Which living novelists are considered the greatest?
FictionNamed in 4 of 6 answers
#6
45.3
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American author of horror, suspense, science fiction, and fantasy, celebrated for over fifty novels and numerous short stories since 1974.
5 questions · 5 categories · As of Nov 12, 2026
| Categories | Category rank | Questions | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fiction | #21of 273 | 1 | 45.3 |
| Arts & Culture | #63of 279 | 1 | 31.5 |
| Mystery & Thriller | #111of 309 | 1 | 15.2 |
| Biography & Memoir | #330of 345 | 1 | 3.7 |
| Television & Streaming | #1351of 1,400 | 1 | 3.4 |
Brands named in the same answers as Stephen King in the last four weeks, counted in answers.
| Brand | Answers naming the brand | Named alongside |
|---|---|---|
| Demon Copperhead | 12 | James (5), The Underground Railroad (5), Pachinko (5) |
| The Underground Railroad | 11 | Demon Copperhead (5), My Brilliant Friend (5), Wolf Hall (5) |
| Beloved | 18 | One Hundred Years of Solitude (14), The Great Gatsby (12), Things Fall Apart (10) |
| One Hundred Years of Solitude | 15 | Beloved (14), The Great Gatsby (12), Things Fall Apart (10) |
| Wolf Hall | 8 | The Underground Railroad (5), Pachinko (5), A Gentleman in Moscow (4) |
| Pachinko | 10 | A Gentleman in Moscow (6), Demon Copperhead (5), The Pillars of the Earth (5) |
| Kazuo Ishiguro | 9 | Haruki Murakami (6), Marilynne Robinson (6), Margaret Atwood (6) |
| Haruki Murakami | 6 | Kazuo Ishiguro (6), Margaret Atwood (6), Marilynne Robinson (5) |
| James | 7 | Demon Copperhead (5), The Underground Railroad (3), Hamnet (2) |
| Margaret Atwood | 6 | Haruki Murakami (6), Kazuo Ishiguro (6), Marilynne Robinson (5) |
| Middlemarch | 8 | Beloved (8), Things Fall Apart (8), One Hundred Years of Solitude (8) |
| Thomas Pynchon | 5 | Haruki Murakami (5), Kazuo Ishiguro (5), Margaret Atwood (5) |
| Hamnet | 6 | Demon Copperhead (4), The Underground Railroad (4), Pachinko (4) |
| The Great Gatsby | 12 | Beloved (12), One Hundred Years of Solitude (12), Things Fall Apart (9) |
| Salman Rushdie | 5 | Kazuo Ishiguro (5), Haruki Murakami (4), Marilynne Robinson (4) |
| War and Peace | 10 | Beloved (8), One Hundred Years of Solitude (7), Ulysses (7) |
| Ulysses | 8 | Beloved (8), One Hundred Years of Solitude (8), The Great Gatsby (8) |
| Dubliners | 4 | |
| Don Quixote | 7 | Beloved (7), One Hundred Years of Solitude (7), Ulysses (7) |
| The Book Thief | 7 | All the Light We Cannot See (5), A Gentleman in Moscow (5), The Pillars of the Earth (5) |
| Stephen King | 4 | Haruki Murakami (4), Kazuo Ishiguro (4), Margaret Atwood (4) |
| Things Fall Apart | 10 | Beloved (10), One Hundred Years of Solitude (10), The Great Gatsby (9) |
| Pride and Prejudice | 7 | Beloved (7), One Hundred Years of Solitude (7), The Great Gatsby (7) |
| All the Light We Cannot See | 5 | The Book Thief (5), A Gentleman in Moscow (4), The Pillars of the Earth (4) |
| Lonesome Dove (content) | 3 | A Gentleman in Moscow (2), The Pillars of the Earth (2), Wolf Hall (2) |
| Marilynne Robinson | 6 | Kazuo Ishiguro (6), Haruki Murakami (5), Margaret Atwood (5) |
| The Pillars of the Earth | 5 | A Gentleman in Moscow (5), Pachinko (5), The Book Thief (5) |
| My Brilliant Friend | 7 | The Underground Railroad (5), Wolf Hall (4), Beloved (2) |
| A Gentleman in Moscow | 7 | Pachinko (6), The Pillars of the Earth (5), The Book Thief (5) |
| The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett | 3 | Demon Copperhead (3), James (1), Hamnet (1) |
Sites the answers naming this brand cited in the last four weeks. Counts are citing answers.
| Rank | Source | Citing answers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | ranker.com | 5 |
| 2 | goodreads.com | 4 |
| 3 | bakemybook.com | 4 |
| 4 | reddit.com | 3 |
| 5 | americanpoet.org | 2 |
| 6 | aneverydaystory.com | 2 |
| 7 | discover.hubpages.com | 2 |
| 8 | en.wikipedia.org | 2 |
| 9 | rd.com | 2 |
| 10 | yougov.com | 2 |
For the brand's best questions: of each surface's 1 answers, how many named it.
| Questions | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Which living novelists are considered the greatest? | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2Who are the most acclaimed living authors? | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3Which thriller authors are most gripping to read? | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4Which memoirs are most inspiring to read? | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5What are the best TV series for newcomers? | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
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