Trending Novelists in USA — the 12 months to October 2026
The 99 most-viewed novelists on Wikipedia, the 12 months to October 2026 (English-language edition). Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Anthony Bourdain. Data as of 26 October 2026.
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20,429,519
Total Views (the 12 months to October 2026)
1
Anthony Bourdain
American chef and television personality (1956-2018)
965,074
views
views
2
Yayoi Kusama
Japanese artist (1929–2026)
531,373
views
views
3
George R. R. Martin
American writer and television producer (born 1948)
435,041
views
views
4
Hilary Duff
American actress, singer-songwriter, entrepreneur and writer (born 1987)
391,821
views
views
5
Ernest Hemingway
American author and journalist (1899–1961)
374,053
views
views
6
Saddam Hussein
Iraqi politician and revolutionary, president of Iraq from 1979 to 2003
370,364
views
views
7
William Shatner
Canadian actor (born 1931)
353,516
views
views
8
J. R. R. Tolkien
English writer and philologist (1892–1973)
353,291
views
views
9
Stephen King
American novelist and writer (born 1947)
343,763
views
views
10
Carrie Fisher
American actress, writer and screenwriter (1956–2016)
338,203
views
views
11
Julie Andrews
British actress, singer and author (born 1935)
331,985
views
views
12
J. K. Rowling
English author (born 1965)
325,877
views
views
13
Jane Austen
author, novelist, writer (1775–1817)
325,658
views
views
14
Bret Easton Ellis
American novelist, screenwriter
321,001
views
views
15
Jimmy Carter
president of the United States from 1977 to 1981 (1924–2024)
311,082
views
views
16
Ethan Hawke
American actor and writer (born 1970)
300,582
views
views
17
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Russian novelist (1821–1881)
290,760
views
views
18
Wendell Berry
American writer, activist, and poet from Kentucky (1934-2026)
285,887
views
views
19
Isla Fisher
Australian actress and author (born 1976)
274,209
views
views
20
Roald Dahl
British writer and poet (1916–1990)
272,051
views
views
21
Lauren Graham
American actress, producer and novelist
262,356
views
views
22
Agatha Christie
English mystery and detective writer (1890–1976)
253,190
views
views
23
Edgar Allan Poe
American writer and literary critic (1809–1849)
252,303
views
views
24
Oscar Wilde
Irish poet, playwright, and aesthete (1854-1900)
232,031
views
views
25
George Orwell
British writer and journalist (1903–1950)
230,026
views
views
26
Katie Price
British television personality, businesswoman, model, and singer (born 1978)
230,016
views
views
27
Franz Kafka
Bohemian writer from Prague (1883–1924)
229,772
views
views
28
Harlan Coben
American writer
224,356
views
views
29
Hugh Laurie
English actor, comedian, director, musician and writer (born 1959)
215,691
views
views
30
Gene Hackman
American actor and novelist (1930–2025)
214,984
views
views
31
Ian Fleming
British author (1908–1964)
214,768
views
views
32
Laura Ingalls Wilder
American children's writer, diarist, and journalist (1867-1957)
208,755
views
views
33
Charles Dickens
English novelist and social critic (1812–1870)
207,897
views
views
34
Yukio Mishima
Japanese author (1925–1970)
206,084
views
views
35
C. S. Lewis
British writer, lay theologian, and scholar (1898–1963)
205,065
views
views
36
Joseph Goebbels
Nazi politician and Propaganda Minister (1897–1945)
202,762
views
views
37
John Steinbeck
American writer (1902–1968)
198,479
views
views
38
Sylvia Plath
American poet and writer (1932–1963)
197,278
views
views
39
Mark Twain
American author and humorist (1835–1910)
192,574
views
views
40
Salman Rushdie
Indian-born English and American novelist (born 1947)
191,471
views
views
41
Stephen Fry
British comedian, actor, writer, presenter, and activist
190,437
views
views
42
Whoopi Goldberg
American actress, comedian, author and television personality (born 1955)
185,508
views
views
43
Aleister Crowley
English occultist (1875–1947)
177,951
views
views
44
Ivana Trump
Czech-American businesswoman (1949–2022)
175,786
views
views
45
Martina Navratilova
Czech-American tennis player
175,650
views
views
46
Molly Ringwald
American actress and writer (born 1968)
171,551
views
views
47
Ayn Rand
Russian-born American writer and public philosopher (1905–1982)
169,558
views
views
48
Carole Radziwill
American journalist, author
168,229
views
views
49
Cormac McCarthy
American novelist, playwright, and screenwriter (1933–2023)
168,045
views
views
50
H. P. Lovecraft
American writer and editor (1890–1937)
166,958
views
views
51
Virginia Woolf
English modernist writer (1882–1941)
164,195
views
views
52
Mary Shelley
English writer (1797–1851)
163,793
views
views
53
Guillermo del Toro
Mexican filmmaker and author (born 1964)
162,520
views
views
54
Isaac Asimov
American writer and biochemist (1920–1992)
162,042
views
views
55
Alexandre Dumas
French writer and dramatist (1802–1870)
161,757
views
views
56
Leonard Cohen
Canadian singer, songwriter and poet (1934–2016)
161,115
views
views
57
Russell Brand
English comedian, actor, and podcaster (born 1975)
159,616
views
views
58
Richard Dreyfuss
American actor (born 1947)
154,016
views
views
59
Neil Gaiman
English writer (born 1960)
153,805
views
views
60
Albert Camus
French philosopher, author, and journalist (1913–1960)
153,246
views
views
61
Hunter S. Thompson
American journalist and author (1937–2005)
151,976
views
views
62
David Walliams
English actor, comedian and writer
150,079
views
views
63
Leo Tolstoy
Russian author (1828–1910)
147,395
views
views
64
Stephen Collins
American actor
147,248
views
views
65
David Foster Wallace
American fiction writer and essayist (1962–2008)
146,925
views
views
66
MacKenzie Scott
American philanthropist and novelist
145,521
views
views
67
Nick Cave
Australian musician and singer
145,097
views
views
68
Truman Capote
American writer (1924-1984)
142,443
views
views
69
F. Scott Fitzgerald
American writer (1896–1940)
142,012
views
views
70
Jimmy Buffett
American singer-songwriter (1946–2023)
141,816
views
views
71
Andy Weir
American writer (born 1972)
141,427
views
views
72
Grace Dent
English columnist, broadcaster and author
139,979
views
views
73
James Joyce
Irish novelist and poet (1882–1941)
139,902
views
views
74
Eric Idle
British comedian, actor and writer (born 1943)
139,552
views
views
75
Lee Child
British thriller writer (born 1954)
139,116
views
views
76
Mickey Rooney
American actor (1920–2014)
137,688
views
views
77
Kurt Vonnegut
American author (1922–2007)
136,688
views
views
78
Joan Collins
English actress, author and columnist
136,466
views
views
79
Joss Whedon
American director, screenwriter, and producer (born 1964)
135,635
views
views
80
Brandon Sanderson
American fantasy writer (born 1975)
135,363
views
views
81
Michael Crichton
American author, screenwriter, film director (1942–2008)
134,351
views
views
82
Michael Peterson
American novelist convicted of manslaughter
133,729
views
views
83
Thomas More
English statesman, lawyer and philosopher (1478–1535)
133,386
views
views
84
Rudyard Kipling
English writer and poet (1865–1936)
131,321
views
views
85
L. Ron Hubbard
American writer and Scientology founder (1911–1986)
131,131
views
views
86
Marquis de Sade
French nobleman, revolutionary politician, philosopher and writer of erotic works
130,816
views
views
87
Alberto Moravia
Italian writer and journalist (1907-1990)
127,800
views
views
88
Robert Shaw
British actor and writer (1927–1978)
126,189
views
views
89
Maya Angelou
American poet, author, and civil rights activist (1928–2014)
126,085
views
views
90
Carl Sagan
American astrophysicist, cosmologist and author (1934–1996)
126,075
views
views
91
Arthur Conan Doyle
British writer and physician (1859–1930)
125,891
views
views
92
James Baldwin
American writer (1924–1987)
120,873
views
views
93
Philip K. Dick
American science fiction author (1928–1982)
119,567
views
views
94
Mary Oliver
American poet (1935–2019)
119,279
views
views
95
Bonnie Greer
American-British playwright, novelist and broadcaster (1948–2026)
118,668
views
views
96
Ursula K. Le Guin
American fantasy and science fiction author (1929–2018)
118,045
views
views
97
Arthur C. Clarke
British science fiction writer, inventor, and futurist (1917–2008)
117,828
views
views
98
H. G. Wells
English writer (1866–1946)
117,500
views
views
99
Anne Rice
American author (1941–2021)
117,430
views
views
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