Who are the top 10 authors?
TOP TEN 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.
Who are the best authors today?
The 10 best living American novelists
- Alice Walker. Getty Images.
- Marilynne Robinson. The unprolific author of Housekeeping (1980) and Gilead (2004) has brought to American fiction a spiritual quality rare among her cockily rationalistic generation of writers.
- Jonathan Franzen.
- Michael Chabon.
- Bret Easton Ellis.
- George Saunders.
- Rachel Kushner.
- Anne Tyler.
Who is the best selling author 2020?
The New York Times Fiction Best Sellers of 2020
Date | Book | Author |
---|---|---|
March 15 | Blindside | James Patterson and James O. Born |
March 22 | House of Earth and Blood | Sarah J. Maas |
March 29 | The Mirror and the Light | Hilary Mantel |
April 5 | The Boy from the Woods | Harlan Coben |
What books are trending now?
Trending Books This Week
- If I Had Your Face. by Frances Cha. “If I Had Your Face isn’t just a good book—it’s a book we need, badly. . . .
- Eternal. by Lisa Scottoline.
- The Sweet Taste of Muscadines. by Pamela Terry.
- The New York Times Cooking No-Recipe Recipes. by Sam Sifton.
- Klara and the Sun. by Kazuo Ishiguro.
What books are most popular right now?
Right Now Books
- Worm Holes (Quantum Roots, #2)
- Toe to Toe (Paperback)
- More Than Love, A Husband’s Tale (Kindle Edition)
- Quantum Roots (Quantum Roots, #1)
- Mistress Suffragette (Kindle Edition)
- Shot Down: The True Story of Pilot Howard Snyder and the Crew of the B-17 Susan Ruth (Hardcover)
- Missing Wings (Aranysargas, #1)
What is the #1 best selling book 2019?
Best Sellers of 2019 in Books
- #1. Where the Crawdads Sing. Delia Owens.
- #2. Becoming. Michelle Obama.
- #3. Educated: A Memoir.
- #4. Dog Man: For Whom the Ball Rolls: From the…
- #5. Girl, Wash Your Face: Stop Believing the Lies…
- #6. Dog Man: Fetch-22: From the Creator of Captain…
- #7. Wrecking Ball (Diary of a Wimpy Kid Book 14)
- #8. The Wonderful Things You Will Be.
What books should I read in 2020?
The Best Books of 2020
- The Lying Life of Adults. amazon.com. $26.00.
- Rodham. bookshop.org. $25.76.
- Transcendent Kingdom: A Novel. amazon.com.
- The Glass Hotel: A novel. amazon.com.
- My Dark Vanessa: A Novel. amazon.com.
- The Death of Vivek Oji: A Novel. amazon.com.
- Real Life: A Novel. amazon.com.
- Wow, No Thank You.: Essays. amazon.com.
What is the most read book in the world?
the Bible
What is the most sold book of 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)
How many books a day does Bill Gates read?
Warren Buffett spends five to six hours a day reading five newspapers and 500 pages of corporate reports. Bill Gates reads 50 books a year. Mark Zuckerberg aimed to read at least one book every two weeks. Elon Musk grew up reading two books a day, according to his brother.