Who is the best-selling author in the world?

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.
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Who is best-selling author of all time?

Heralded as the Queen of Mystery, Agatha Christie is the best-selling novelist of all time, outsold only by Shakespeare and the Bible. According to a recent study conducted by Harper Collins, Christie has sold more than 1 billion copies in the English language alone.
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Who is the best-selling author alive?

Who Is the Best-Selling Author Alive? Currently, the #1 best-selling author alive is Danielle Steel. Although her books receive mixed feedback from literary critics, her romance novels have sold over 800 million copies and remain incredibly popular.
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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 all time?

25 Best-Selling Books of All-Time
  • #1 – Don Quixote (500 million copies sold) ...
  • #2 – A Tale of Two Cities (200 million copies sold) ...
  • #3 – The Lord of the Rings (150 million copies sold) ...
  • #4 – The Little Prince (142 million copies sold) ...
  • #5 – Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (107 million copies sold)
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Best Selling Books Of All Time (1850-2019)



Who is the richest author?

FAQs on Richest Writers

J.K. Rowling, the author of the Harry Potter series, is the richest writer in the world with a net worth of $1 billion.
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What is the #1 best-selling book of all time?

According to Guinness World Records as of 1995, the Bible is the best-selling book of all time with an estimated 5 billion copies sold and distributed.
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Who are the top 5 authors of all time?

Top 10 Authors by Number of Books Selected
  • William Shakespeare – 11.
  • William Faulkner – 6.
  • Henry James – 6.
  • Jane Austen – 5.
  • Charles Dickens – 5.
  • Fyodor Dostoevsky – 5.
  • Ernest Hemingway – 5.
  • Franz Kafka – 5.
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Who is the best-selling author of 2021?

2021 was a pretty good year for author Dav Pilkey. Not only is his children's book "Dog Man: Mothering Heights" USA TODAY's bestselling book of the year, but he also followed up the achievement with four more of his books landing in the Top 100 for 2021, more than any other author.
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Who is the best-selling author 2020?

#1 New York Times Fiction Best Sellers of 2020
  • Where the Crawdads Sing. by Delia Owens. ...
  • American Dirt. by Jeanine Cummins. ...
  • The Vanishing Half. by Brit Bennett. ...
  • If It Bleeds. by Stephen King. ...
  • Camino Winds. by John Grisham. ...
  • The Return. by Nicholas Sparks. ...
  • 28 Summers. by Elin Hilderbrand. ...
  • The Evening and the Morning. by Ken Follett.
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Who is the most famous book?

10 Most Popular Books of All Time
  • Don Quixote. By Miguel de Cervantes. ...
  • Lord of the Rings. By J.R.R. Tolkien. ...
  • Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. By J.K. Rowling. ...
  • And Then There Were None. By Agatha Christie. ...
  • Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. By Lewis Carroll. ...
  • The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. ...
  • Pinocchio. ...
  • Catcher in the Rye.
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Who is the most famous writer today?

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  • 1 Stephen King62%
  • 2 Stan Lee54%
  • 3 J. K. Rowling54%
  • 4 John Grisham50%
  • 5 James Patterson44%
  • 6 Dean Koontz41%
  • 7 R. L. Stine40%
  • 8 Anne Rice39%
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Who is the most famous author in the world 2022?

Best authors of 2022 so far
  1. Honorée Fanonne Jeffers. (Image credit: Honoree Jeffers) ...
  2. Janice Hallett. (Image credit: Janice Hallett) ...
  3. Diane Chamberlain. (Image credit: John Pagliuca) ...
  4. Danya Kukafka. (Image credit: Danya Kukafka) ...
  5. Sarah Vaughan. (Image credit: Johnny Ring) ...
  6. Lucy Caldwell. ...
  7. Julie Owen Moylan. ...
  8. Lizzie Pook.
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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.
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What is the 2nd most sold book in the world?

He found that the Bible far outsold any other book, with a whopping 3.9 billion copies sold over the last 50 years. "Quotations from the Works of Mao Tse-tung" came in second with 820 million copies sold, and "Harry Potter" came in third with 400 million copies sold.
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Who read the most books in the world?

Which countries read the most?
  • India, 10:42. With its citizens reading 10 hours and 42 minutes per week on average, India tops our list. ...
  • Thailand, 9:24. Thailand is second on our list, with a time of 9 hours and 24 minutes on average per week. ...
  • China, 8:00. China ranks third with eight hours on average.
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How do writers get paid?

The author will make a deal with a publisher and enter into a contract. Traditionally under the contract the author will be paid an up-front sum, known as an 'advance' (advances are generally modest these days).
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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.
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What should I read in 2021?

The Best Books to Read in 2021
  • Detransition, Baby by Torrey Peters (January)
  • Nora by Nuala O'Connor (January)
  • Aftershocks by Nadia Owusu.
  • Let Me Tell You What I Mean by Joan Didion (January)
  • Milk Fed by Melissa Broder (February)
  • My Year Abroad by Chang Rae Lee (February)
  • Gay Bar by Jeremy Atherton Lin (February)
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What is the hottest book right now?

The 23 most popular books right now, according to Goodreads members:
  • "The Midnight Library" by Matt Haig. ...
  • "The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue" by V.E. ...
  • "The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo" by Taylor Jenkins Reid. ...
  • "To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee. ...
  • "The Great Gatsby" by F. ...
  • "Where the Crawdads Sing" by Delia Owens.
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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.
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Who is the best author in the world 2020?

20 Amazing Authors and Their Books To Read in 2020
  • Kafka on the Shore. ...
  • Such a Fun Age. by Kiley Reid. ...
  • Behold the Dreamers. by Imbolo Mbue. ...
  • How Stella Got Her Groove Back. by Terry McMillan. ...
  • The Good Girl. by Mary Kubica. ...
  • Before I Go. by Colleen Oakley. ...
  • Mongrels. by Stephen Graham Jones. ...
  • The Outside Boy. by Jeanine Cummins.
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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.
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