The most popular
all-time writers in America

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  1. 80%

    Dr. Seuss

    Writer

    The 6th most popular and the 33rd most famous all-time person

  2. 77%

    Mark Twain

    Writer

    The 10th most popular and the 127th most famous all-time person

  3. 72%

    Edgar Allan Poe

    Writer

    The 36th most popular and the 142nd most famous all-time person

  4. 71%

    William Shakespeare

    Writer

    The 49th most popular and the 56th most famous all-time person

  5. 70%

    Charles Dickens

    Writer

    The 52nd most popular and the 204th most famous all-time person

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  7. 66%

    Stephen King

    Writer

    The most popular and the most famous contemporary fiction writer

  8. 63%

    Ernest Hemingway

    Writer

    The 148th most popular and the 308th most famous all-time person

  9. 59%

    Agatha Christie

    Writer

    The 259th most popular and the 547th most famous all-time person

  10. 58%

    J. K. Rowling

    Writer

    The 2nd most popular and the 2nd most famous contemporary fiction writer

  11. 58%

    Emily Dickinson

    Writer

    The 285th most popular and the 465th most famous all-time person