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| 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 |
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.
British writer, Roald Dahl, is considered as one of the greatest children’s authors. He is one of the best-selling authors of all-time and had a career spanning decades. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, James and the Giant Peach, The Witches, The Twits and Matilda are some of his classic works.
Who are the top 100 authors of all time?
Top 100 authors of all time. 1 1. Fyodor Dostoevsky. Writer | The Double. Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky was born on November 11, 1821, in Moscow, Russia. He was the second of seven 2 2. Dante Alighieri. 3 3. Lev Tolstoy. 4 4. Victor Hugo. 5 5. William Shakespeare.
What are the 100 Best Books of all time?
100 Best Books of All Time: The World Library List 1 Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen 4.27 2 1984 by George Orwell 4.19 avg rating — 3 Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevs 4 Hamlet by William Shakespeare 4.03 avg r 5 One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel
To keep the list manageable, only authors with estimated sales of at least 100 million are included. Authors of comic books are not included unless they have been published in book format (for example, comic albums, manga tankōbon volumes, trade paperbacks, or graphic novels ).