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12288 authors
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William Shakespeare
1564–1616 English playwright and poet (1564–1616) 150 books
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William Henry Giles Kingston
1814–1880 English writer of boys' adventure novels (1814–1880) 115 books
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George Manville Fenn
1831–1909 English novelist (1831–1909) 110 books
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Horatio Alger
1832–1899 American novelist (1832–1899) 99 books
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Mór Jókai
1825–1904 Hungarian writer (1825–1904) 99 books
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Edward Stratemeyer
1862–1930 American book packager, publisher and writer (1862–1930) 95 books
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G. A. Henty
1832–1902 British novelist (1832–1902) 91 books
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H. G. Wells
1866–1946 English writer (1866–1946) 85 books
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Honoré de Balzac
1799–1850 French novelist and playwright (1799–1850) 84 books
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William Le Queux
1864–1927 Anglo-French radio engineer, broadcaster and writer 84 books
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R. M. Ballantyne
1825–1894 Scottish author of juvenile fiction (1825-1894) 82 books
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Charles Dickens
1812–1870 English novelist and social critic (1812–1870) 76 books
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Mrs. Oliphant
1828–1897 Scottish novelist (1828–1897) 71 books
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Henry James
1843–1916 American and British writer (1843–1916) 67 books
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Oliver Optic
1822–1897 American academic, author and politician (1822-1897) 67 books
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Anthony Trollope
1815–1882 English novelist of the Victorian period (1815-1882) 66 books
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Jack London
1876–1916 American author, journalist and social activist (1876–1916) 66 books
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Arthur Conan Doyle
1859–1930 British writer and physician (1859–1930) 65 books
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Alexandre Dumas
1802–1870 French writer and dramatist (1802–1870) 64 books
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H. Rider Haggard
1856–1925 English adventure novelist (1856–1925) 63 books
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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
