Tanith Lee
British author of fantasy, science fiction, horror, historical fiction, children's literature, and poetry.
117 works16 series
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Anne Perry
Anne Perry (1938–2023) was an English author best known for historical crime fiction, especially the Charlotte and Thomas Pitt and William Monk series.
116 works9 series
Brian Michael Bendis
American comics writer and artist known for creator-owned crime comics and influential Marvel and DC superhero work.
116 works26 series
Noam Chomsky
American linguist, philosopher, cognitive scientist, and political critic who helped establish generative grammar and wrote extensively on U.S. foreign policy, media, imperialism, and social power.
116 works4 series
Margaret Weis
American fantasy and science-fiction author best known for co-creating Dragonlance with Tracy Hickman.
115 works26 series
Orson Scott Card
American author best known for science fiction, fantasy, biblical fiction, nonfiction, plays, and graphic works.
115 works19 series
Ruby Dixon
American romance author known for science-fiction, paranormal, and fantasy romance.
115 works9 series
M.R. Carey
British novelist and comic-book writer, also known as Mike Carey and Adam Blake, whose work spans horror, fantasy, science fiction, thrillers, and graphic fiction.
114 works12 series
Geoff Johns
American comic-book writer and producer best known for his work on DC superheroes, including Green Lantern, JSA, The Flash, Superman, Aquaman, and Justice League.
112 works14 series
Voltaire
Voltaire (François-Marie Arouet, 1694–1778) was a French Enlightenment writer, philosopher, historian, dramatist, poet, satirist, and polemicist.
112 works0 series
Jonathan Maberry
Jonathan Maberry is an American bestselling author, anthology editor, comic-book writer, playwright, poet, and writing teacher known for horror, suspense, science fiction, fantasy, and young-adult fiction.
110 works18 series
Yukio Mishima
Japanese novelist, playwright, essayist, memoirist, and poet whose work explored beauty, identity, sexuality, tradition, nationalism, and death.
109 works1 series
Keigo Higashino
Japanese novelist known for mystery, crime, psychological suspense, literary fiction, essays, and children’s books.
108 works10 series
P. G. Wodehouse
English-American comic novelist, humorist, playwright, lyricist, and memoirist best known for Jeeves and Wooster, Blandings Castle, Psmith, and Mr. Mulliner.
108 works9 series
Sherrilyn Kenyon
American author of paranormal romance, urban fantasy, science fiction, historical romance, and nonfiction.
108 works15 series
Arthur Conan Doyle
Scottish physician, writer, poet, playwright, and creator of Sherlock Holmes, Professor Challenger, and Brigadier Gerard.
107 works4 series
François Mauriac
François Mauriac (1885–1970) was a French novelist, poet, essayist, playwright, journalist, and Nobel Prize–winning author.
107 works2 series
Grant Morrison
Scottish comic-book writer, playwright, and author known for inventive superhero, science-fiction, fantasy, and nonfiction works.
107 works16 series
Gena Showalter
American author of paranormal romance, contemporary romance, fantasy, and young adult fiction.
104 works23 series
Honoré de Balzac
French novelist, playwright, essayist, journalist, and pioneer of European realism, best known for La Comédie humaine.
100 works3 series
Margaret Atwood
Canadian novelist, poet, short-story writer, essayist, critic, memoirist, dramatist, and author of children's and graphic literature.
100 works5 series
Brian W. Aldiss
English novelist, short-story writer, poet, critic, editor, and historian of science fiction.
99 works3 series
John Updike
American novelist, short-story writer, poet, essayist, critic, memoirist, and playwright best known for the Rabbit novels.
99 works4 series
Chris Riddell
English illustrator, author, and political cartoonist best known for authored-and-illustrated children's books, the Ottoline and Goth Girl series, and the Edge Chronicles collaboration with Paul Stewart.
98 works18 series
Kelley Armstrong
Canadian author of paranormal fantasy, mystery, thriller, horror, romance, and speculative fiction for adults, young adults, and middle-grade readers.
98 works15 series
Thich Nhat Hanh
Vietnamese Zen Buddhist monk, peace activist, poet, teacher, and founder of the Plum Village tradition of engaged Buddhism.
98 works1 series
Tracy Hickman
American fantasy novelist, game designer, and co-creator of the Dragonlance setting.
98 works25 series
David Weber
David Mark Weber is an American science-fiction and fantasy author best known for the Honor Harrington and Safehold series.
96 works24 series
Hiromu Arakawa
Japanese manga artist and writer best known for Fullmetal Alchemist, Silver Spoon, and Daemons of the Shadow Realm.
96 works7 series
Kieron Gillen
British comic-book writer and former video-game and music journalist, known for creator-owned series and major Marvel and Star Wars runs.
96 works24 series
Melissa de la Cruz
Filipina-American bestselling author of fiction and nonfiction for children, teens, and adults.
96 works21 series
Ted Dekker
American author of Christian mystery, thriller, fantasy, and nonfiction books.
96 works24 series
Martin Gardner
American writer best known for recreational mathematics, puzzles, popular science, magic, scientific skepticism, literary annotation, and fiction.
95 works2 series
Brian Tracy
Canadian-American motivational speaker, business consultant, and author of books on personal achievement, sales, leadership, and success.
94 works1 series
Pearl S. Buck
American novelist, memoirist, essayist, translator, and children's author known for fiction about China and for winning the 1938 Nobel Prize in Literature.
94 works1 series
Anne McCaffrey
Anne McCaffrey (1926–2011) was an American-Irish science-fiction and fantasy author best known for the Dragonriders of Pern series.
93 works20 series
Barbara Hambly
American novelist and screenwriter known for fantasy, science fiction, horror, mystery, and historical fiction.
93 works15 series
Marion Zimmer Bradley
American author of fantasy, science fiction, science fantasy, and historical fantasy, best known for the Darkover novels and The Mists of Avalon.
93 works9 series
Mark Millar
Scottish comic-book writer known for creator-owned and mainstream superhero graphic works.
93 works55 series
C. J. Cherryh
American science fiction and fantasy author known for linguistically rich worldbuilding, political space opera, and psychologically complex characters.
92 works19 series
Edgar Rice Burroughs
American author best known for creating Tarzan and the Barsoom series.
92 works14 series
Meg Cabot
American novelist writing middle-grade, young adult, and adult fiction, best known for The Princess Diaries and The Mediator.
92 works18 series
G. K. Chesterton
English writer, poet, journalist, critic, philosopher, and Christian apologist known for paradox, detective fiction, literary criticism, and distributist social thought.
91 works1 series
Ramsey Campbell
English horror and dark-fantasy author known for psychologically complex supernatural fiction, urban unease, and the Brichester Mythos.
91 works2 series
Seanan McGuire
American speculative-fiction author known for urban fantasy, portal fantasy, science fiction, and horror. She also writes as Mira Grant and A. Deborah Baker.
91 works12 series
Anthony Horowitz
English novelist, screenwriter, and playwright known for mystery, thriller, horror, fantasy, and children's fiction.
90 works14 series