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12288 authors
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William Dean Howells
1837–1920 American author, critic, and playwright (1837–1920) 62 books
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George Sand
1804–1876 French novelist and memoirist (1804–1876) 61 books
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Mark Twain
1835–1910 American author and humorist (1835–1910) 61 books
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Charlotte M. Yonge
1823–1901 English writer, editor (1823–1901) 58 books
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Fergus Hume
1859–1932 British writer (1859–1932) 58 books
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E. Phillips Oppenheim
1866–1946 English novelist (1866–1946) 55 books
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Rudyard Kipling
1865–1936 English writer and poet (1865–1936) 55 books
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L. T. Meade
1844–1914 Irish writer, editor (1844–1914) 54 books
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Andrew Lang
1844–1912 Scottish poet, novelist and literary critic (1844–1912) 53 books
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Jules Verne
1828–1905 French writer (1828–1905) 53 books
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Mayne Reid
1818–1883 American writer (1818–1883) 52 books
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G. K. Chesterton
1874–1936 English author and Christian apologist (1874–1936) 51 books
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Edgar Rice Burroughs
1875–1950 American writer (1875–1950) 50 books
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Robert Louis Stevenson
1850–1894 Scottish novelist and poet (1850–1894) 50 books
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Walter Scott
1771–1832 Scottish novelist, poet and playwright (1771–1832) 50 books
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Arnold Bennett
1867–1931 English writer (1867–1931) 49 books
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Ralph Henry Barbour
1870–1944 American writer (1870–1944) 49 books
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Bret Harte
1836–1902 American writer and poet (1836–1902) 48 books
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Plutarco
45–120 Greek philosopher and historian (c. AD 46 – after AD 119) 48 books
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George MacDonald
1824–1905 Scottish writer and Christian minister (1824–1905) 47 books
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Carolyn Wells
1862–1942 American humorist, poet, writer of children's works and mystery stories (1862–1942) 46 books
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E. F. Benson
1867–1940 English novelist and writer (1867–1940) 46 books
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Benito Pérez Galdós
1843–1920 Spanish realist novelist (1843–1920) 44 books
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Hilaire Belloc
1870–1953 French-English writer (1870–1953) 44 books
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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
1749–1832 German writer, artist, natural scientist and politician (1749–1832) 44 books
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Robert W. Chambers
1865–1933 American artist, novelist, short story writer (1865–1933) 44 books
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Harold Bindloss
1866–1945 British writer (1866–1945) 43 books
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Joseph Conrad
1857–1924 Polish-British writer (1857–1924) 43 books
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L. Frank Baum
1856–1919 American author of children's books (1856–1919) 43 books
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Leo Tolstoy
1828–1910 Russian author (1828–1910) 43 books
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F. Marion Crawford
1854–1909 American novelist, short story writer, essayist (1854-1909) 42 books
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Harry Castlemon
1842–1915 American writer (1842–1915) 42 books
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Jacob Abbott
1803–1879 American writer of children's books (1803-1879) 42 books
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John Galsworthy
1867–1933 English novelist and playwright (1867–1933) 42 books
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Edgar Wallace
1875–1932 British crime writer, journalist and playwright (1875–1932) 41 books
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James Otis
1725–1783 Lawyer in colonial Massachusetts (1725-1783) 41 books
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Bernard Shaw
1856–1950 Irish playwright, critic, and polemicist (1856–1950) 40 books
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Arthur Quiller-Couch
1863–1944 British writer and literary critic (1863–1944) 39 books
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James Fenimore Cooper
1789–1851 American writer (1789–1851) 39 books
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Edith Wharton
1862–1937 American writer and designer (1862–1937) 38 books
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Eino Leino
1878–1926 Finnish poet and journalist (1878–1926) 38 books
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Mary Jane Holmes
1828–1907 Novelist 38 books
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Wilkie Collins
1824–1889 British writer (1824-1889) 38 books
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Charles Kingsley
1819–1875 British clergyman, historian and novelist (1819–1875) 37 books
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H. Irving Hancock
1868–1922 American journalist (1868–1922) 37 books
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Martha Finley
1828–1909 American children's writer, novelist, teacher 37 books
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Richard Harding Davis
1864–1916 American journalist and fiction writer (1864–1916) 37 books
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August Strindberg
1849–1912 Swedish writer and painter (1849–1912) 36 books
