R. L. Stine
R. L. Stine is an American author best known for children's and young-adult horror fiction, especially Goosebumps and Fear Street.
440 works42 series
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Jane Yolen
Jane Yolen was an American author of more than 400 books for children and adults, including fantasy, science fiction, poetry, picture books, folklore retellings, historical fiction, and nonfiction.
346 works18 series
Isaac Asimov
American science-fiction author, popularizer of science, historian, essayist, and educator.
334 works7 series
Kristine Kathryn Rusch
American author and editor known for science fiction, fantasy, mystery, romance, horror, and writing-business nonfiction.
261 works29 series
Mike Mignola
American comic-book writer and artist best known as the creator of Hellboy and its connected supernatural universe.
229 works20 series
Robert Silverberg
American science-fiction writer, editor, essayist, and nonfiction author known for prolific pulp-era fiction, psychologically rich New Wave science fiction, and the Majipoor novels.
227 works11 series
Dan Abnett
British novelist and comic-book writer known for science fiction, fantasy, military fiction, and superhero comics.
219 works19 series
James Patterson
American author and former advertising executive known for crime thrillers, suspense novels, young-adult fiction, children's books, nonfiction, and extensive collaborations.
214 works30 series
Joyce Carol Oates
American novelist, short-story writer, poet, playwright, essayist, and memoirist whose career began with By the North Gate in 1963.
198 works2 series
Piers Anthony
American science-fiction and fantasy author best known for the Xanth series.
195 works21 series
Nora Roberts
American novelist known for romance, romantic suspense, paranormal romance, and fantasy.
191 works32 series
Mercedes Lackey
American fantasy and science-fiction author best known for the Valdemar novels, Elemental Masters, and numerous co-authored fantasy series.
189 works33 series
Gary Paulsen
American author of children's and young-adult fiction, adventure novels, memoirs, and nonfiction.
188 works12 series
Cullen Bunn
American comics writer, novelist, and short-story writer known for horror, fantasy, western, crime, and superhero comics.
177 works34 series
Alexander McCall Smith
Scottish author and legal scholar known for literary fiction, detective series, children's books, poetry, short stories, and academic works.
169 works12 series
Alexandre Dumas
French novelist, playwright, travel writer, memoirist, historian, and essayist, best known for historical adventure fiction.
165 works10 series
Daniel Defoe
English novelist, pamphleteer, journalist, poet, historian, travel writer, and political agent.
165 works6 series
Dean Koontz
American author of suspense, horror, science fiction, and fantasy fiction.
165 works10 series
Erin Hunter
Collective pseudonym used by a team of authors for middle-grade animal fantasy, including Warriors, Seekers, Survivors, Bravelands, Bamboo Kingdom, and Renegades.
164 works29 series
Katherine Applegate
American author of children's and young adult fiction, best known for Animorphs, Everworld, Remnants, The One and Only Ivan, and Endling.
160 works15 series
Christopher Golden
American novelist and comic-book writer known for horror, fantasy, suspense, science fiction, and media tie-ins.
155 works31 series
Dave Thomas
English author and journalist, also known as David Thompson, whose nonfiction focuses primarily on popular music, film, television, collecting, sport, and cultural history.
153 works0 series
Joe R. Lansdale
American author known for crime, horror, western, science fiction, dark humor, and comic-book fiction.
147 works7 series
Hans Christian Andersen
Danish author best known for literary fairy tales, and also a prolific novelist, dramatist, poet, travel writer, autobiographer, and biographer.
145 works8 series
Peter David
American writer of novels, comic books, graphic works, television, film, nonfiction, and video games.
144 works9 series
Stephen King
American author of horror, dark fantasy, science fiction, suspense, crime fiction, and nonfiction.
144 works6 series
Alan Dean Foster
American science-fiction, fantasy, horror, and nonfiction author known for the Humanx Commonwealth, Pip & Flinx, and Spellsinger series, as well as numerous film and television novelizations.
143 works20 series
Ann Aguirre
American author of science fiction, fantasy, paranormal romance, romantic suspense, and young adult fiction. She also writes as Ava Gray, Ellen Connor, and A.A. Aguirre.
143 works32 series
Robert E. Howard
American writer and poet best known for Conan the Cimmerian and for pioneering sword-and-sorcery fiction.
136 works15 series
Agatha Christie
English crime novelist, short-story writer, playwright, poet, and memoirist best known for Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple.
135 works9 series
H. G. Wells
English novelist, short-story writer, essayist, historian, biologist, and social thinker, best known for pioneering science-fiction novels and expansive works of social commentary.
134 works2 series
Garth Ennis
Northern Irish-American comics writer known for Preacher, The Boys, Hellblazer, The Punisher, and war comics.
131 works28 series
Warren Ellis
British comic-book writer, novelist, graphic novelist, and essayist known for cyberpunk, science fiction, horror, crime, and superhero works.
131 works20 series
Robert Graves
English poet, novelist, critic, mythographer, translator, and memoirist best known for I, Claudius, The White Goddess, and Goodbye to All That.
130 works2 series
Charles Bukowski
German-American poet, novelist, short-story writer, essayist, and memoirist known for his frank, comic, and unsentimental writing about marginal lives, work, drinking, sex, literature, and Los Angeles.
128 works0 series
Harry Turtledove
American author of alternate history, historical fiction, science fiction, and fantasy.
128 works23 series
Jason Aaron
American comic-book writer known for creator-owned crime, horror, science-fiction, and fantasy comics, along with major runs for Marvel and DC.
127 works50 series
Ryū Murakami
Japanese novelist, essayist, filmmaker, and cultural commentator known for psychologically intense fiction about alienation, sexuality, violence, technology, and contemporary Japanese society.
127 works3 series
Bertrand Russell
British philosopher, logician, mathematician, essayist, social critic, pacifist, and Nobel Prize-winning author.
126 works0 series
Michael Moorcock
English novelist, short-story writer, editor, critic, and musician known for science fiction, fantasy, literary fiction, and the New Wave movement.
126 works21 series
Lindsay Buroker
American independent author of humorous fantasy, science fiction, urban fantasy, and romantic fantasy.
125 works20 series
Robert Kirkman
American comic-book writer, creator, and publisher best known for The Walking Dead and Invincible.
125 works30 series
Jonathan Strahan
Northern Irish-born Australian editor, anthologist, critic, publisher, and podcaster specializing in science fiction and fantasy.
124 works12 series
Poul Anderson
Poul Anderson (1926–2001) was an American science-fiction and fantasy author known for hard science fiction, historical fantasy, alternate history, and adventure fiction.
122 works14 series
Mark Waid
American comic-book writer known for influential superhero comics including Kingdom Come, The Flash, Superman: Birthright, Daredevil, Captain America, and Batman/Superman: World's Finest.
121 works22 series
Terry Pratchett
English fantasy author, humorist, and satirist best known for the Discworld novels.
120 works8 series
Dalai Lama XIV
Tibetan Buddhist leader, author, teacher, and Nobel Peace Prize laureate.
117 works2 series
Nancy Holder
American author of horror, fantasy, romance, science fiction, young adult fiction, media tie-ins, comics, and poetry.
117 works23 series