- William Shakespeare. Ah, The Bard. …
- George Orwell. True, Orwell (whose real name was Eric Arthur Blair) isn't everyone's taste, especially those who do not share his views on totalitarianism. …
- J.K. Rowling. Like her or not, Ms. …
- Kurt Vonnegut. …
- Virginia Woolf. …
- Ernest Hemingway. …
- William Faulkner. …
- Ayn Rand.
| Author Min. estimated sales Number of books | William Shakespeare 2 billion 42 | Agatha Christie 2 billion 85 | Barbara Cartland 500 million 723 | Danielle Steel 500 million 179 |
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1.
James Patterson
— £71.3 million ($95 million) 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.
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.”
| # Author Hits | 1 H. P. Lovecraft 101 | 2 Howard, Robert ErvinRobert Ervin Howard 78 | 3 Poe, Edgar AllanEdgar Allan Poe 52 | 4 McGonagall, William TopazWilliam Topaz McGonagall 36 |
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What is the most sold book in the world?
The Bible
is the best-selling book of all time, having sold around 5 billion copies to date.
Who has sold the most books ever?
| Book | The Little Prince | Author(s) | Antoine de Saint-Exupéry | Original language | French | First published | 1943 | Genre | Novella |
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Who is the best writers in the world?
- William Shakespeare — 11.
- William Faulkner — 6.
- Henry James — 6.
- Jane Austen — 5.
- Charles Dickens — 5.
- Fyodor Dostoevsky — 5.
- Ernest Hemingway — 5.
- Franz Kafka — 5.
Is JK Rowling a billionaire?
| J. K. Rowling CH OBE HonFRSE FRCPE FRSL | Notable works Harry Potter series Cormoran Strike series |
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- Enheduanna. Enheduanna was born in 2285 BCE. …
- Maya Angelou. Maya Angelou was born in 1928 in Missouri. …
- Beverly Cleary. Beverly Cleary grew up on a farm in Oregon before moving to Portland. …
- Willa Cather. …
- Sandra Cisneros. …
- Virginia Woolf. …
- Louisa May Alcott. …
- Toni Morrison.
What book took the longest to write?
- Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell (10 Years) …
- The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz (10 Years) …
- No Great Mischief by Alistair MacLeod (13 Years) …
- The Lord of The Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien (12-17 Years) …
- Sphere by Michael Crichton (20 Years)
Which is the smallest book in the world?
The current Guinness World Record holder for the world's smallest reproduction of a printed book is “
Teeny Ted from Turnip Town
,” a children's story etched using an ion beam onto pure crystalline silicon by Simon Frazer University in Canada. It measures 70 by 100 micrometers, marginally larger than Aniskin's.
Dan Brown
is an American author who is best known for his novel “The Da Cinci Code”. Brown is the highest-paid author in the world, and his bestselling books “The Da Vinci Code” and “Angels and Demons” is considered to be two of the popular movies in the world. Dan Brown's net worth is approximately $178 million.
- 1 Stephen King94%66%
- 2 Stan Lee77%58%
- 3 J. K. Rowling90%57%
- 4 John Grisham76%50%
- 5 James Patterson73%48%
- 6 R. L. Stine64%41%
- 7 Dean Koontz68%40%
- 8 Mary Higgins Clark65%39%
- William Blake 1757-1827. …
- Geoffrey Chaucer 1343-1400. …
- John Donne 1572-1631. …
- George Eliot 1819-1880. …
- John Milton 1608-1674. …
- George Orwell 1903-1950. …
- Harold Pinter 1930-2008. …
- Samuel Taylor Coleridge 1772-1834.
What is the 2nd most read book in the world?
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.
