Trending Novelists in USA — the 7 days to 26 October 2026
The 99 most-viewed novelists on Wikipedia, the 7 days to 26 October 2026 (English-language edition). Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Russell Brand. Data as of 26 October 2026.
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2,965,794
Total Views (the 7 days to 26 October 2026)
1
Russell Brand
English comedian, actor, and podcaster (born 1975)
97,485
views
views
2
Stephen King
American novelist and writer (born 1947)
80,122
views
views
3
Isla Fisher
Australian actress and author (born 1976)
75,705
views
views
4
Ethan Hawke
American actor and writer (born 1970)
75,647
views
views
5
John Steinbeck
American writer (1902–1968)
75,353
views
views
6
Carrie Fisher
American actress, writer and screenwriter (1956–2016)
73,031
views
views
7
Anthony Bourdain
American chef and television personality (1956-2018)
55,555
views
views
8
J. R. R. Tolkien
English writer and philologist (1892–1973)
52,761
views
views
9
Hilary Duff
American actress, singer-songwriter, entrepreneur and writer (born 1987)
52,150
views
views
10
Ryū Murakami
Japanese novelist, film director, and screenwriter (1952–2026)
51,392
views
views
11
Edgar Allan Poe
American writer and literary critic (1809–1849)
47,962
views
views
12
Jane Austen
author, novelist, writer (1775–1817)
47,469
views
views
13
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Russian novelist (1821–1881)
46,152
views
views
14
Cathy Ames
fictional character of John Steinbeck
43,693
views
views
15
Khloé Kardashian
American media personality, influencer, and businesswoman
43,471
views
views
16
Saddam Hussein
Iraqi politician and revolutionary, president of Iraq from 1979 to 2003
43,388
views
views
17
Ernest Hemingway
American author and journalist (1899–1961)
41,346
views
views
18
J. K. Rowling
English author (born 1965)
39,533
views
views
19
Jimmy Carter
president of the United States from 1977 to 1981 (1924–2024)
37,818
views
views
20
Haruki Murakami
Japanese writer (born 1949)
37,798
views
views
21
Sally Rooney
Irish author
36,938
views
views
22
Julie Andrews
British actress, singer and author (born 1935)
36,799
views
views
23
William Shatner
Canadian actor (born 1931)
36,705
views
views
24
C. S. Lewis
British writer, lay theologian, and scholar (1898–1963)
35,899
views
views
25
Clive Barker
English author, film director, and visual artist (born 1952) (74 years)
35,321
views
views
26
Lauren Graham
American actress, producer and novelist
34,674
views
views
27
Roald Dahl
British writer and poet (1916–1990)
34,576
views
views
28
Charles Dickens
English novelist and social critic (1812–1870)
33,258
views
views
29
Oscar Wilde
Irish poet, playwright, and aesthete (1854-1900)
32,884
views
views
30
Stephen Fry
British comedian, actor, writer, presenter, and activist
32,304
views
views
31
Truman Capote
American writer (1924-1984)
31,643
views
views
32
Agatha Christie
English mystery and detective writer (1890–1976)
31,388
views
views
33
Kazuo Ishiguro
British novelist (born 1954)
31,064
views
views
34
Franz Kafka
Bohemian writer from Prague (1883–1924)
30,973
views
views
35
Mary Shelley
English writer (1797–1851)
29,432
views
views
36
Guillermo del Toro
Mexican filmmaker and author (born 1964)
29,058
views
views
37
Thomas Mann
German novelist and Nobel Prize laureate (1875–1955)
28,922
views
views
38
Newt Gingrich
American politician and former speaker of the United States House of Representatives
28,473
views
views
39
Joseph Goebbels
Nazi politician and Propaganda Minister (1897–1945)
28,088
views
views
40
Emily Brontë
English novelist and poet (1818–1848)
27,845
views
views
41
George Orwell
British writer and journalist (1903–1950)
26,671
views
views
42
Ian Fleming
British author (1908–1964)
26,669
views
views
43
Aleister Crowley
English occultist (1875–1947)
26,269
views
views
44
Ursula K. Le Guin
American fantasy and science fiction author (1929–2018)
25,627
views
views
45
Harlan Coben
American writer
25,078
views
views
46
H. P. Lovecraft
American writer and editor (1890–1937)
25,052
views
views
47
Leonard Cohen
Canadian singer, songwriter and poet (1934–2016)
24,759
views
views
48
Neil Gaiman
English writer (born 1960)
24,634
views
views
49
Gene Hackman
American actor and novelist (1930–2025)
24,334
views
views
50
Ivana Trump
Czech-American businesswoman (1949–2022)
24,303
views
views
51
David Walliams
English actor, comedian and writer
24,292
views
views
52
Leo Tolstoy
Russian author (1828–1910)
24,136
views
views
53
Carole Radziwill
American journalist, author
23,594
views
views
54
Hugh Laurie
English actor, comedian, director, musician and writer (born 1959)
23,473
views
views
55
Alberto Moravia
Italian writer and journalist (1907-1990)
23,459
views
views
56
Sylvia Plath
American poet and writer (1932–1963)
23,242
views
views
57
Mark Twain
American author and humorist (1835–1910)
23,209
views
views
58
Whoopi Goldberg
American actress, comedian, author and television personality (born 1955)
22,999
views
views
59
Patricia Highsmith
American novelist and short story writer (1921–1995)
22,465
views
views
60
Jeffrey Archer
English author and politician (1940–2026)
22,157
views
views
61
Cormac McCarthy
American novelist, playwright, and screenwriter (1933–2023)
22,113
views
views
62
George R. R. Martin
American writer and television producer (born 1948)
22,100
views
views
63
David Niven
British actor and novelist (1910–1983)
21,472
views
views
64
Mick Herron
British novelist
21,233
views
views
65
Isaac Asimov
American writer and biochemist (1920–1992)
20,818
views
views
66
Virginia Woolf
English modernist writer (1882–1941)
20,743
views
views
67
Albert Camus
French philosopher, author, and journalist (1913–1960)
20,460
views
views
68
John le Carré
British novelist and spy (1931–2020)
19,756
views
views
69
Alexandre Dumas
French writer and dramatist (1802–1870)
19,669
views
views
70
Chris Colfer
actor, singer, book author
19,652
views
views
71
Bram Stoker
Irish novelist and short story writer (1847–1912)
19,642
views
views
72
James Joyce
Irish novelist and poet (1882–1941)
19,376
views
views
73
Ayn Rand
Russian-born American writer and public philosopher (1905–1982)
19,341
views
views
74
Marquis de Sade
French nobleman, revolutionary politician, philosopher and writer of erotic works
19,241
views
views
75
Jack Kerouac
American writer (1922–1969)
18,980
views
views
76
Meera Syal
English author and actress
18,436
views
views
77
Yukio Mishima
Japanese author (1925–1970)
18,275
views
views
78
Carl Sagan
American astrophysicist, cosmologist and author (1934–1996)
18,119
views
views
79
Aldous Huxley
English writer and philosopher (1894–1963)
18,096
views
views
80
Arthur Conan Doyle
British writer and physician (1859–1930)
18,057
views
views
81
Sarah J. Maas
American fantasy writer
18,009
views
views
82
Philip K. Dick
American science fiction author (1928–1982)
17,782
views
views
83
Maya Angelou
American poet, author, and civil rights activist (1928–2014)
17,724
views
views
84
Joan Collins
English actress, author and columnist
17,594
views
views
85
Jean-Paul Sartre
French existentialist philosopher (1905–1980)
17,512
views
views
86
Joss Whedon
American director, screenwriter, and producer (born 1964)
17,477
views
views
87
Katie Price
British television personality, businesswoman, model, and singer (born 1978)
17,232
views
views
88
Salman Rushdie
Indian-born English and American novelist (born 1947)
17,010
views
views
89
Rudyard Kipling
English writer and poet (1865–1936)
16,841
views
views
90
Laura Ingalls Wilder
American children's writer, diarist, and journalist (1867-1957)
16,828
views
views
91
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
German writer, artist, natural scientist and politician (1749–1832)
16,723
views
views
92
Richard Dreyfuss
American actor (born 1947)
16,609
views
views
93
Charlotte Brontë
British novelist and poet (1816-1855)
16,164
views
views
94
Charles Bukowski
German-American writer (1920–1994)
16,156
views
views
95
Rod Serling
American screenwriter (1924–1975)
16,081
views
views
96
Stephen Collins
American actor
16,035
views
views
97
Alex Garland
British writer, scriptwriter and film director (born 1970)
16,022
views
views
98
Robert Shaw
British actor and writer (1927–1978)
15,960
views
views
99
Mickey Rooney
American actor (1920–2014)
15,959
views
views
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