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A.S. Byatt

British novelist and critic known for literary fiction, short stories, and essays.

10 works·1 series

Abby Jimenez

New York Times bestselling author and Food Network champion based in Minnesota. She founded Nadia Cakes from her home kitchen in 2007.

12 works·4 series

Abraham Verghese

Physician, Stanford professor, and bestselling author known for writing about healing and bedside medicine.

5 works·0 series

Adam Silvera

Author of young adult novels including They Both Die at the End, More Happy Than Not, the Infinity Cycle, What If It's Us, and Here's to Us.

10 works·3 series

Adrian Tchaikovsky

British science fiction and fantasy author known for ambitious speculative worlds, alien ecologies, and intelligent nonhuman perspectives.

81 works·19 series

Agatha Christie

Agatha Christie was a British mystery writer known for her detective novels, short stories, and plays featuring Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple.

28 works·0 series

Agustina Bazterrica

Argentine writer of novels and short stories.

3 works·0 series

Alan Moore

British writer from Northampton, England, known for influential comics, graphic novels, and prose fiction.

34 works·8 series

Alastair Reynolds

Science fiction author known for hard SF, space opera, and future-history novels.

38 works·9 series

Albert Camus

French writer, journalist, playwright, and essayist born in Algeria. Camus won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1957.

43 works·1 series

Aldous Huxley

English writer and philosopher known for novels, essays, travel writing, and ideas about mysticism and consciousness.

36 works·2 series

Alex Michaelides

Alex Michaelides was born and raised in Cyprus. He studied English literature at Trinity College, Cambridge, and screenwriting at the American Film Institute in Los Angeles.

3 works·0 series

Alexandre Dumas

French novelist and playwright known for historical adventure classics such as The Three Musketeers and The Count of Monte Cristo.

29 works·4 series

Ali Hazelwood

Italian-born bestselling romance author and former neuroscience researcher.

18 works·5 series

Alice Feeney

Alice Feeney is a New York Times bestselling thriller author and former BBC journalist.

8 works·0 series

Alice Oseman

Award-winning author, illustrator, and screenwriter best known for Heartstopper and contemporary YA fiction.

13 works·4 series

Alice Walker

An American novelist, short-story writer, poet, essayist, and activist.

32 works·0 series

Alix E. Harrow

NYT-bestselling author of The Ten Thousand Doors of January, The Once and Future Witches, and Starling House. She lives in Charlottesville, Virginia and is originally from Kentucky.

18 works·1 series

Amal El-Mohtar

Canadian poet and speculative fiction writer.

6 works·1 series

Amanda Lee

Amanda Lee is the pen name of mystery writer Gayle Trent.

1 works·1 series

Amor Towles

American novelist best known for Rules of Civility, A Gentleman in Moscow, and The Lincoln Highway. He began writing after a career in investment banking.

6 works·1 series

Andrzej Sapkowski

Polish fantasy writer best known for The Witcher series.

11 works·2 series

Andy Weir

American science fiction author and former software engineer whose breakthrough novel was The Martian.

5 works·2 series

Angie Thomas

Angie Thomas was born, raised, and still lives in Jackson, Mississippi. She is a former teen rapper and holds a BFA in Creative Writing from Belhaven University.

11 works·2 series

Ann Leckie

Science fiction and fantasy author best known for Ancillary Justice and the Imperial Radch books. She lives in St. Louis, Missouri.

28 works·1 series

Anne Frank

German-born Jewish diarist whose posthumously published diary became a classic account of life under Nazi persecution.

2 works·0 series

Anne Rice

American novelist known for gothic horror, vampire fiction, and erotic fiction, especially stories set in New Orleans and the supernatural.

36 works·8 series

Anonymous

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50 works·4 series

Anthony Doerr

American novelist and essayist from Cleveland, Ohio.

6 works·0 series

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

French writer and aviator whose works blend flight, war, and humanist reflection.

6 works·0 series

Arkady Martine

Arkady Martine is a speculative fiction writer and historian of the Byzantine Empire who also works in climate and energy policy and city planning.

3 works·1 series

Art Spiegelman

New York-based comics artist, editor, and advocate for comics, best known for Maus.

8 works·1 series

Arthur C. Clarke

British science fiction writer, science writer, inventor, and futurist best known for the Space Odyssey novels and 2001: A Space Odyssey.

63 works·4 series

Arthur Conan Doyle

Scottish writer and physician best known as the creator of Sherlock Holmes and Professor Challenger.

41 works·3 series

Ayn Rand

Russian-American novelist and philosopher best known for Atlas Shrugged and for developing Objectivism.

19 works·2 series

Barbara Kingsolver

American novelist, essayist, and poet.

18 works·1 series

Becky Chambers

Bestselling science fiction author best known for the Wayfarers series and the Monk and Robot novellas.

9 works·3 series

Bill Bryson

Bill Bryson is an Anglo-American author known for travel writing, memoir, language, and popular science.

21 works·2 series

Blake Crouch

American bestselling novelist and screenwriter known for the Wayward Pines trilogy, Dark Matter, Recursion, and Upgrade.

28 works·7 series

Bonnie Garmus

Copywriter and creative director best known as the author of Lessons in Chemistry.

1 works·0 series

Bram Stoker

Irish novelist and short-story writer best known for Dracula. He also worked as Henry Irving's personal assistant and managed the Lyceum Theatre in London.

12 works·0 series

Brandon Sanderson

American fantasy and science fiction author best known for the Cosmere, the Mistborn saga, and The Stormlight Archive.

93 works·23 series

Brené Brown

American research professor and bestselling author focused on vulnerability, shame, courage, and belonging.

9 works·1 series

Brent Weeks

American fantasy author born in Montana and based in Oregon.

11 works·3 series

Bret Easton Ellis

American author and screenwriter known for satirical novels about alienation, consumer culture, and violence.

10 works·1 series

Brian Herbert

American science-fiction author and editor best known for coauthoring works set in Frank Herbert's Dune universe.

69 works·14 series

C. S. Lewis

British writer, scholar, and Christian apologist known for the Narnia books, the Space Trilogy, and influential nonfiction on faith and literature.

110 works·10 series

Cal Newport

Author known for books on focused work, digital minimalism, and productivity.

8 works·0 series

Carissa Broadbent

Carissa Broadbent writes fantasy romance and epic fantasy. She lives in Rhode Island with her husband, son, rabbit, and cat.

13 works·7 series

Carlos Ruiz Zafón

Spanish novelist known for the Cemetery of Forgotten Books cycle.

10 works·2 series

Carmen Maria Machado

Carmen Maria Machado is an American writer known for In the Dream House, Her Body and Other Parties, and The Low, Low Woods.

4 works·1 series

Cassandra Campbell

Award-winning audiobook narrator with hundreds of credits across fiction and nonfiction.

0 works·0 series

Cassandra Clare

American fantasy author best known for the Shadowhunter Chronicles and the Mortal Instruments novels. She previously worked as an entertainment journalist before writing fiction.

57 works·12 series

Catherynne M. Valente

American novelist and poet known for fantasy, science fiction, and fairy-tale retellings.

31 works·6 series

Charles Dickens

English novelist and social critic of the Victorian era, known for memorable characters, social reform themes, and enduring stories.

26 works·1 series

Charles Duhigg

Journalist and author of books on habits, productivity, and communication.

3 works·0 series

Charlotte Brontë

English novelist and the eldest of the Brontë sisters. She published Jane Eyre under the pen name Currer Bell.

13 works·0 series

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Nigerian novelist and essayist whose work explores identity, family, gender, and migration.

11 works·1 series

China Miéville

English fantasy and speculative fiction writer known for New Weird novels and political nonfiction.

21 works·1 series

Christina Lauren

Combined pen name of Christina Hobbs and Lauren Billings, bestselling romance authors known for the Beautiful and Wild Seasons series.

35 works·8 series

Christopher Buehlman

Novelist of horror and fantasy, known for Between Two Fires and the Blacktongue books.

8 works·1 series

Christopher Paolini

Christopher Paolini is the author of the Inheritance Cycle, the Fractalverse novels, and related Alagaësia works.

9 works·3 series

Christopher Ruocchio

Author of The Sun Eater space opera series.

13 works·1 series

Christopher Tolkien

Editor and author of the History of Middle-earth books.

6 works·2 series

Chuck Palahniuk

American transgressional fiction novelist and freelance journalist best known for Fight Club.

25 works·2 series

Cixin Liu

Chinese science fiction writer and computer engineer.

10 works·1 series

Claire Keegan

Author of short fiction and novellas.

7 works·0 series

Colleen Hoover

American bestselling author of contemporary romance and psychological thriller fiction.

26 works·5 series

Colson Whitehead

Novelist and essayist born in 1969 and raised in Manhattan. His books include The Intuitionist, John Henry Days, The Underground Railroad, and the Ray Carney trilogy.

11 works·1 series

Cormac McCarthy

American novelist, playwright, and screenwriter known for spare prose, stark violence, and bleakly beautiful landscapes.

17 works·2 series

Cory Doctorow

Canadian science fiction author, journalist, blogger, and digital-rights activist.

38 works·4 series

Dale Carnegie

American writer and lecturer who developed influential courses in self-improvement, salesmanship, public speaking, and interpersonal skills.

8 works·0 series

Dan Brown

American thriller author best known for The Da Vinci Code and the Robert Langdon novels.

16 works·1 series

Dan Simmons

American novelist known for science fiction, horror, fantasy, mystery, and thriller works, including the Hyperion Cantos, Ilium/Olympos, The Terror, and Drood.

44 works·8 series

Daniel Keyes

Author of Flowers for Algernon and The Minds of Billy Milligan.

5 works·1 series

Dante Alighieri

Italian medieval poet best known for The Divine Comedy.

7 works·1 series

Daphne du Maurier

English novelist, short-story writer, and memoirist known for gothic suspense, historical fiction, and Cornish settings.

35 works·0 series

Dave Eggers

American author, editor, and publisher, founder of McSweeney's.

28 works·2 series

David Foster Wallace

American writer David Foster Wallace was known for novels, stories, and essays that blended formal daring, humor, and intellectual depth.

15 works·1 series

David Grann

Bestselling author and staff writer at The New Yorker.

6 works·0 series

David Mitchell

Novelist and translator known for Cloud Atlas, The Bone Clocks, and Utopia Avenue.

8 works·0 series

Deborah Smith

New York Times bestselling author of romance and women's fiction, and a founding partner of BelleBooks.

10 works·4 series

Delia Owens

Author of Where the Crawdads Sing and wildlife nonfiction written with Mark Owens.

6 works·0 series

Dennis E. Taylor

Canadian novelist and former computer programmer known for hard science fiction about artificial intelligence and the human condition.

11 works·2 series

Diana Gabaldon

Best known for the Outlander novels, Diana Gabaldon writes historical fiction, fantasy, romance, and science fiction.

29 works·3 series

Diana Wynne Jones

British fantasy writer known for inventive children's and young adult novels that blend magic, humor, and parallel worlds.

44 works·5 series

Donald Keene

American scholar and author known for his work on Japanese literature and culture.

10 works·2 series

Douglas Adams

Douglas Adams was an English writer and humorist best known for The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.

27 works·5 series

E. B. White

American writer known for children's books, essays, and The Elements of Style.

14 works·0 series

E.W. Kemble

American illustrator and caricaturist best known for his drawings for Mark Twain's The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.

0 works·0 series

Edgar Allan Poe

American writer, poet, editor, and literary critic known for his tales of mystery and the macabre.

31 works·1 series

Elie Wiesel

Romanian-born American novelist, political activist, Holocaust survivor, and Nobel Peace Prize laureate.

18 works·1 series

Emily Brontë

English novelist and poet best known for Wuthering Heights and her poetry.

7 works·0 series

Emily Henry

Emily Henry is a bestselling author of contemporary romance and young adult fiction. She lives and writes in the American Midwest.

9 works·0 series

Emily St. John Mandel

Emily St. John Mandel is the author of six novels, including Station Eleven, The Glass Hotel, and Sea of Tranquility.

7 works·0 series

Eoin Colfer

Irish author of children's books, best known for the Artemis Fowl series.

43 works·10 series

Erich Maria Remarque

German novelist known for his anti-war fiction, especially All Quiet on the Western Front.

12 works·2 series

Erik Larson

Erik Larson is a narrative nonfiction author and former features writer for The Wall Street Journal and Time.

8 works·0 series

Erin Morgenstern

Writer and multimedia artist based in Massachusetts whose work often takes the form of fairy tales.

4 works·0 series

Ernest Cline

Internationally best-selling novelist and screenwriter, author of Ready Player One and Armada.

4 works·1 series

Ernest Hemingway

American novelist, short story writer, and journalist; winner of the 1954 Nobel Prize in Literature.

28 works·0 series

F. Scott Fitzgerald

American novelist and short-story writer associated with the Jazz Age and the Lost Generation.

87 works·2 series

Fonda Lee

Fonda Lee writes epic fantasy and science fiction, including the Green Bone Saga, Untethered Sky, Exo, Cross Fire, and the Breathmarked novels with Shannon Lee.

11 works·3 series

Frances Hodgson Burnett

English-American novelist and playwright best known for children's classics such as The Secret Garden, A Little Princess, and Little Lord Fauntleroy.

15 works·3 series

François Mauriac

French novelist François Mauriac (1885–1970) wrote Catholic-inflected fiction set largely in southwestern France, exploring faith, sin, grace, and family conflict.

4 works·0 series

Frank Herbert

American science fiction author best known for the Dune series.

59 works·9 series

Franz Kafka

Franz Kafka was a German-language Jewish writer from Prague, then in Austria-Hungary. His fiction blends realism with surreal, often oppressive situations that trap isolated protagonists.

25 works·0 series

Fredrik Backman

Fredrik Backman is a Swedish author, blogger, and columnist.

14 works·1 series

Freida McFadden

Bestselling physician and author of psychological thrillers and medical humor novels.

30 works·2 series

Friedrich Nietzsche

German philosopher and writer whose critiques of morality, religion, and culture shaped modern thought.

22 works·1 series

Fyodor Dostoevsky

Russian novelist, short story writer, essayist, and philosopher known for psychologically intense fiction.

73 works·0 series

Gabriel García Márquez

Colombian novelist, short-story writer, screenwriter, and journalist best known for magical realism and One Hundred Years of Solitude.

19 works·0 series

Gabrielle Zevin

Novelist and screenwriter whose books include Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry, Young Jane Young, and Elsewhere.

11 works·2 series

Gene Wolfe

Gene Wolfe was an American writer known for intricate science fiction, fantasy, and horror narratives, often using unreliable narrators and themes of memory and morality.

50 works·7 series

George Orwell

George Orwell was the pen name of Eric Arthur Blair, an English novelist, essayist, and journalist known for lucid prose and opposition to totalitarianism.

49 works·0 series

George R. R. Martin

George R. R. Martin is an American author and editor best known for A Song of Ice and Fire. He has also written widely in science fiction, horror, and shared-universe fiction.

157 works·0 series

Gillian Flynn

Chicago-based novelist who grew up in Kansas City, Missouri, and studied at the University of Kansas and Northwestern University.

7 works·0 series

Ginny Tapley Takemori

Ginny Tapley Takemori translates contemporary Japanese fiction into English.

0 works·0 series

Grady Hendrix

New York Times bestselling author of horror novels, short fiction, and nonfiction about genre history.

16 works·3 series

H. G. Wells

English writer and pioneer of science fiction. He also wrote novels, short stories, history, politics, and social commentary.

31 works·0 series

H. P. Lovecraft

American writer from Providence, Rhode Island, best known for cosmic horror and the Cthulhu Mythos. His horror, fantasy, and science fiction stories became highly influential after his death.

39 works·2 series

Han Kang

South Korean novelist and poet known for fiction such as The Vegetarian, Human Acts, and Greek Lessons.

8 works·2 series

Harold Bloom

American literary critic and Sterling Professor of Humanities at Yale University.

74 works·5 series

Harper Lee

Harper Lee was a novelist from Monroeville, Alabama, best known for To Kill a Mockingbird and Go Set a Watchman.

5 works·1 series

Haruki Murakami

Haruki Murakami is a Japanese novelist, short-story writer, essayist, and translator known for fiction that blends everyday life with surreal and magical elements.

47 works·10 series

Heather Fawcett

Canadian bestselling author of fantasy for adults, kids, and teens, including the Emily Wilde series.

16 works·3 series

Herman Melville

American novelist, short story writer, essayist, and poet best known for Moby-Dick and Billy Budd.

13 works·0 series

Hermann Hesse

German-Swiss poet and novelist, and 1946 Nobel Prize in Literature laureate whose work often explores spirituality and self-knowledge.

24 works·0 series

Holly Black

Holly Black is a bestselling fantasy author of novels for children, teens, and adults.

35 works·9 series

Holly Jackson

Author of the A Good Girl's Guide to Murder series, Five Survive, The Reappearance of Rachel Price, and Not Quite Dead Yet.

7 works·1 series

Homer

Ancient Greek poet traditionally credited with the Iliad and the Odyssey, foundational works of Greek literature.

3 works·0 series

Hugh Howey

Science fiction author born in 1975, best known for the Wool/Silo series.

17 works·3 series

Iain M. Banks

Scottish author known for mainstream fiction as Iain Banks and science fiction as Iain M. Banks, especially the Culture series.

13 works·1 series

Ian McEwan

Novelist and short-story writer known for psychologically acute fiction including Atonement, Amsterdam, and Saturday.

23 works·0 series

Isaac Asimov

Russian-born American writer and biochemistry professor known for science fiction and popular science.

21 works·0 series

Isabel Allende

Chilean novelist and memoirist born in Peru, known for historical fiction, family sagas, and magical realist storytelling.

26 works·3 series

Italo Calvino

Italian journalist and writer known for inventive novels, stories, and essays.

33 works·1 series

J. D. Salinger

American fiction writer best known for The Catcher in the Rye and the Glass family stories.

9 works·1 series

J.K. Rowling

Scottish author best known for the Harry Potter series and the Cormoran Strike novels.

50 works·10 series

J.R.R. Tolkien

English author and scholar best known for The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings.

110 works·7 series

Jack Kerouac

American novelist and poet of French-Canadian ancestry, and a central figure of the Beat Generation.

34 works·3 series

Jack London

American novelist, journalist, and social activist known for adventure fiction, Klondike stories, and early science fiction.

39 works·0 series

Jacqueline Harpman

Belgian novelist and psychoanalyst born in Etterbeek. She wrote more than 15 novels and won major literary prizes, including the Prix Médicis for Orlanda.

2 works·0 series

James Baldwin

American novelist, essayist, playwright, poet, and civil rights activist whose work explores race, sexuality, and identity.

28 works·1 series

James Dashner

James Dashner is the author of the Maze Runner and Mortality Doctrine series.

24 works·6 series

James Islington

Australian author best known for The Licanius Trilogy and The Will of the Many, the first novel in the Hierarchy series.

5 works·2 series

James Joyce

Irish novelist and poet associated with modernism and the avant-garde. He is best known for Ulysses and Dubliners.

17 works·0 series

James Patterson

James Patterson is an American bestselling author known for fast-paced thrillers, recurring series, and widely read children's and nonfiction books.

46 works·10 series

James S. A. Corey

Shared pen name of Daniel Abraham and Ty Franck, a science-fiction and fantasy writing duo based in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

31 works·12 series

Jane Austen

English novelist known for irony, social observation, and novels of manners.

121 works·0 series

Jared Diamond

American scientist and author best known for popular science books.

7 works·1 series

Jay Rubin

American translator, writer, scholar, and Japanologist.

2 works·1 series

Jeff VanderMeer

American author, editor, and literary critic associated with weird fiction and the Southern Reach trilogy.

26 works·4 series

Jeffrey Eugenides

American Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist and short story writer.

4 works·0 series

Jennette McCurdy

American writer, director, and former actress best known for iCarly and Sam & Cat.

3 works·0 series

Jennifer L. Armentrout

New York Times and international bestselling author of young adult, new adult, paranormal, science fiction, fantasy, and contemporary romance.

73 works·14 series

Jennifer Lynn Barnes

Jennifer Lynn Barnes, who goes by Jen, writes young adult mysteries, thrillers, and fantasy novels and teaches psychology and professional writing at the University of Oklahoma.

31 works·9 series

Jim Butcher

Author best known for the Dresden Files, Codex Alera, and Cinder Spires series.

40 works·4 series

Jodi Picoult

New York Times bestselling author of novels including My Sister's Keeper, Nineteen Minutes, Small Great Things, Mad Honey, and By Any Other Name.

33 works·3 series

Joe Abercrombie

British fantasy author and film editor best known for the First Law world and the Shattered Sea trilogy.

18 works·5 series

Joe Hill

Joe Hill is the pen name of Joseph Hillström King, son of Stephen and Tabitha King, and a writer of horror and dark fantasy.

26 works·3 series

John Boyne

Irish novelist known for internationally bestselling fiction for adults and younger readers.

26 works·2 series

John Green

John Green writes young adult fiction and nonfiction. His books include Looking for Alaska, The Fault in Our Stars, and The Anthropocene Reviewed.

17 works·1 series

John Grisham

Bestselling author known for legal thrillers and courtroom dramas.

57 works·6 series

John Gwynne

Fantasy author known for The Faithful and the Fallen and the Bloodsworn Saga. He studied and lectured at Brighton University and lives in Eastbourne.

12 works·4 series

John Scalzi

American science-fiction and nonfiction author best known for the Old Man's War series, Redshirts, and The Kaiju Preservation Society.

47 works·5 series

John Seelye

American author and literary critic.

0 works·0 series

John Steinbeck

American novelist and journalist known for humane portraits of working people, California settings, and social conflict.

48 works·3 series

John Williams

American novelist best known for Stoner, Butcher's Crossing, and Augustus.

5 works·0 series

Jon Krakauer

American author and journalist known for narrative nonfiction about wilderness, risk, and public controversy.

9 works·0 series

Jonathan Haidt

Social psychologist at New York University’s Stern School of Business whose research examines morality and cultural and political division.

6 works·0 series

Jorge Luis Borges

Argentine writer, essayist, and poet known for metaphysical fiction, literary essays, and inventive poetry.

26 works·0 series

José Saramago

Portuguese novelist and 1998 Nobel Prize in Literature laureate.

22 works·1 series

Joseph Conrad

Polish-born British novelist and memoirist known for sea stories and psychologically intense fiction about duty, honor, guilt, and imperial power.

23 works·3 series

Joseph Heller

American satirical novelist, short-story writer, and playwright.

10 works·1 series

Jules Verne

French novelist who pioneered science fiction and wrote influential adventure tales about travel, exploration, and technology.

27 works·2 series

Julia Whelan

Julia Whelan is a screenwriter, actor, and award-winning audiobook narrator.

4 works·1 series

Kaliane Bradley

British-Cambodian writer and editor based in London.

2 works·1 series

Katherine Arden

Author of the Winternight Trilogy, the Small Spaces quartet, The Warm Hands of Ghosts, and The Strangest Fish.

10 works·2 series

Kazuo Ishiguro

British novelist of Japanese origin and Nobel Prize in Literature laureate.

15 works·1 series

Ken Follett

British author of thrillers and historical novels.

32 works·3 series

Ken Kesey

American novelist and countercultural figure best known for One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and Sometimes a Great Notion.

6 works·0 series

Ken Liu

Ken Liu is a Chinese American author, translator, and programmer known for award-winning science fiction, fantasy, and translations from Chinese.

99 works·3 series

Khaled Hosseini

Afghan-born novelist and former physician whose books often explore Afghanistan, displacement, and family bonds.

4 works·0 series

Kim Stanley Robinson

American science fiction writer.

30 works·4 series

Kristin Hannah

Award-winning, bestselling novelist of more than 20 books, including The Nightingale, The Great Alone, The Four Winds, and Firefly Lane.

24 works·1 series

Kurt Vonnegut

American novelist known for darkly comic fiction that blends satire, science fiction, and social criticism.

63 works·4 series

L. M. Montgomery

Canadian author best known for the Anne of Green Gables novels.

23 works·5 series

Larissa Volokhonsky

Russian-American translator best known for English-language translations of Russian classics with Richard Pevear.

15 works·1 series

Larry Niven

American science fiction and fantasy writer best known for hard science fiction, especially the Ringworld novels.

51 works·7 series

Leigh Bardugo

Leigh Bardugo is a #1 New York Times bestselling author known for the Grishaverse, Ninth House, and The Familiar.

29 works·14 series

Leo Tolstoy

Russian novelist and thinker best known for War and Peace and Anna Karenina.

29 works·0 series

Lewis Carroll

English writer, mathematician, logician, and photographer best known for the Alice books.

13 works·2 series

Liane Moriarty

Liane Moriarty is an Australian novelist known for contemporary fiction about family, friendship, marriage, and the secrets beneath ordinary lives.

14 works·2 series

Lionel Giles

British sinologist, writer, philosopher, and British Museum curator.

2 works·0 series

Lisa Jewell

Lisa Jewell is a #1 New York Times bestselling novelist known for The Family Upstairs, Then She Was Gone, and None of This Is True.

23 works·3 series

Liz Moore

Novelist and creative writing teacher based in Philadelphia.

5 works·0 series

Lois Lowry

American children's and young adult author born in Hawaii and raised in a military family.

26 works·7 series

Louis Sachar

American author of children's and young adult fiction, best known for Holes and the Wayside School series.

26 works·4 series

Louisa May Alcott

American novelist and short-story writer best known for Little Women and its sequels.

26 works·2 series

Lucy Foley is the author of mystery thrillers and historical novels, including The Guest List, The Paris Apartment, The Hunting Party, The Midnight Feast, The Invitation, Last Letter from Istanbul, and The Book of Lost and Found.

7 works·0 series

M.L. Rio

Writer and academic born in Miami and raised in North Carolina. She is the author of If We Were Villains, Graveyard Shift, and Hot Wax, and her research explores madness and mood disorder on the early modern stage.

3 works·0 series

M.L. Wang

American author and martial artist from Wisconsin.

4 works·1 series

Madeleine L'Engle

American writer of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and young adult literature, best known for A Wrinkle in Time and related novels.

46 works·8 series

Madeline Miller

Madeline Miller was born in Boston and grew up in New York City and Philadelphia. She studied Classics at Brown University and has taught Latin, Greek, and Shakespeare.

6 works·0 series

Maggie O'Farrell

15 works·0 series

Maggie Stiefvater

23 works·6 series

Malcolm Gladwell

English-born Canadian journalist, bestselling author, and speaker.

8 works·1 series

Marcus Aurelius

Roman emperor and Stoic philosopher, best known for Meditations.

1 works·0 series

Margaret Atwood

Canadian writer, poet, novelist, critic, feminist, and activist known for fiction, poetry, and essays.

99 works·11 series

Marie Lu

Marie Lu is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of young adult fantasy, science fiction, and historical novels, including Legend, Warcross, Skyhunter, and Stars and Smoke.

20 works·8 series

Marissa Meyer

Author of the Lunar Chronicles, Renegades, and Gilded series.

24 works·5 series

Mark Haddon

English novelist and memoirist best known for The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time.

14 works·1 series

Mark Lawrence

21 works·8 series

Mark Manson

Mark Manson (born 1984) is a blogger, entrepreneur, and former dating coach known for self-help writing on relationships, emotions, and personal growth.

7 works·1 series

Mark Twain

American author and humorist best known for The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.

30 works·2 series

Mark Z. Danielewski

American fiction author best known for House of Leaves, Only Revolutions, and The Familiar.

11 works·1 series

Markus Zusak

Novelist and memoirist best known for The Book Thief.

7 works·1 series

Marta Barone

Italian writer.

1 works·0 series

Martha Wells

Martha Wells writes science fiction and fantasy, including The Murderbot Diaries, The Books of the Raksura, and the Ile-Rien novels.

44 works·13 series

Martin Amis

23 works·0 series

Martin Gardner

Writer of popular mathematics, puzzles, science, philosophy, and skeptical nonfiction.

36 works·0 series

Martin Hammond

0 works·0 series

Mary GrandPré

16 works·2 series

Mary Robinette Kowal

Mary Robinette Kowal is the USA TODAY bestselling author of alternate-history and science fiction novels, including The Calculating Stars, and a winner of the Hugo, Nebula, Locus, and Astounding awards.

15 works·4 series

Mary Shelley

Mary Shelley was a British novelist and writer best known for Frankenstein, a landmark Gothic novel that also helped shape early science fiction.

42 works·2 series

Matt Dinniman

Matt Dinniman is an artist and author best known for the Dungeon Crawler Carl series and other end-of-the-world books. He also plays bass in two bands.

17 works·3 series

Matt Haig

Matt Haig is a British author of fiction and nonfiction for children and adults.

33 works·5 series

Matthew Ward

American English/French translator best known for his 1989 English translation of Albert Camus' The Stranger.

0 works·0 series

Maurice Hindle

0 works·0 series

Max Brooks

Author of World War Z, The Zombie Survival Guide, Devolution, and the Minecraft novels.

13 works·3 series

Max Gladstone

Hugo, Nebula, and Locus Award-winning fantasy and science fiction author.

44 works·5 series

Michael Crichton

American author, screenwriter, and filmmaker known for science-based thrillers.

38 works·3 series

Michael Hofmann

1 works·0 series

Michael J. Sullivan

Bestselling fantasy author of the Riyria and Elan novels.

26 works·4 series

Michael Kramer

3 works·1 series

Michael Lewis

American non-fiction author and financial journalist.

14 works·0 series

Michael Pollan

American author, journalist, activist, and professor of journalism at UC Berkeley who writes about the intersection of nature and culture.

11 works·0 series

Michelle Zauner

1 works·0 series

Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

Spanish novelist, poet, and playwright best known for Don Quixote.

4 works·0 series

Milan Kundera

Czech and French novelist.

18 works·0 series

Millôr Fernandes

Brazilian writer, journalist, cartoonist, and humorist.

1 works·0 series

Min Jin Lee

Min Jin Lee is the author of Free Food for Millionaires, Pachinko, and American Hagwon.

3 works·0 series

Mirjam Pressler

German writer and translator

2 works·0 series

Mitch Albom

American author, journalist, broadcaster, screenwriter, dramatist, and musician best known for his bestselling books.

13 works·2 series

Mona Awad

Canadian novelist and short story writer known for darkly comic fiction.

5 works·1 series

N. K. Jemisin

Fantasy and science fiction author, 2020 MacArthur Fellow, and multiple Hugo, Nebula, and Locus Award winner.

14 works·4 series

Naomi Novik

Fantasy author and history enthusiast with a particular fascination for the Napoleonic era.

18 works·2 series

Nathaniel Hawthorne

American novelist and short story writer central to 19th-century American literature.

16 works·0 series

Neal Shusterman

American novelist and screenwriter known for award-winning fiction for children, teens, and adults.

48 works·11 series

Neal Stephenson

American novelist and game designer known for expansive speculative fiction and technology writing.

36 works·8 series

Neil Gaiman

English author known for fantasy, horror, comics, and children's books.

299 works·0 series

Nnedi Okorafor

Nigerian-American science fiction and fantasy writer known for works such as Binti, Who Fears Death, and Akata Witch.

27 works·3 series

Norman Denny

0 works·0 series

Ocean Vuong

Writer, professor, and photographer; author of On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous, Night Sky with Exit Wounds, Time Is a Mother, No, and The Emperor of Gladness.

5 works·0 series

Octavia E. Butler

American science fiction writer known for novels about race, gender, power, survival, and social change. She received a MacArthur Genius Grant and the PEN West Lifetime Achievement Award.

15 works·3 series

Olivie Blake

Olivie Blake is the New York Times bestselling author of the Atlas series and Alone with You in the Ether. She also writes as Alexene Farol Follmuth and lives in Los Angeles.

18 works·4 series

Orson Scott Card

American novelist, critic, public speaker, essayist, and columnist best known for science fiction.

141 works·18 series

Osamu Dazai

Japanese novelist and short-story writer, born Shūji Tsushima, best known for modern classics of alienation and self-destruction.

15 works·0 series

Oscar Wilde

Oscar Wilde was an Irish writer, poet, and dramatist celebrated for his wit, his plays, and The Picture of Dorian Gray.

116 works·4 series

Ottessa Moshfegh

American novelist whose debut Eileen won the Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award and was shortlisted for the Booker Prize.

5 works·0 series

Otto H. Frank

0 works·0 series

P. Djèlí Clark

Speculative fiction author known for Abeni's Song, A Master of Djinn, Ring Shout, and related stories.

11 works·3 series

Patrick Ness

Award-winning author of young adult, middle-grade, and adult fiction.

19 works·4 series

Patrick Rothfuss

15 works·12 series

Patrick Süskind

German writer and screenwriter best known for Perfume: The Story of a Murderer and The Double Bass.

7 works·0 series

Paul Tremblay

New York Times bestselling horror author and winner of the Bram Stoker, British Fantasy, Sheridan Le Fanu, and Massachusetts Book awards.

16 works·1 series

Paula Hawkins

Paula Hawkins worked as a journalist for fifteen years before turning to fiction. She lives in London.

5 works·0 series

Pauline Baynes

Pauline Baynes was a British illustrator and author best known for her detailed fantasy artwork for Tolkien and Narnia books.

19 works·7 series

Paulo Coelho

Brazilian lyricist and novelist. He has been a member of the Brazilian Academy of Letters since 2002.

35 works·1 series

Percival Everett

American novelist and professor of English at the University of Southern California.

23 works·1 series

Peter Hobley Davison

Editor and Orwell scholar.

7 works·1 series

Peter Škerl

0 works·0 series

Peter Watts

Canadian science fiction author and marine-mammal biologist.

10 works·3 series

Philip Gabriel

American translator and Japanologist known for English translations of Japanese fiction.

25 works·3 series

Philip K. Dick

American novelist, short story writer, and essayist known for science fiction that probes reality, identity, politics, and metaphysics.

171 works·12 series

Philip Pullman

English writer from Norwich, best known for His Dark Materials and The Book of Dust.

31 works·6 series

Pierce Brown

Pierce Brown is an American science fiction author best known for the Red Rising series.

9 works·5 series

qntm

qntm, pronounced "quantum", has written science fiction for most of this millennium, building elegant hypotheticals into expansive speculative worlds.

4 works·0 series

Quentin Blake

English cartoonist, illustrator, and children's writer.

20 works·2 series

R.F. Kuang

Rebecca F. Kuang, writing as R.F. Kuang, is the bestselling author of the Poppy War trilogy, Babel, Yellowface, and Katabasis. She is a Marshall Scholar and is pursuing a PhD at Yale.

12 works·5 series

Rachel Gillig

Rachel Gillig is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of The Shepherd King series.

4 works·2 series

Rainbow Rowell

Rainbow Rowell writes novels, short stories, and comics about love, awkward people, and people who talk a lot. She lives in Nebraska with her husband and two sons.

21 works·5 series

Randall Munroe

5 works·1 series

Ransom Riggs

American author and photographer best known for the Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children series and Sunderworld.

12 works·2 series

Ray Bradbury

American author and screenwriter known for work across fantasy, science fiction, horror, mystery, and realistic fiction.

160 works·3 series

Rebecca Roanhorse

New York Times bestselling speculative fiction writer and Nebula, Hugo, and Locus Award winner.

11 works·3 series

Rebecca Ross

Rebecca Ross is a bestselling author of fantasy novels for teens and adults. She lives in Northeast Georgia with her husband and dog.

9 works·3 series

Rebecca Yarros

Rebecca Yarros is a #1 New York Times bestselling author of romance and fantasy novels, including the Empyrean series. She lives in Colorado and cofounded the nonprofit One October.

24 works·6 series

Reg Keeland

0 works·0 series

Richard Adams

English novelist best known for Watership Down.

19 works·2 series

Richard Armitage

British actor, novelist, and audiobook narrator known for his deep voice and character-driven performances.

2 works·0 series

Richard Bachman

Pseudonym used by Stephen King for a run of novels beginning with Rage in 1977.

7 works·0 series

Richard Dawkins

British ethologist, evolutionary biologist, and popular science author known for The Selfish Gene and his criticism of creationism.

20 works·1 series

Richard J. Dunn

0 works·0 series

Richard K. Morgan

Science fiction and fantasy author best known for the Takeshi Kovacs and A Land Fit for Heroes series.

12 works·3 series

Richard Matheson

American writer and screenwriter whose work blended horror, science fiction, fantasy, westerns, and suspense.

37 works·2 series

Richard Osman

Author and television presenter, best known for The Thursday Murder Club series.

11 works·3 series

Richard Pevear

American translator of Russian literature and author.

17 works·1 series

Richard Powers

14 works·0 series

Rick Riordan

Rick Riordan is an American bestselling author known for myth-inspired adventure fiction for young readers, including the Percy Jackson series.

74 works·19 series

Riley Sager

New York Times bestselling author of ten novels. A native of Pennsylvania, he lives in Princeton, New Jersey.

10 works·0 series

Roald Dahl

British novelist, short-story writer, and screenwriter best known for darkly comic children's books and twist-ending stories.

47 works·6 series

Robert A. Heinlein

American science fiction writer known for technical plausibility, bestselling novels, and influential, often controversial ideas about society and politics.

54 works·6 series

Robert Hampson

1 works·0 series

Robert Jackson Bennett

American author of fantasy and science fiction, best known for The Tainted Cup, A Drop of Corruption, The Divine Cities trilogy, and The Founders Trilogy.

15 works·4 series

Robert Jordan

American author James Oliver Rigney, Jr., better known as Robert Jordan, wrote epic fantasy, historical fiction, westerns, and nonfiction under several pen names.

27 works·3 series

Robert Louis Stevenson

Scottish novelist, poet, essayist, and travel writer best known for Treasure Island and Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.

26 works·2 series

Robert Mighall

1 works·0 series

Robert Tombs

3 works·0 series

Robin Feuer Miller

1 works·1 series

Robin Hobb

American fantasy novelist known for The Realm of the Elderlings.

21 works·7 series

Roger Zelazny

American science fiction and fantasy writer known for mythic world-building, lyrical prose, and the Amber novels.

52 works·8 series

Roma Gill

0 works·0 series

Russell Baker

3 works·0 series

Ruth Ware

International bestselling author of suspense novels including The Woman in Cabin 10 and Zero Days.

11 works·2 series

S. A. Chakraborty

Fantasy author known for the Daevabad Trilogy and the Amina al-Sirafi series.

6 works·2 series

S. E. Hinton

Susan Eloise Hinton published The Outsiders at 17 under her initials. She was the first recipient of the Margaret Edwards Award in 1979 and lives in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

9 works·1 series

Sally Rooney

Irish author and screenwriter based in Dublin.

6 works·1 series

Salman Rushdie

Salman Rushdie, born in Bombay in 1947, is a Booker Prize-winning novelist whose fiction often explores India, migration, and the meeting of Eastern and Western worlds.

25 works·2 series

Samantha Shannon

London-born bestselling fantasy author best known for The Bone Season and The Priory of the Orange Tree.

12 works·2 series

Sangu Mandanna

Sangu Mandanna is a fantasy and science-fiction author based in Norwich, England, where she lives with her husband and children. She says she began writing stories after an elephant chased her down a forest road as a child.

11 works·3 series

Sarah J. Maas

Sarah J. Maas is an American bestselling fantasy author known for the Throne of Glass, A Court of Thorns and Roses, and Crescent City series.

26 works·6 series

Sarah Moses

0 works·0 series

Sayaka Murata

Japanese novelist known for fiction about social pressure, intimacy, and outsider identity.

4 works·0 series

Scott Lynch

7 works·2 series

Seanan McGuire

American author known for the Wayward Children, October Daye, InCryptid, and Alchemical Journeys books; she also publishes as Mira Grant.

49 works·4 series

Shelby Van Pelt

American writer from Tacoma, Washington. Her debut novel, Remarkably Bright Creatures, became a New York Times hardcover fiction bestseller.

1 works·0 series

Shepard Fairey

American artist and graphic designer known for street art, poster design, and the OBEY campaign.

6 works·0 series

Shirley Jackson

American novelist and short-story writer best known for 'The Lottery' and The Haunting of Hill House.

21 works·2 series

Sidney Monas

0 works·0 series

Silvia Moreno-Garcia

Mexican Canadian author of horror, fantasy, and speculative fiction, known for Mexican Gothic, Gods of Jade and Shadow, and The Daughter of Doctor Moreau.

18 works·0 series

Siv Jansson

0 works·0 series

Stanisław Lem

25 works·3 series

Stephanie Garber

Bestselling fantasy author of the Caraval and Once Upon a Broken Heart series.

8 works·3 series

Stephen Chbosky

American author, screenwriter, and film director best known for The Perks of Being a Wallflower.

2 works·0 series

Stephen Fry

Writer, comedian, actor, and presenter.

23 works·4 series

Stephen Graham Jones

Stephen Graham Jones is an American horror author and New York Times bestselling writer of novels, novellas, collections, and comics.

37 works·3 series

Stephen Hawking

English theoretical physicist, cosmologist, and author.

16 works·2 series

Stephen J. Dubner

6 works·1 series

Stephen King

American author known for horror, suspense, fantasy, crime, science fiction, and mystery.

274 works·0 series

Stephen Snyder

0 works·0 series

Stephenie Meyer

Author best known for The Twilight Saga and The Host.

11 works·2 series

Steven D. Levitt

American economist and coauthor of the Freakonomics books.

4 works·1 series

Steven Erikson

Steven Erikson is a novelist best known for the Malazan fantasy sequence.

30 works·6 series

Stieg Larsson

4 works·1 series

Stuart Turton

Novelist known for locked-room mysteries that blend science fiction, fantasy, horror, and literary fiction.

3 works·0 series

Sun Tzu

Ancient Chinese strategist traditionally credited with The Art of War.

1 works·0 series

Susan Cain

Author of Quiet and Bittersweet, known for writing about introversion, emotion, and inner life.

4 works·1 series

Susan Massotty

0 works·0 series

Susanna Clarke

English author best known for Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell and Piranesi.

7 works·1 series

Suzanne Collins

Suzanne Collins writes children's, middle-grade, and young adult fiction, including The Hunger Games and the Underland Chronicles.

12 works·3 series

Sylvia Plath

American poet, novelist, short-story writer, and children's author.

20 works·1 series

T. Kingfisher

American author and illustrator Ursula Vernon writes fantasy, horror, and children's books as T. Kingfisher.

36 works·5 series

Ta-Nehisi Coates

American author and journalist whose work includes essays, memoir, fiction, and Marvel's Black Panther.

18 works·2 series

Tad Williams

California-based author of epic fantasy and science fiction, best known for the Osten Ard, Otherland, Shadowmarch, and Bobby Dollar books.

28 works·7 series

Tamsyn Muir

Horror, fantasy, and science fiction author based in Oxford.

4 works·1 series

Tara Westover

1 works·0 series

Taylor Jenkins Reid

Taylor Jenkins Reid is the author of bestselling novels including The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo, Daisy Jones & The Six, Malibu Rising, Carrie Soto Is Back, One True Loves, Maybe in Another Life, After I Do, and Forever, Interrupted. She lives in Los Angeles.

10 works·1 series