Who are the top 5 authors of all time?

Who is the greatest author of all times?

Who is the number 1 best-selling author?

James Patterson is the world's highest-paid author by a wide margin, and has been the world's best-selling author since 2001. He has sold more than 350 million books worldwide, and is most famous for the "Alex Cross" crime novel series.

Who is the most published author of all time?

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Ron Hubbard the world's most published and most translated author, having published 1,084 fiction and non-fiction works that have been translated into 71 languages.”

Who is the Number 1 author in the world?

World's Highest-Paid Authors 2019: J.K. Rowling Back On Top With $92 Million.

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Who has sold the most books ever?

The Harry Potter series is far and away the highest-selling series of novels ever. Written by British author J.K. Rowling, the series has sold at least 500 million copies, 150 million more than the next-highest selling series.

What is the most sold book of all time?

Which book is most read in the world?

The most read book in the world is the Bible. Writer James Chapman created a list of the most read books in the world based on the number of copies each book sold over the last 50 years. He found that the Bible far outsold any other book, with a whopping 3.9 billion copies sold over the last 50 years.

Who holds the world record for reading the most books?

Kiara Kaur, born to Chennai-based parents, currently resides in the UAE and has entered the World Book of Records in London and Asia Book of Records for reading. A five-year-old Indian-American girl set two records for reading 36 books continuously for 105 minutes.

Who is the richest author?

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J.K. Rowling, the author of the Harry Potter series, is the richest writer in the world with a net worth of $1 billion.

What is considered the best book of all time?

Who wrote the highest number of books?

The Guinness Book of World Records ranks Mary Faulkner (1903-1973) as the most prolific novelist, having written 904 books.

Who is the best author alive?

What is the fastest time someone has read a book?

The World's Fastest Reader - Howard "Speedy" Berg - has been recognized for setting the world record for speed reading at 80 pages per minute.

What is the 2nd most read book?

The second most read book in the world is the Holy Quran. As per survey the Quran is not only most read book of the Islamic world, but it also the most recited book of all time. The Third most read book is Quotation from the works of Mao Tse –tung.

Who Wrote the Bible?

Even after nearly 2,000 years of its existence, and centuries of investigation by biblical scholars, we still don't know with certainty who wrote its various texts, when they were written or under what circumstances.

What book has sold more than the Bible?

At the top of the list, unsurprisingly, is the Bible. The Guinness Book of World Records estimates that more than 5 billion copies of the Bible have been printed. Other religious texts are also high on the list: the Quran with 800 million copies, the Book of Mormon with 120 million.

Who is the youngest successful author?

Who Is the Youngest Bestselling Author? Christopher Paolini was 18 years old when Eragon was published. Although other children have become published authors at younger ages, the Guinness World Records recognizes Paolini as the “youngest author of a bestselling book,” with his book selling more than 33 million copies.

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Is J.K. Rowling richer than the Queen?

So, yeah, J. K. Rowling is rich. In fact, she's richer than the Queen of England. The once beloved and now controversial writer has made an absolute fortune off The Boy Who Lived—she's currently one of the wealthiest authors in the world.

Who is the richest female author?

Nora Roberts is the queen of romance novels, and the prolific author has an estimated net worth of $400 million. She began her career in the late 1970s, and has since written over 230 books.