The most popular
all-time writers in America

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  1. 79%

    Dr. Seuss

    Writer
    The 9th most popular and the 48th most famous all-time person
  2. 77%

    Mark Twain

    Writer
    The 14th most popular and the 150th most famous all-time person
  3. 72%

    Edgar Allan Poe

    Writer
    The 44th most popular and the 173rd most famous all-time person
  4. 71%

    Charles Dickens

    Writer
    The 50th most popular and the 196th most famous all-time person
  5. 71%

    William Shakespeare

    Writer
    The 57th most popular and the 82nd 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 159th most popular and the 353rd most famous all-time person
  9. 60%

    Emily Dickinson

    Writer
    The 261st most popular and the 507th most famous all-time person
  10. 59%

    J. K. Rowling

    Writer
    The 2nd most popular and the 2nd most famous contemporary fiction writer
  11. 58%

    Agatha Christie

    Writer
    The 313th most popular and the 616th most famous all-time person