In Fiction
Which living novelists are considered the greatest?
AI Visibility Ranking
Brands ordered by GenRank score for this question.
DirectionalQuestion-level figures rest on at most 6 answers per brand, so treat them as direction, not a verdict; the category ranking is the number to judge by. Scores are for the week of 2026-11-08.
| Rank | Brand | Named by | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kazuo Ishiguro | 6/6 | 67.9 |
| 2 | Haruki Murakami | 6/6 | 65.2 |
| 3 | Margaret Atwood | 6/6 | 61.7 |
| 4 | Thomas Pynchon | 5/6 | 58.0 |
| 5 | Salman Rushdie | 4/6 | 55.9 |
| 6 | Stephen King | 4/6 | 45.3 |
| 7 | Marilynne Robinson | 5/6 | 43.8 |
| 8 | J.M. Coetzee | 3/6 | 35.9 |
| 9 | Don DeLillo | 3/6 | 32.5 |
| 10 | Jonathan Franzen | 3/6 | 25.0 |
Sources these answers cited
The sites each surface's answer cited this week. The logos are the surfaces that cited the site.
| Source | Cited by |
|---|---|
| ranker.comThe Greatest Living Writers & Most Famous Authors Today - Ranker |    3 surfaces |
| bakemybook.comTop 15 Best Living Famous Authors Today and Their Books | 2 surfaces |
| en.wikipedia.orgreference · wikipedia.org |  2 surfaces |
| gulfnews.comThe 10 best living American novelists - Gulf News | 2 surfaces |
| americanpoet.orgTop Contemporary American Authors 2026 | Best Living American Writers ... | 1 surfaces |
| aneverydaystory.comGreatest Living Writers & Famous Authors Today · Every Day Story | 1 surfaces |
| britannica.comreference · britannica.com | 1 surfaces |
| buffalo.edupublic · buffalo.edu | 1 surfaces |
| discover.hubpages.comTop 10 Famous Living Writers of the World - HubPages | 1 surfaces |
| goodreads.comreview and listing sites · Readers Choose Today's Great American Novelist - Goodreads | 1 surfaces |
| loa.orgloa.org | 1 surfaces |
| macfound.orgmacfound.org | 1 surfaces |
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Rank trend
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