| Who | When | Language | Genre | Title / Character | Books | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shakespeare | 1582–1616 | English | Dramaturgy | UK | ||
| Agatha Christie | 1890-1976 | English | Mystery | Hercule Poirot | 85 | UK |
| Barbara Cartland | 1901-2000 | English | Romance | 723 | UK | |
| Danielle Steel | 1947- | English | Romance | 120 | USA | |
| Harold Robbins | 1916-1997 | English | Adventure | 23 | USA | |
| Georges Simenon | 1903-1989 | French | Mystery | Commissaire Maigret | 570 | Belgium |
| Sidney Sheldon | 1907-2007 | English | Modern novel | The Other Side of Midnight | 21 | USA |
| Enid Blyton | 1897-1968 | English | Children's literature | 800 | UK | |
| Dr. Seuss | 1904-1991 | English | Children's literature | Horton Hears a Who! | 44 | USA |
| Gilbert Patten | 1866-1945 | English | Dime novels | 209 | USA | |
| J. K. Rowling | 1951- | English | Fantasy | Harry Potter | 11 | UK |
| Leo Tolstoy | 1828-1910 | Russian | Classic novel | War and Peace, Anna Karenina | 48 | Russia |
| Corín Tellado | 1927-2009 | Spanish | Romance | 4,000 | Spain | |
| Jackie Collins | 1937-2015 | English | Romance | 25 | UK | |
| Horatio Alger, Jr. | 1832-1899 | English | Dime novels | 135 | USA | |
| R. L. Stine | 1943- | English | Horror, Fantasy | 430+ | USA | |
| Dean Koontz | 1945- | English | Horror, Fantasy | 91 | USA | |
| Nora Roberts | 1950- | English | Romance | 200+ | USA | |
| Alexander Pushkin | 1799-1837 | Russian | Poetry, Classic Novel | Eugene Onegin | 17 | Russia |
| Stephen King | 1947- | English | Horror, Fantasy | The Shining | 70 | USA |
| Louis L'Amour | 1908-1988 | English | Western | 101 | USA | |
| Erle Stanley Gardner | 1889-1970 | English | Mystery | Perry Mason | 140 | USA |
| Jin Yong | 1924- | Chinese | Wuxia (Fantasy) | 15 | Hong Kong | |
| Jirō Akagawa | 1948- | Japanese | Mystery | 500+ | Japan | |
| Janet Dailey | 1944-2013 | English | Romance | 93 | USA | |
| Edgar Wallace | 1875-1932 | English | Mystery | King Kong | 175 | UK |
| Robert Ludlum | 1927-2001 | English | Spy stories | Jason Bourne | 40 | USA |
| James Patterson | 1947- | English | Thriller | Alex Cross | 98 | USA |
| Frédéric Dard | 1924-2000 | French | Mystery | 300 | Switzerland | |
| Jeffrey Archer | 1940- | English | Mystery | The sins of the father | 30 | UK |
| Stan and Jan Berenstain | 1923-2005 | English | Children's literature | Berenstain Bears | 300+ | USA |
| John Grisham | 1955- | English | Legal thriller | The Firm | 22 | USA |
| Zane Grey | 1872-1939 | English | Western | USA | ||
| Irving Wallace | 1916-1990 | English | Modern novel | USA | ||
| J. R. R. Tolkien | 1892-1973 | English | Fantasy | The Lord of the Rings | 36 | UK |
| Karl May | 1842-1912 | German | Western, Adventure | 80 | Germany | |
| Mickey Spillane | 1918-2006 | English | Mystery | Mike Hammer | USA | |
| C. S. Lewis | 1898-1963 | English | Fantasy | The Chronicles of Narnia | 38 | UK |
| Kyotaro Nishimura | 1930- | Japanese | Mystery | 400+ | Japan | |
| Dan Brown | 1964- | English | Thriller, Adventure | The Da Vinci Code | 6 | USA |
| Ann M. Martin | 1955- | English | Children's litterature | The Baby-sitters Club | 335 | USA |
| Ryōtarō Shiba | 1923-1996 | Japanese | Historical novel | 350 | Japan | |
| Arthur Hailey | 1920-2004 | English | Modern novel | Airport | 11 | UK/Canada |
| Gérard de Villiers | 1929-2013 | French | Spy stories | SAS | 170 | French |
| Beatrix Potter | 1866-1943 | English | Children's literature | The Tale of Peter Rabbit | 23 | UK |
| Michael Crichton | 1942-2008 | English | Techno thriller | Jurassic Park | 25 | USA |
| Richard Scarry | 1919-1994 | English | Children's books | Best Word Book Ever | 250 | USA |
| Clive Cussler | 1931- | English | Adventure | Sahara | 37 | USA |
| Alistair MacLean | 1922-1987 | English | Adventure | The Guns of Navarone | 32 | UK |
| Ken Follett | 1949- | English | Spy stories | Eye of the Needle | 30 | UK |
| Astrid Lindgren | 1902-2002 | Swedish | Children's books | Pippi Longstocking | 100 | Sweden |
| Debbie Macomber | 1948- | English | Romance | USA | ||
| Paulo Coelho | 1947- | Portuguese | Fantasy | The Alchemist | Brazil | |
| E.L. James | 1963- | English | Romance, Erotica | Fifty Shades of Grey | 3 | UK |
| Eiji Yoshikawa | 1892-1962 | Japanese | Historical novel | Musashi | 7 | Japan |
| Catherine Cookson | 1906-1998 | English | Romance | 103 | UK | |
| Stephenie Meyer | 1973- | English | Fantasy | The Twilight Saga | 6 | USA |
| Norman Bridwell | 1928-2014 | English | Children's literature | Clifford the Big Red Dog | 80 | USA |
| David Baldacci | 1960- | English | Thriller | 25 | USA | |
| Roald Dahl | 1916-1990 | English | Children's literature | Charlie and the Chocolate Factory | 50 | UK |
| Evan Hunter | 1926-2005 | English | Mystery | Cop Hater | 94 | USA |
| Andrew Neiderman | 1940- | English | Fantasy | The Devil's Advocate | 60 | USA |
| Roger Hargreaves | 1935-1988 | English | Children's literature | Mr. Men | 10 | UK |
| Anne Rice | 1941- | English | Fantasy | Interview with the Vampire | 27 | USA |
| Robin Cook | 1940- | English | Medical thriller | Coma, Outbreak | 27 | USA |
| Wilbur Smith | 1933- | English | African adventure | When the Lion Feeds | 32 | Zambia |
| Erskine Caldwell | 1903-1987 | English | Modern novel | Tobacco Road | 25 | USA |
| Judith Krantz | 1928- | English | Romance | Mistral's Daughter | 12 | USA |
| Eleanor Hibbert | 1906-1993 | English | Romance, Historical, | 200 | UK | |
| Lewis Carroll | 1862-1898 | English | Children's literature, Fantasy | Alice in Wonderland | 5 | UK |
| Denise Robins | 1897-1985 | English | Romance | 200 | UK | |
| Cao Xueqin | 1715-1763 | Chinese | Classic novel | Dream of the Red Chamber | China | |
| Ian Fleming | 1908-1964 | English | Spy stories | James Bond | 14 | UK |
| Hermann Hesse | 1877-1962 | German | Spiritual novel | Steppenwolf, Siddhartha | 45 | Switzerland |
| Rex Stout | 1886-1975 | English | Mystery | Nero Wolfe | 50 | USA |
| Anne Golon | 1921- | French | Historical Romance | Angélique | 14 | French |
| Frank G. Slaughter | 1908-2001 | English | Medical, Historical novel | 62 | USA | |
| Edgar Rice Burroughs | 1875-1950 | English | Adventure, Fantasy | Tarzan | USA | |
| John Creasey | 1908-1973 | English | Mystery | 600 | UK | |
| James Michener | 1907-1997 | English | Historical novel | Tales of the South Pacific | 47 | USA |
| Yasuo Uchida | 1934- | Japanese | Mystery | The Togakushi Legend Murders | 130+ | Japan |
| Seiichi Morimura | 1933- | Japanese | Mystery, Historical | The Devil's Gluttony | 350+ | Japan |
| Mary Higgins Clark | 1927- | English | Thriller | Where Are The Children? | 51 | USA |
| Penny Jordan | 1946-2011 | English | Romance | 200+ | UK | |
| Patricia Cornwell | 1956- | English | Thriller | 34+ | USA | |
| Charles Dickens | 1812-1970 | English | Classic Novel | Oliver Twist , A Christmas Carol | UK | |
| Alexandre Dumas | 1802-1970 | French | Classic Novel | The Three Musketeers | France | |
| Miguel de Cervantes | 1547-1616 | Spanish | Classic Novel | Don Quixote | Spain | |
| Jack Higgins | 1929- | English | Thriller | The Eagle has Landed | 84 | USA |
| Tom Clancy | 1947-2013 | English | Adventure | The Hunt for Red Octobe | USA | |
| Arthur Conan Doyle | 1859-1930 | English | Mystery | Sherlock Holmes | USA | |
| Victor Hugo | 1802-1885> | French | Classic Novel | Les Misérables, Notre-Dame de Paris | France | |
| Jules Verne | 1828-1905 | French | Classic Novel | Around the World in Eighty Days | France |
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