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List of 50 Best Authors and Books

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In this listing, you will find a list of 50 Best Authors and Books all around the globe and a list of three best books of these 50 best authors from all around the world. These Authors have marked their names in the book of history as the legends of writing.

We ranked these authors in the descending order based on their writing, best-selling books, famous personality, and Clarity of words.

We have also linked every author with a page about their bio which will help you to learn more about the author.

We have selected this List of Authors from thousands of Famous Authors so it can impact our reader hard. Our motive is to provide our readers with the legit information that is up to the mark instead of presenting junk.

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Here is the list of 50 Best Authors and Books

RankAuthorBook 1Book 2Book 3
1William ShakespeareMacbethRomeo and JulietTwelfth Night
2Charles DickensGreat Expectations David Copperfield Bleak House
3Ernest HemingwayA Farewell to ArmsA Moveable Feast The Sun Also Rises
4George OrwellDown and Out in Paris and LondonA Clergyman’s DaughterKeep the Aspidistra Flying
5Leo TolstoyAnna KareninaWar and PeaceResurrection
6Fyodor DostoevskyThe IdiotPoor FolkCrime and Punishment
7J.R.R. TolkienThe Lord of the Rings: Vol. 1The HobbitThe Silmarillion
8Jane AustenEmmaNorthanger AbbeyMansfield Park
9Anton ChekhovThe SeagullThe Three SistersThe Duel
10John SteinbeckTortilla FlatOf Mice and MenThe Grapes of Wrath
11Mark TwainRoughing ItFollowing the EquatorThe Adventures of Tom Sawyer
12James JoyceDublinersUlyssesFinnegans Wake
13Dante AlighieriInferno: The Divine ComedyThe Portable DanteVita Nuova
14Jack LondonThe People of the AbyssJohn BarleycornThe Valley of the Moon
15Sir Arthur Conan DoyleThe Memoirs of Sherlock HolmesThe Case-Book of Sherlock HolmesA Study in Scarlet
16George EliotScenes of Clerical LifeThe Mill on the FlossAdam Bede
17Virginia WoolfMrs. DallowayA Room of One’s OwnOrlando: A Biography
18Agatha ChristieThe Murder of Roger AckroydThe ABC MurdersFive Little Pigs
19Joseph HellerSomething HappenedClosing TimePicture This
20Ray BradburyFahrenheit 451Let’s All Kill ConstanceThe Martian Chronicles
21Joseph ConradVictoryHeart of DarknessThe Secret Agent
22Albert CamusThe PlagueThe StrangerThe Rebel
23Harper LeeGo Set A WatchmanTo Kill MockingbirdVe y pon un Centinela
24Miguel de CervantesDon QuixoteExemplary StoriesLa gitanilla
25Jules VerneTwenty Thousand Leagues Under the SeaThe Mysterious IslandMichael Strogoff
26Douglas AdamsDirk Gently’s Holistic Detective AgencyThe Restaurant at the End of the UniverseLife, the Universe and Everything
27W. Somerset MaughamOf Human BondageThe Painted VeilThe Razor’s Edge
28Herman MelvilleRedburnMoby-DickPierre
29Thomas HardyThe Mayor of CasterbridgeTess of the d’UrbervillesThe Return of the Native
30J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Prisoner of AzkabanHarry Potter and the Deathly HallowsHarry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone
31Marcel ProustSwann’s WayThe Guermantes WaySodom and Gomorrah
32Charlotte BronteThe Tenant of Wildfell HallWuthering HeightsJane Eyre
33Ayn RandAtlas ShruggedThe FountainheadAnthem
34Jodi PicoultMy Sister’s KeeperNineteen MinutesThe Pact
35Robert Louis StevensonTreasure IslandPrince OttoThe Master of Ballantrae
36Edgar Allan PoeThe Cask of AmontilladoThe Black CatThe Tell-Tale Heart
37C.S. LewisMere ChristianityThe Screwtape LettersA Grief Observed
38Franz KafkaThe TrialThe MetamorphosisThe Castle
39Victor HugoLes MisérablesLa légende des sièclesThe Hunchback of Notre-Dame
40Gabriel Garcia MarquezLove in the Time of CholeraOne Hundred Years of SolitudeNews of Kidnapping
41William FaulknerSanctuarySoldiers’ PayA Rose for Emily
42J.D. SalingerCatcher in the RyeFranny and ZooeyNine stories
43Oscar WildeThe Importance of Being EarnestThe Soul of Man under SocialismThe Picture of Dorian Gray
44F. Scott FitzgeraldThe Crack-UpThis Side of ParadiseThe Beautiful and Damned
45Kurt VonnegutPlayer PianoThe Sirens of TitanMother Night
46Vladimir NabokovPale FireLolitaSpeak, Memory
47Alexandre DumasThe Count of Monte CristoTwenty Years AfterLa Reine Margot
48Stephen KingThe StandITThe Shining
49HomerThe OdysseyThe IliadOeuvres completes
50Paulo CoelhoThe Winner Stands AloneThe Devil and Miss PrymBrida

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