Who is the best fiction author?

List

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

What author has written the most novels?

L. Ron Hubbard
The most published works by one author is 1,084 by L. Ron Hubbard (USA) whose first work was published in February 1934 and the last in March 2006.

Which author wrote the most books?

Brazilian author Ryoki Inoue holds the Guinness World Record for being the most prolific author with 1,075 books published under many pseudonyms. Inoue would write all day and all night until he finished a book. He wrote Sequesreo Fast Food in one night.

Who are the top 10 fiction authors?

James Patterson

J D Robb

David Baldacci

Nora Roberts

Louise Penny

Stuart Woods

Michael Connelly

Lee Child

C J Box

John Sandford

How can I become a better fiction writer?

Stop wasting time reading listicles and How To’s. The irony is glaring.

Let’s get the technical bits out of the way….

Focus and productivity.

Time is your friend if you use it wisely.

English,grammar…the basics.

The study of writing fiction.

Publishing and alternatives for fiction writers.

The 30+ Best Living Novelists & Fiction Authors Today, Ranked Cormac McCarthy. James Lee Burke. Haruki Murakami. Michael Connelly. Philip Roth – Died May 22, 2018. Milan Kundera. E. L. Doctorow – Died July 21, 2015. J. M. Coetzee. Kazuo Ishiguro. Paul Auster. John le Carré. John Barth.

What are the best books for writers to read?

We Are Never Meeting in Real Life by Samantha Irby

Made to Stick by Chip and Dan Heath

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

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