Trending Novelists in USA — the 7 days to 27 October 2026
The 99 most-viewed novelists on Wikipedia, the 7 days to 27 October 2026 (English-language edition). Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Russell Brand. Data as of 27 October 2026.
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2,979,572
Total Views (the 7 days to 27 October 2026)
1
Russell Brand
English comedian, actor, and podcaster (born 1975)
88,553
views
views
2
Stephen King
American novelist and writer (born 1947)
78,583
views
views
3
Ethan Hawke
American actor and writer (born 1970)
78,517
views
views
4
Carrie Fisher
American actress, writer and screenwriter (1956–2016)
72,852
views
views
5
John Steinbeck
American writer (1902–1968)
71,535
views
views
6
William Shatner
Canadian actor (born 1931)
66,243
views
views
7
Anthony Bourdain
American chef and television personality (1956-2018)
62,892
views
views
8
Isla Fisher
Australian actress and author (born 1976)
61,311
views
views
9
Hilary Duff
American actress, singer-songwriter, entrepreneur and writer (born 1987)
56,172
views
views
10
Ryū Murakami
Japanese novelist, film director, and screenwriter (1952–2026)
53,859
views
views
11
J. R. R. Tolkien
English writer and philologist (1892–1973)
52,001
views
views
12
Edgar Allan Poe
American writer and literary critic (1809–1849)
48,390
views
views
13
Jane Austen
author, novelist, writer (1775–1817)
45,754
views
views
14
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Russian novelist (1821–1881)
45,268
views
views
15
Saddam Hussein
Iraqi politician and revolutionary, president of Iraq from 1979 to 2003
43,249
views
views
16
Khloé Kardashian
American media personality, influencer, and businesswoman
42,334
views
views
17
J. K. Rowling
English author (born 1965)
40,318
views
views
18
Cathy Ames
fictional character of John Steinbeck
40,060
views
views
19
Ernest Hemingway
American author and journalist (1899–1961)
39,715
views
views
20
Haruki Murakami
Japanese writer (born 1949)
39,545
views
views
21
Jimmy Carter
president of the United States from 1977 to 1981 (1924–2024)
38,090
views
views
22
Julie Andrews
British actress, singer and author (born 1935)
37,778
views
views
23
Sally Rooney
Irish author
34,706
views
views
24
Lauren Graham
American actress, producer and novelist
34,550
views
views
25
Roald Dahl
British writer and poet (1916–1990)
34,376
views
views
26
C. S. Lewis
British writer, lay theologian, and scholar (1898–1963)
34,118
views
views
27
Oscar Wilde
Irish poet, playwright, and aesthete (1854-1900)
33,050
views
views
28
Charles Dickens
English novelist and social critic (1812–1870)
32,843
views
views
29
Clive Barker
English author, film director, and visual artist (born 1952) (74 years)
32,776
views
views
30
Stephen Fry
British comedian, actor, writer, presenter, and activist
32,757
views
views
31
Emily Brontë
English novelist and poet (1818–1848)
32,642
views
views
32
Truman Capote
American writer (1924-1984)
32,173
views
views
33
Kazuo Ishiguro
British novelist (born 1954)
31,669
views
views
34
Thomas Mann
German novelist and Nobel Prize laureate (1875–1955)
31,609
views
views
35
Franz Kafka
Bohemian writer from Prague (1883–1924)
30,964
views
views
36
Agatha Christie
English mystery and detective writer (1890–1976)
30,855
views
views
37
Mary Shelley
English writer (1797–1851)
29,924
views
views
38
Joseph Goebbels
Nazi politician and Propaganda Minister (1897–1945)
29,308
views
views
39
Guillermo del Toro
Mexican filmmaker and author (born 1964)
28,923
views
views
40
Ian Fleming
British author (1908–1964)
27,084
views
views
41
George Orwell
British writer and journalist (1903–1950)
26,428
views
views
42
Harlan Coben
American writer
26,427
views
views
43
Ursula K. Le Guin
American fantasy and science fiction author (1929–2018)
26,016
views
views
44
H. P. Lovecraft
American writer and editor (1890–1937)
25,039
views
views
45
Neil Gaiman
English writer (born 1960)
25,029
views
views
46
Leonard Cohen
Canadian singer, songwriter and poet (1934–2016)
24,739
views
views
47
Aleister Crowley
English occultist (1875–1947)
24,584
views
views
48
Ivana Trump
Czech-American businesswoman (1949–2022)
24,380
views
views
49
Gene Hackman
American actor and novelist (1930–2025)
23,960
views
views
50
Sylvia Plath
American poet and writer (1932–1963)
23,885
views
views
51
David Walliams
English actor, comedian and writer
23,715
views
views
52
Hugh Laurie
English actor, comedian, director, musician and writer (born 1959)
23,685
views
views
53
Patricia Highsmith
American novelist and short story writer (1921–1995)
23,450
views
views
54
Leo Tolstoy
Russian author (1828–1910)
23,435
views
views
55
Mark Twain
American author and humorist (1835–1910)
23,404
views
views
56
Newt Gingrich
American politician and former speaker of the United States House of Representatives
23,051
views
views
57
Carole Radziwill
American journalist, author
22,896
views
views
58
Whoopi Goldberg
American actress, comedian, author and television personality (born 1955)
22,845
views
views
59
David Niven
British actor and novelist (1910–1983)
22,603
views
views
60
George R. R. Martin
American writer and television producer (born 1948)
22,300
views
views
61
Mick Herron
British novelist
22,135
views
views
62
Jeffrey Archer
English author and politician (1940–2026)
21,872
views
views
63
Cormac McCarthy
American novelist, playwright, and screenwriter (1933–2023)
21,733
views
views
64
Sarah J. Maas
American fantasy writer
21,170
views
views
65
Alberto Moravia
Italian writer and journalist (1907-1990)
20,597
views
views
66
Isaac Asimov
American writer and biochemist (1920–1992)
20,495
views
views
67
Virginia Woolf
English modernist writer (1882–1941)
20,293
views
views
68
Albert Camus
French philosopher, author, and journalist (1913–1960)
20,016
views
views
69
Bram Stoker
Irish novelist and short story writer (1847–1912)
19,928
views
views
70
James Joyce
Irish novelist and poet (1882–1941)
19,200
views
views
71
John le Carré
British novelist and spy (1931–2020)
19,197
views
views
72
Alexandre Dumas
French writer and dramatist (1802–1870)
19,177
views
views
73
Ayn Rand
Russian-born American writer and public philosopher (1905–1982)
19,089
views
views
74
Jack Kerouac
American writer (1922–1969)
19,082
views
views
75
Marquis de Sade
French nobleman, revolutionary politician, philosopher and writer of erotic works
18,894
views
views
76
John Grisham
American writer (born 1955)
18,658
views
views
77
Carl Sagan
American astrophysicist, cosmologist and author (1934–1996)
18,635
views
views
78
Chris Colfer
actor, singer, book author
18,614
views
views
79
Yukio Mishima
Japanese author (1925–1970)
18,432
views
views
80
Maya Angelou
American poet, author, and civil rights activist (1928–2014)
18,398
views
views
81
Joan Collins
English actress, author and columnist
18,330
views
views
82
Stephen Collins
American actor
18,115
views
views
83
Arthur Conan Doyle
British writer and physician (1859–1930)
17,702
views
views
84
Katie Price
British television personality, businesswoman, model, and singer (born 1978)
17,579
views
views
85
Charlotte Brontë
British novelist and poet (1816-1855)
17,478
views
views
86
Aldous Huxley
English writer and philosopher (1894–1963)
17,428
views
views
87
Jean-Paul Sartre
French existentialist philosopher (1905–1980)
17,386
views
views
88
Joss Whedon
American director, screenwriter, and producer (born 1964)
17,168
views
views
89
Philip K. Dick
American science fiction author (1928–1982)
17,082
views
views
90
Rod Serling
American screenwriter (1924–1975)
16,900
views
views
91
Alex Garland
British writer, scriptwriter and film director (born 1970)
16,860
views
views
92
Laura Ingalls Wilder
American children's writer, diarist, and journalist (1867-1957)
16,854
views
views
93
Rudyard Kipling
English writer and poet (1865–1936)
16,733
views
views
94
Richard Dreyfuss
American actor (born 1947)
16,721
views
views
95
Salman Rushdie
Indian-born English and American novelist (born 1947)
16,704
views
views
96
Meera Syal
English author and actress
16,637
views
views
97
Michael Crichton
American author, screenwriter, film director (1942–2008)
16,547
views
views
98
Charles Bukowski
German-American writer (1920–1994)
16,285
views
views
99
Mickey Rooney
American actor (1920–2014)
16,231
views
views
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