The most popular
all-time writers in America

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  1. 79%

    Dr. Seuss

    Writer
    The 7th most popular and the 51st most famous all-time person
  2. 77%

    Mark Twain

    Writer
    The 14th most popular and the 180th most famous all-time person
  3. 72%

    Edgar Allan Poe

    Writer
    The 41st most popular and the 167th most famous all-time person
  4. 71%

    Charles Dickens

    Writer
    The 48th most popular and the 188th most famous all-time person
  5. 69%

    William Shakespeare

    Writer
    The 79th most popular and the 90th most famous all-time person
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  7. 67%

    Stephen King

    Writer
    The most popular and the most famous contemporary fiction writer
  8. 64%

    Ernest Hemingway

    Writer
    The 146th most popular and the 330th most famous all-time person
  9. 60%

    Emily Dickinson

    Writer
    The 253rd most popular and the 471st most famous all-time person
  10. 57%

    Agatha Christie

    Writer
    The 322nd most popular and the 599th most famous all-time person
  11. 57%

    Robert Frost

    Writer
    The 328th most popular and the 774th most famous all-time person