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A selection of greatest authors of all time.
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Greatest Authors
Votes Author
205Dante Alighieri
Dante Alighieri28Charles Dickens
Charles Dickens21Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Fyodor Dostoyevsky18Mark Twain
Mark Twain15C. S. Lewis
C. S. Lewis14J. R. R. Tolkien
J. R. R. Tolkien14Khalil Gibran
Khalil Gibran12Hermann Hesse
Hermann Hesse11John Steinbeck
John Steinbeck11George Orwell
George Orwell9Dr. Seuss
Dr. Seuss8J. K. Rowling
J. K. Rowling8Virginia Woolf
Virginia Woolf8Vladimir Nabokov
Vladimir Nabokov7Gabriel García Márquez
Gabriel García Márquez7James Joyce
James Joyce7Stefan Zweig
Stefan Zweig7Ernest Hemingway
Ernest Hemingway5Albert Camus
Albert Camus5Aldous Huxley
Aldous Huxley5F. Scott Fitzgerald
F. Scott Fitzgerald5Franz Kafka
Franz Kafka4Agatha Christie
Agatha Christie4Friedrich Nietzsche
Friedrich Nietzsche4Jane Austen
Jane Austen4Jean-Paul Sartre
Jean-Paul Sartre4Miguel de Cervantes
Miguel de Cervantes4Isaac Asimov
Isaac Asimov3Arthur Conan Doyle
Arthur Conan Doyle3Jorge Luis Borges
Jorge Luis Borges3Paulo Coelho
Paulo Coelho3Samuel Beckett
Samuel Beckett3Søren Kierkegaard
Søren Kierkegaard3Khaled Hosseini
Khaled Hosseini3Stephen King
Stephen King2Aleksandr Sergeyevich Pushkin
Aleksandr Sergeyevich Pushkin2Arthur Schopenhauer
Arthur Schopenhauer2D. H. Lawrence
D. H. Lawrence2Dan Brown
Dan Brown2Haruki Murakami
Haruki Murakami2J. D. Salinger
J. D. Salinger2Jack London
Jack London2Marcel Proust
Marcel Proust2Milan Kundera
Milan Kundera2Patrick Süskind
Patrick Süskind2Stephenie Meyer
Stephenie Meyer2Astrid Lindgren
Astrid Lindgren1Alexandre Dumas
Alexandre Dumas1Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry1Chinua Achebe
Chinua Achebe1Doris Lessing
Doris Lessing1Emily Bronte
Emily Bronte1H. P. Lovecraft
H. P. Lovecraft1Joseph Conrad
Joseph Conrad1Mikhail Bulgakov
Mikhail Bulgakov1Richard Bach
Richard Bach1Stephen Hawking
Stephen Hawking1Terry Brooks
Terry Brooks1Thomas Mann
Thomas Mann1Umberto Eco
Umberto Eco1Xueqin Cao
Xueqin Cao1Michael Crichton
Michael Crichton1Murasaki Shikibu
Murasaki Shikibu0André Breton
André Breton0Edgar Rice Burroughs
Edgar Rice Burroughs0Edgar Wallace
Edgar Wallace0Gustave Flaubert
Gustave Flaubert0Jeffrey Archer
Jeffrey Archer0Jin Yong
Jin Yong0Johanna Spyri
Johanna Spyri0John Grisham
John Grisham0Karl May
Karl May0Kyotaro Nishimura
Kyotaro Nishimura
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