Trending Novelists in USA this week
The 100 most-viewed novelists this week on Wikipedia (USA). Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Harlan Coben.
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Ranked
159,871
Total Views (this week)
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Harlan Coben
American writer
9,330
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2
Martina Navratilova
Czech-American tennis player
6,803
views
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3
Yukio Mishima
Japanese author (1925–1970)
6,268
views
views
4
Hilary Duff
American actress and singer (born 1987)
5,558
views
views
5
Newt Gingrich
American politician and former speaker of the United States House of Representatives
4,017
views
views
6
Anthony Bourdain
American chef and television personality (1956-2018)
3,357
views
views
7
MacKenzie Scott
American philanthropist and novelist
3,273
views
views
8
George R. R. Martin
American writer and television producer (born 1948)
3,132
views
views
9
Carrie Fisher
American actress, writer and screenwriter (1956–2016)
2,724
views
views
10
Gene Hackman
American actor and novelist (1930–2025)
2,468
views
views
11
Ian Fleming
British author (1908–1964)
2,382
views
views
12
Jimmy Carter
president of the United States from 1977 to 1981 (1924–2024)
2,267
views
views
13
Molly Ringwald
American actress and writer (born 1968)
2,249
views
views
14
Michael Crichton
American author, screenwriter, film director (1942–2008)
2,105
views
views
15
Stephen King
American novelist and writer (born 1947)
2,088
views
views
16
Matthew Bracken
American writer
2,048
views
views
17
Julie Andrews
British actress, singer and author (born 1935)
1,990
views
views
18
Jane Austen
English novelist (1775–1817)
1,930
views
views
19
Isla Fisher
Australian actress and author (born 1976)
1,926
views
views
20
William Shatner
Canadian actor (born 1931)
1,885
views
views
21
Ethan Hawke
American actor and writer (born 1970)
1,862
views
views
22
Ernest Hemingway
American author and journalist (1899–1961)
1,859
views
views
23
J. R. R. Tolkien
English writer and philologist (1892–1973)
1,852
views
views
24
Roald Dahl
British writer and poet (1916–1990)
1,851
views
views
25
Fauna Hodel
American author
1,761
views
views
26
Saddam Hussein
Iraqi politician and revolutionary, president of Iraq from 1979 to 2003
1,745
views
views
27
Andy Weir
American writer (born 1972)
1,546
views
views
28
Richard Dreyfuss
American actor
1,529
views
views
29
Joseph Goebbels
Nazi politician and Propaganda Minister (1897–1945)
1,473
views
views
30
Chris Elliott
American actor, writer, and comedian
1,459
views
views
31
Nick Tosches
American writer (1949–2019)
1,452
views
views
32
Lauren Graham
American actress, producer and novelist
1,444
views
views
33
Anne Rice
American writer
1,406
views
views
34
Agatha Christie
English mystery and detective writer (1890–1976)
1,387
views
views
35
J. K. Rowling
British author and philanthropist (born 1965)
1,364
views
views
36
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Russian novelist (1821–1881)
1,364
views
views
37
Cormac McCarthy
American novelist, playwright, and screenwriter (1933–2023)
1,335
views
views
38
Truman Capote
American author (1924-1984)
1,330
views
views
39
Whoopi Goldberg
American actress, comedian, author and television personality
1,324
views
views
40
C. S. Lewis
British writer, lay theologian, and scholar (1898–1963)
1,312
views
views
41
Hugh Laurie
English actor, comedian, director, musician and writer
1,305
views
views
42
Edgar Allan Poe
American writer and literary critic (1809–1849)
1,298
views
views
43
Carroll Baker
American actress (born 1931)
1,291
views
views
44
Nick Cave
Australian musician and singer
1,285
views
views
45
Tyler Perry
American actor, director, screenwriter, playwright, producer, author, and songwriter
1,270
views
views
46
David Benioff
American writer and producer (born 1970)
1,256
views
views
47
Mark Twain
American author and humorist (1835–1910)
1,248
views
views
48
Russell Brand
English comedian, actor, and podcaster (born 1975)
1,227
views
views
49
Stephen Fry
British comedian, actor, writer, presenter, and activist
1,218
views
views
50
Aleister Crowley
English occultist (1875–1947)
1,213
views
views
51
Mickey Rooney
American actor (1920–2014)
1,211
views
views
52
Jimmy Buffett
American singer-songwriter (1946–2023)
1,200
views
views
53
Amy Sedaris
American comedian and actor
1,169
views
views
54
Sylvia Plath
American poet and writer (1932–1963)
1,157
views
views
55
Gloria Vanderbilt
American businesswoman, fashion designer, socialite and writer (1924-2019)
1,157
views
views
56
Ivana Trump
Czech-American businesswoman (1949–2022)
1,153
views
views
57
Laura Ingalls Wilder
American children's writer, diarist, and journalist (1867-1957)
1,145
views
views
58
Ayn Rand
Russian-born American writer and public philosopher (1905–1982)
1,138
views
views
59
Kurt Vonnegut
American author (1922–2007)
1,110
views
views
60
Elle Kennedy
Canadian novelist; bestselling author of contemporary romance and romantic suspense
1,104
views
views
61
Hunter S. Thompson
American journalist and author (1937–2005)
1,094
views
views
62
Oscar Wilde
Irish poet, playwright, and aesthete (1854-1900)
1,085
views
views
63
Mary Shelley
English writer (1797–1851)
1,078
views
views
64
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Nicolle Wallace
American political commentator, author, and current anchor of Deadline: White House
1,077
views
views
65
Marquis de Sade
French nobleman, revolutionary politician, philosopher and writer of erotic works
1,077
views
views
66
Franz Kafka
Bohemian writer from Prague (1883–1924)
1,056
views
views
67
Carl Sagan
American astrophysicist, cosmologist and author (1934–1996)
1,050
views
views
68
Rod Serling
American screenwriter (1924–1975)
1,050
views
views
69
H. P. Lovecraft
American writer and editor (1890–1937)
1,021
views
views
70
George Orwell
British writer and journalist (1903–1950)
1,011
views
views
71
Neil Gaiman
English writer (born 1960)
982
views
views
72
Philip K. Dick
American science fiction author (1928–1982)
978
views
views
73
Bella Thorne
American actress and singer (born 1997)
965
views
views
74
John Steinbeck
American writer (1902–1968)
964
views
views
75
Salman Rushdie
Indian-born British-American novelist (born 1947)
954
views
views
76
Stephen Collins
American actor
953
views
views
77
Fannie Flagg
American actress, comedian and author
949
views
views
78
Eric Bogosian
American actor, playwright and monologist, novelist
941
views
views
79
Alexandre Dumas
French writer and dramatist (1802–1870)
927
views
views
80
Kazuo Ishiguro
British novelist (born 1954)
914
views
views
81
Rupert Everett
British actor
914
views
views
82
David Foster Wallace
American fiction writer and essayist (1962–2008)
904
views
views
83
James Baldwin
American writer (1924–1987)
901
views
views
84
Brandon Sanderson
American fantasy writer (born 1975)
897
views
views
85
Joan Collins
English actress, author and columnist
890
views
views
86
Leonard Cohen
Canadian singer, songwriter and poet (1934–2016)
889
views
views
87
Guillermo del Toro
Mexican filmmaker and author (born 1964)
885
views
views
88
Virginia Woolf
English modernist writer (1882–1941)
871
views
views
89
Michael Peterson
American novelist convicted of manslaughter
870
views
views
90
Arthur Miller
American playwright and essayist (1915–2005)
858
views
views
91
Isaac Asimov
American writer and biochemist (1920–1992)
842
views
views
92
Albert Camus
French philosopher, author, and journalist (1913–1960)
841
views
views
93
Joss Whedon
American director, screenwriter, and producer (born 1964)
835
views
views
94
Khloé Kardashian
American media personality, influencer, and businesswoman
832
views
views
95
Alex Morgan
American soccer player
831
views
views
96
F. Scott Fitzgerald
American writer (1896–1940)
830
views
views
97
Thomas More
English statesman, lawyer and philosopher (1478–1535)
819
views
views
98
Leo Tolstoy
Russian author (1828–1910)
813
views
views
99
Charles Dickens
English novelist and social critic (1812–1870)
810
views
views
100
Craig Ferguson
British actor
803
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