933–2023)
27,211
views
views
90
Philip K. Dick
American science fiction author (1928–1982)
27,049
views
views
91
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Russian writer, publicist, poet and politician (1918–2008)
27,009
views
views
92
Juan José Millás
Spanish journalist and writer (born 1946)
26,699
views
views
93
Charles Bukowski
German-American writer (1920–1994)
26,497
views
views
94
Jack Kerouac
American writer (1922–1969)
26,188
views
views
95
James Joyce
Irish novelist and poet (1882–1941)
26,155
views
views
96
Hitomi Kanehara
Japanese writer
25,816
views
views
97
Carl Sagan
American astrophysicist, cosmologist and author (1934–1996)
25,449
views
views
98
Aldous Huxley
English writer and philosopher (1894–1963)
25,306
views
views
99
Charlotte Brontë
British novelist and poet (1816-1855)
25,181
views
views
100
Rena Matsui
Japanese actor, novelist and YouTuber
24,644
views
views
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