Trending Novelists this year
The 100 most-viewed novelists this year on Wikipedia. Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Anthony Bourdain.
100
Ranked
5,142,514
Total Views (this year)
1
Anthony Bourdain
American chef and television personality (1956-2018)
138,516
views
views
2
Yukio Mishima
Japanese author (1925–1970)
112,592
views
views
3
Laura Ingalls Wilder
American children's writer, diarist, and journalist (1867-1957)
112,185
views
views
4
Hilary Duff
American actress and singer (born 1987)
109,300
views
views
5
Harlan Coben
American writer
97,984
views
views
6
William Shatner
Canadian actor (born 1931)
93,137
views
views
7
George R. R. Martin
American writer and television producer (born 1948)
87,544
views
views
8
Stephen King
American novelist and writer (born 1947)
83,978
views
views
9
Jimmy Carter
president of the United States from 1977 to 1981 (1924–2024)
83,210
views
views
10
J. R. R. Tolkien
English writer and philologist (1892–1973)
81,825
views
views
11
Carrie Fisher
American actress, writer and screenwriter (1956–2016)
78,178
views
views
12
Katie Price
British television personality, businesswoman, model, and singer (born 1978)
76,368
views
views
13
Saddam Hussein
Iraqi politician and revolutionary, president of Iraq from 1979 to 2003
75,875
views
views
14
Ernest Hemingway
American author and journalist (1899–1961)
74,013
views
views
15
Michael Peterson
American novelist convicted of manslaughter
73,898
views
views
16
Julie Andrews
British actress, singer and author (born 1935)
72,360
views
views
17
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Russian novelist (1821–1881)
69,271
views
views
18
Roald Dahl
British writer and poet (1916–1990)
68,004
views
views
19
Ethan Hawke
American actor and writer (born 1970)
67,850
views
views
20
Ian Fleming
British author (1908–1964)
67,589
views
views
21
Isla Fisher
Australian actress and author (born 1976)
66,138
views
views
22
Penn Jillette
American magician and actor (born 1955)
64,040
views
views
23
Sylvia Plath
American poet and writer (1932–1963)
63,386
views
views
24
J. K. Rowling
British author and philanthropist (born 1965)
61,813
views
views
25
Joseph Goebbels
Nazi politician and Propaganda Minister (1897–1945)
60,693
views
views
26
Martina Navratilova
Czech-American tennis player
58,905
views
views
27
Agatha Christie
English mystery and detective writer (1890–1976)
58,249
views
views
28
Franz Kafka
Bohemian writer from Prague (1883–1924)
58,084
views
views
29
Jane Austen
English novelist (1775–1817)
56,655
views
views
30
Oscar Wilde
Irish poet, playwright, and aesthete (1854-1900)
56,452
views
views
31
George Orwell
British writer and journalist (1903–1950)
56,270
views
views
32
MacKenzie Scott
American philanthropist and novelist
56,137
views
views
33
Stephen Fry
British comedian, actor, writer, presenter, and activist
55,983
views
views
34
Andy Weir
American writer (born 1972)
55,378
views
views
35
Gene Hackman
American actor and novelist (1930–2025)
54,356
views
views
36
Ivana Trump
Czech-American businesswoman (1949–2022)
51,961
views
views
37
Hugh Laurie
English actor, comedian, director, musician and writer
51,884
views
views
38
Edgar Allan Poe
American writer and literary critic (1809–1849)
51,834
views
views
39
Salman Rushdie
Indian-born British-American novelist (born 1947)
50,229
views
views
40
Anne Lamott
American novelist and non-fiction writer
49,664
views
views
41
Alexandre Dumas
French writer and dramatist (1802–1870)
49,136
views
views
42
Aleister Crowley
English occultist (1875–1947)
48,052
views
views
43
Neil Gaiman
English writer (born 1960)
47,753
views
views
44
Tomi Adeyemi
Nigerian-American author
47,536
views
views
45
Whoopi Goldberg
American actress, comedian, author and television personality
46,849
views
views
46
Keigo Higashino
Japanese mystery writer (1958–2026)
46,812
views
views
47
Mark Twain
American author and humorist (1835–1910)
46,678
views
views
48
Bella Thorne
American actress and singer (born 1997)
46,027
views
views
49
C. S. Lewis
British writer, lay theologian, and scholar (1898–1963)
45,676
views
views
50
Guillermo del Toro
Mexican filmmaker and author (born 1964)
44,256
views
views
51
Molly Ringwald
American actress and writer (born 1968)
44,016
views
views
52
L. Ron Hubbard
American writer and Scientology founder (1911–1986)
43,884
views
views
53
Ayn Rand
Russian-born American writer and public philosopher (1905–1982)
43,821
views
views
54
Charles Dickens
English novelist and social critic (1812–1870)
43,186
views
views
55
Lauren Graham
American actress, producer and novelist
42,759
views
views
56
Tyler Perry
American actor and filmmaker
42,693
views
views
57
H. P. Lovecraft
American writer and editor (1890–1937)
41,656
views
views
58
Albert Camus
French philosopher, author, and journalist (1913–1960)
41,551
views
views
59
David Benioff
American writer and producer (born 1970)
41,444
views
views
60
Cormac McCarthy
American novelist, playwright, and screenwriter (1933–2023)
41,200
views
views
61
Michael Crichton
American author, screenwriter, film director (1942–2008)
40,847
views
views
62
Nick Cave
Australian musician and singer
40,653
views
views
63
Isaac Asimov
American writer and biochemist (1920–1992)
40,320
views
views
64
Virginia Woolf
English modernist writer (1882–1941)
40,180
views
views
65
Mary Shelley
English writer (1797–1851)
39,773
views
views
66
Joan Collins
English actress, author and columnist
39,761
views
views
67
Richard Dreyfuss
American actor (born 1947)
39,489
views
views
68
Russell Brand
English comedian, actor, and podcaster (born 1975)
39,425
views
views
69
Mickey Rooney
American actor (1920–2014)
39,055
views
views
70
Leo Tolstoy
Russian author (1828–1910)
38,634
views
views
71
Brandon Sanderson
American fantasy writer (born 1975)
38,231
views
views
72
Hunter S. Thompson
American journalist and author (1937–2005)
37,893
views
views
73
John Steinbeck
American writer (1902–1968)
36,987
views
views
74
Leonard Cohen
Canadian singer, songwriter and poet (1934–2016)
36,369
views
views
75
Stephen Collins
American actor
36,205
views
views
76
Khloé Kardashian
American media personality, influencer, and businesswoman
35,876
views
views
77
William Gibson
American-Canadian speculative fiction writer (born 1948)
35,241
views
views
78
David Foster Wallace
American fiction writer and essayist (1962–2008)
34,996
views
views
79
Alex Garland
British writer, scriptwriter and film director (born 1970)
34,572
views
views
80
Jimmy Buffett
American singer-songwriter (1946–2023)
34,473
views
views
81
Truman Capote
American writer (1924-1984)
34,296
views
views
82
Haruki Murakami
Japanese writer (born 1949)
33,878
views
views
83
Carl Sagan
American astrophysicist, cosmologist and author (1934–1996)
33,210
views
views
84
Victor Hugo
French novelist, poet, dramatist and politician (1802–1885)
32,975
views
views
85
Arthur Miller
American playwright and essayist (1915–2005)
32,931
views
views
86
Arundhati Roy
Indian novelist, essayist, and activist
32,683
views
views
87
Marquis de Sade
French nobleman, revolutionary politician, philosopher and writer of erotic works
32,539
views
views
88
Philip K. Dick
American science fiction author (1928–1982)
32,519
views
views
89
James Joyce
Irish novelist and poet (1882–1941)
32,062
views
views
90
Chris Elliott
American actor, writer, and comedian
30,829
views
views
91
Joss Whedon
American director, screenwriter, and producer (born 1964)
30,744
views
views
92
Anne Rice
American writer
30,611
views
views
93
F. Scott Fitzgerald
American writer (1896–1940)
30,309
views
views
94
Ursula K. Le Guin
American fantasy and science fiction author (1929–2018)
29,855
views
views
95
James Baldwin
American writer (1924–1987)
29,787
views
views
96
Arthur Conan Doyle
British writer and physician (1859–1930)
29,768
views
views
97
Rudyard Kipling
English writer and poet (1865–1936)
29,681
views
views
98
Kurt Vonnegut
American author (1922–2007)
29,448
views
views
99
Margaret Atwood
Canadian poet, novelist, literary critic, essayist, teacher, environmental activist, pépiniériste and inventor (born 1939)
29,439
views
views
100
Rupert Everett
British actor
29,197
views
views
Also trending in Global
🗳️ Politicians
🌐 Diplomats
🎖️ Officers
🪖 Soldiers
⚖️ Lawyers
🎭 Actors
🎵 Musicians
🎤 Singers
🎼 Composers
🎥 Filmmakers
🎬 Film Directors
🎨 Painters
📜 Poets
📰 Journalists
📚 Historians
🗣️ Linguists
🔬 Scientists
⚛️ Physicists
🧪 Chemists
📐 Mathematicians
⚙️ Engineers
🩺 Physicians
📊 Economists
💻 Programmers