Astrid Lindgren
Swedish author best known for Pippi Longstocking, Emil of Lönneberga, Karlsson-on-the-Roof, and Ronia the Robber's Daughter.
90 works11 series
Authors by book count
Most extensive bibliographies
Cavan Scott
British novelist, comic-book writer, nonfiction author, and audio dramatist known for Star Wars, Doctor Who, and original horror and fantasy comics.
90 works16 series
Jeffery Deaver
American thriller and mystery novelist known for forensic, psychological, and suspense fiction.
90 works10 series
John Brunner
British science-fiction author, novelist, poet, and translator (1934–1995), best known for Stand on Zanzibar, The Jagged Orbit, The Sheep Look Up, and The Shockwave Rider.
90 works3 series
Robert W. Chambers
American painter, novelist, and short-story writer best known for The King in Yellow.
90 works1 series
Timothy Zahn
American science-fiction and fantasy author best known for the Thrawn novels and his original space-opera series.
90 works18 series
Upton Sinclair
American novelist, journalist, muckraker, socialist, and political activist best known for The Jungle and his socially engaged fiction and nonfiction.
90 works1 series
Charles de Lint
Canadian fantasy author best known for urban fantasy, contemporary fantasy, young adult fiction, children's books, and poetry.
89 works5 series
Eric Brown
British science-fiction, crime, and children's writer and Guardian critic.
89 works12 series
Jeff Lemire
Canadian comic-book writer, artist, cartoonist, and memoirist known for creator-owned graphic novels and major superhero runs.
89 works65 series
Neil Gaiman
English author of fantasy, horror, science fiction, comics, novels, short fiction, poetry, nonfiction, and children's literature.
89 works5 series
Philip José Farmer
American science-fiction and fantasy author known for imaginative world-building, mythic adventure, and literary crossovers.
89 works6 series
Quentin Blake
English illustrator, cartoonist, children's writer, editor, and artist best known for his own picture books and collaborations with writers including Roald Dahl, John Yeoman, Russell Hoban, Joan Aiken, and Michael Rosen.
89 works4 series
Jules Verne
French novelist, playwright, poet, essayist, and travel writer whose adventure fiction helped establish modern science fiction.
88 works5 series
Ray Bradbury
American author best known for science fiction, fantasy, horror, dystopian fiction, short stories, novels, poetry, plays, and essays.
88 works3 series
Banana Yoshimoto
Japanese novelist and essayist known for intimate fiction about grief, family, love, memory, and recovery.
87 works2 series
Chuck Tingle
Pseudonymous American author of erotic romance, fantasy, satire, and queer horror.
87 works9 series
Clive Cussler
American adventure novelist, underwater explorer, and founder of the National Underwater and Marine Agency.
87 works6 series
L. Frank Baum
American author, playwright, poet, journalist, and creator of the Oz series.
87 works9 series
Arthur C. Clarke
British science-fiction writer, futurist, astronautics popularizer, and author of more than one hundred books.
86 works4 series
Henry James
American-born novelist, short-story writer, critic, travel writer, memoirist, and playwright whose psychologically intricate fiction shaped literary modernism.
86 works0 series
Meghan Quinn
American bestselling author of romantic comedy and contemporary romance.
86 works23 series
Sergei Lukyanenko
Russian science-fiction and fantasy writer, known for urban fantasy, space opera, cyberpunk, and the Night Watch series.
86 works22 series
Avi
Avi is the pen name of American author Edward Irving Wortis, best known for children's and young adult fiction.
83 works10 series
Daniel Clowes
American cartoonist, graphic novelist, illustrator, and screenwriter known for alternative comics, including Eightball, Ghost World, and Monica.
83 works2 series
Henry Miller
American novelist, essayist, memoirist, travel writer, and painter known for autobiographical modernist fiction and candid explorations of sexuality, creativity, and artistic freedom.
83 works3 series
R. A. Salvatore
American fantasy author best known for The Legend of Drizzt, Forgotten Realms novels, and the DemonWars Saga.
83 works29 series
Francesc Miralles
Spanish Catalan writer, essayist, journalist, translator, and musician born in Barcelona in 1968. He writes novels, young-adult fiction, personal-development books, memoirs, and collaborative works.
82 works3 series
Jerry Pournelle
American science-fiction author, essayist, editor, journalist, and computer writer best known for military science fiction and collaborations with Larry Niven.
82 works16 series
Cornelia Funke
German author and illustrator best known for fantasy and adventure fiction for children and young adults, including the Inkheart, Dragon Rider, MirrorWorld, Ghosthunters, and Wild Chicks series.
81 works7 series
Euripides
Ancient Athenian tragedian and one of the three canonical Greek tragedians, noted for psychologically complex characters, rhetorical debate, and radical reinterpretations of myth.
81 works0 series
Simon R. Green
English author of science fiction, fantasy, horror, and mystery, best known for the Deathstalker, Nightside, Secret Histories, Ghost Finders, and Ishmael Jones series.
81 works12 series
Ursula K. Le Guin
American author of speculative fiction, literary fiction, poetry, essays, criticism, children's literature, and translations.
81 works5 series
Alan Moore
Alan Moore is an English writer best known for influential graphic novels and comics, including Watchmen, V for Vendetta, and From Hell.
80 works21 series
Brad Meltzer
Brad Meltzer is an American novelist, nonfiction writer, children's author, and comic-book writer known for political thrillers, conspiracy histories, and the Ordinary People Change the World series.
80 works6 series
John D. MacDonald
American novelist and short-story writer best known for crime fiction, suspense novels, and the Travis McGee series.
80 works1 series
Mirjam Pressler
German author and translator best known for novels about difficult childhoods, Jewish life, memory, and the Holocaust.
80 works7 series
Brandon Sanderson
Brandon Sanderson is an American fantasy and science-fiction author, best known for the Cosmere, The Stormlight Archive, and Mistborn. He also writes young-adult, middle-grade, graphic, and interactive fiction.
79 works16 series
Edith Nesbit
English author, poet, and socialist activist best known for pioneering modern children's fantasy.
79 works3 series
Frederik Pohl
American science fiction author, editor, publisher, and memoirist whose career spanned more than seven decades.
78 works7 series
W. Somerset Maugham
English novelist, short-story writer, playwright, essayist, travel writer, and memoirist whose career spanned more than six decades.
78 works1 series
Michael Scott
Irish author of fantasy, science fiction, horror, folklore, romance, and nonfiction, also writing romance as Anna Dillon and some young-adult fiction as Mike Scott.
77 works7 series
Tracy Wolff
American author of romance, young adult, middle-grade, paranormal, science-fiction, and fantasy fiction; she also writes as Tracy Deebs and Tessa Adams.
77 works23 series
William S. Burroughs
American novelist, essayist, memoirist, poet, and experimental writer associated with the Beat Generation and the cut-up technique.
77 works2 series
Delilah S. Dawson
American fantasy and science-fiction author known for adult, young-adult, middle-grade, tie-in, and graphic fiction; she also writes fantasy as Lila Bowen.
76 works17 series