Highest Ranked Novel Authors of All Time

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Scoring: Wins are worth 50 points, nominations and second places are worth 35 points. For polls, third and lower places are worth (33-poll position) points.

Place	Score	Author
1	3457	Stephen King
2	2624	Gene Wolfe
3	2603	China Miéville^?China Mieville
4	2524	Kim Stanley Robinson
5	2513	Robert J. Sawyer
6	2371	Dan Simmons
7	2142	Robert Charles Wilson
8	2135	Lois McMaster Bujold
9	2126	Terry Pratchett
10	2119	Orson Scott Card
11	2008	Brandon Sanderson
12	1936	Neil Gaiman
13	1890	William Gibson
14	1889	Ursula K. Le Guin
15	1860	Neal Stephenson
16	1830	C. J. Cherryh
17	1723	Greg Bear
18	1718	Larry Niven
19	1713	Robert A. Heinlein
20	1677	Jo Walton
21	1669	Stephen Baxter
22	1653	Robert Silverberg
23	1600	Ian McDonald
24	1540	Connie Willis
25	1526	Tim Powers
26	1506	N. K. Jemisin
27	1495	Patricia A. McKillip
28	1493	Charles Stross
29	1451	Ann Leckie
30	1437	Garth Nix
31	1434	Guy Gavriel Kay
32	1416	David Brin
33	1405	Poul Anderson
34	1401	Ken MacLeod
35	1392	Scott Westerfeld
36	1365	Anne McCaffrey
37	1350	Sean Williams
38	1316	Graham Joyce
39	1307	Andreas Eschbach
40	1296	Charles de Lint
41	1277	John Scalzi
42	1257	George R. R. Martin
43	1232	Christopher Priest
44	1207	Iain M. Banks
45	1205	Greg Egan
46	1197	Naomi Novik
47	1193	Nnedi Okorafor
48	1190	Peter Straub
49	1176	Joe Haldeman
50	1151	Roger Zelazny
51	1148	Cory Doctorow
52	1145	Paolo Bacigalupi
53	1104	Arthur C. Clarke
54	1073	Ramsey Campbell
55	1068	Holly Black
56	1048	Catherynne M. Valente
57	1031	Jay Kristoff
58	1024	Clive Barker
59	1021	Élisabeth Vonarburg^?Elisabeth Vonarburg
60	1005	Frederik Pohl
61	993	Vernor Vinge
62	972	Jack McDevitt
63	957	James Morrow
64	943	Joe Abercrombie
65	939	Michael Moorcock
66	929	Andreas Brandhorst
67	908	J. K. Rowling
68	901	John Varley
69	891	Juliet Marillier
70	870	Paul J. McAuley
71	859	Nancy Kress
72	859	Rick Riordan
73	855	Gregory Benford
74	843	Daniel Abraham
75	841	John Crowley
76	832	Bruce Sterling
77	832	Jonathan Carroll
78	828	Jeff VanderMeer
79	823	Alastair Reynolds
80	819	Geoff Ryman
81	815	Silvia Moreno-Garcia
82	806	Brian W. Aldiss
83	802	Michael Bishop
84	794	Nalo Hopkinson
85	793	Mary Gentle
86	791	Robert Jackson Bennett
87	754	Jerry Pournelle
88	752	Margaret Atwood
89	751	Michael Swanwick
90	750	Ursula Vernon
91	749	Susanna Clarke
92	747	Elizabeth Hand
93	743	Cassandra Clare
94	741	Robin Hobb
95	729	Elizabeth Bear
96	724	Isaac Asimov
97	724	M. John Harrison
98	721	Tanith Lee
99	702	Lucius Shepard
100	699	Stephen R. Donaldson
101	698	Michael F. Flynn
102	691	Seanan McGuire
103	683	James P. Blaylock
104	676	Philip K. Dick
105	675	Amie Kaufman
106	671	Nina Kiriki Hoffman
107	663	Damien Broderick
108	659	Frank Herbert
109	654	Sean Stewart
110	642	Harry Turtledove
111	635	Octavia E. Butler
112	629	Maggie Stiefvater
113	623	Ty Franck
114	621	Robert Holdstock
115	618	Fonda Lee
116	617	John Barnes
117	617	Paul Tremblay
118	615	Caitlín R. Kiernan^?Caitlin R. Kiernan
119	614	Sarah J. Maas
120	614	Lavie Tidhar
121	609	Peter Watts
122	607	Anne Rice
123	602	Mary Robinette Kowal
124	600	Adrian Tchaikovsky
125	591	Sara Douglass
126	585	George Turner
127	583	Piers Anthony
128	583	Cixin Liu
129	580	Kate Wilhelm
130	574	Dave Duncan
131	574	Yoon Ha Lee
132	574	Joe Hill
133	573	Sheri S. Tepper
134	572	Sean McMullen
135	569	Tade Thompson
136	569	John C. Wright
137	566	John Brunner
138	564	Gwyneth Jones
139	563	Patrick Ness
140	562	Robert R. McCammon
141	559	Robert Jordan
142	559	Jasper Fforde
143	555	Jonathan Stroud
144	552	Margo Lanagan
145	550	Justine Larbalestier
146	548	Jack Vance
147	540	Julie E. Czerneda
148	539	Kameron Hurley
149	538	Rebecca Roanhorse
150	531	Alix E. Harrow
151	529	Melissa Scott
152	529	Lauren Beukes
153	528	Victoria Schwab
154	527	Becky Chambers
155	526	Andy Weir
156	524	Walter Jon Williams
157	522	Arkady Martine
158	522	Adam Roberts
159	520	James P. Hogan
160	519	Daryl Gregory
161	518	R. A. MacAvoy
162	518	Norman Spinrad
163	517	Leigh Bardugo
164	516	Thomas M. Disch
165	515	Shane Dix
166	515	Suzanne Collins
167	512	Dean R. Koontz
168	511	Kaaron Warren
169	510	Mark Lawrence
170	507	F. Paul Wilson
171	502	Jane Yolen
172	502	Diana Wynne Jones
173	502	Frances Hardinge
174	501	Barbara Hambly
175	500	荒俣宏^?あらまたひろし Hiroshi Aramata
176	498	David Gerrold
177	495	Jonathan Maberry
178	494	Jim Butcher
179	492	Stephen Graham Jones
180	488	Marion Zimmer Bradley
181	488	Delia Sherman
182	484	Justina Robson
183	482	Kelley Armstrong
184	481	Jennifer A. Nielsen
185	466	Cherie Priest
186	465	Gordon R. Dickson
187	462	Marjorie M. Liu
188	462	Sana Takeda
189	460	Alfred Bester
190	459	Shannon Hale
191	456	L. Neil Smith
192	453	Patricia Briggs
193	451	Valerio Evangelisti
194	451	Victor Kelleher
195	446	Fritz Leiber
196	444	Vonda N. McIntyre
197	444	Robin McKinley
198	444	Richard Morgan
199	439	Mercedes Lackey
200	435	Michael Chabon
201	429	Timothy Zahn
202	429	S. P. Somtow
203	428	Samuel R. Delany
204	428	Dirk van den Boom
205	423	Ian R. MacLeod
206	423	Dan Wells
207	422	Philip Pullman
208	421	Emma Bull
209	421	Steven Erikson
210	418	Maureen F. McHugh
211	418	Herbert W. Franke
212	416	Kim Newman
213	416	Kage Baker
214	415	Elizabeth Moon
215	412	Lee Murray
216	412	Karl Schroeder
217	410	Poppy Z. Brite
218	410	Richelle Mead
219	409	Joan D. Vinge
220	408	Peter S. Beagle
221	405	Michael Marshall Smith
222	402	Brent Weeks
223	401	Patrick Rothfuss
224	401	Lisa Goldstein
225	400	Alison Goodman
226	400	Ellen Kushner
227	400	Tomi Adeyemi
228	399	Liz Williams
229	397	Suzy McKee Charnas
230	396	Jon Courtenay Grimwood
231	396	Isobelle Carmody
232	395	Pierre Pelot
233	394	Sarah Pinborough
234	390	Ilona Gordon
235	390	Andrew Gordon
236	388	Tanya Huff
237	388	Brandon Mull
238	387	Katherine Kurtz
239	384	Neal Shusterman
240	384	Larry Correia
241	384	Kenneth Oppel
242	383	David Weber
243	380	Victor LaValle
244	380	Uwe Post
245	379	Charlaine Harris
246	377	C. L. Polk
247	377	Michael Marrak
248	376	Mike Resnick
249	376	Kate Forsyth
250	373	Paul Park
251	372	Grady Hendrix
252	371	Nancy Farmer
253	365	Tamsyn Muir
254	364	Martha Wells
255	363	Lauren Oliver
256	361	Adam Nevill
257	361	Matt Ruff
258	360	Veronica Roth
259	359	Spider Robinson
260	356	Ben H. Winters
261	356	神林長平^?Chōhei Kanbayashi Chohei Kambayashi Chouhei Kambayashi Chōhei Kambayashi Chouhei Kanbayashi Chohei Kanbayashi かんばやしちょうへい
262	355	Karsten Kruschel
263	354	George Alec Effinger
264	354	S. M. Stirling
265	353	J. R. Ward
266	353	Ada Palmer
267	351	Ally Condie
268	351	Mike Carey
269	350	Mary Doria Russell
270	348	Andre Norton
271	347	Charlie Jane Anders
272	345	Ian Watson
273	345	Марина Дяченко^?Marina Dyachenko
274	345	Сергей Дяченко^?Sergey Dyachenko
275	344	Ramez Naam
276	343	Kim Wilkins
277	342	Peter F. Hamilton
278	341	A. Bertram Chandler
279	339	Dietmar Dath
280	337	Sarah Monette
281	332	Nicola Griffith
282	329	Nancy Springer
283	324	Ransom Riggs
284	322	Tad Williams
285	322	R. F. Kuang
286	321	Lyn McConchie
287	318	Pierce Brown
288	316	Wolfgang Jeschke
289	316	David Mitchell
290	316	Scott Lynch
291	315	Rory Barnes
292	315	Erin Morgenstern
293	314	Jeffrey Ford
294	314	Fran Wilde
295	314	Rodolfo Martínez
296	313	Simon Clark
297	313	Richard Harland
298	311	Charles E. Gannon
299	310	Rachel Pollack
300	310	Bruce Coville
301	310	Catherine Webb
302	310	Thomas R. P. Mielke
303	310	Marissa Meyer
304	309	Katherine Arden
305	309	Nalini Singh
306	308	Rachel Hartman
307	306	Kathleen Ann Goonan
308	306	Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
309	306	Jeff Noon
310	306	Kazuo Ishiguro
311	306	Glenda Larke
312	303	Julian May
313	303	Nancy A. Collins
314	303	Sarah A. Hoyt
315	302	Donald Kingsbury
316	302	Darcie Little Badger
317	301	Allen Steele
318	301	Pat Murphy
319	301	小松左京^?Komatsu Sakyou Komatsu Sakyō こまつさきょう Komatsu Sakyo
320	299	Sebastien de Castell
321	297	Tom Piccirilli
322	296	Pierre Bordage
323	296	Elizabeth A. Lynn
324	296	Sylvain Neuvel
325	295	Hervé Jubert^?Herve Jubert
326	295	Robert Conroy
327	292	Dave Hutchinson
328	290	David Eddings
329	290	Mark Chadbourn
330	289	Andrea Hairston
331	289	Annalee Newitz
332	287	Roshani Chokshi
333	286	Michael P. Kube-McDowell
334	285	Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
335	282	Kevin J. Anderson
336	282	K. W. Jeter
337	282	Philip Reeve
338	281	Pat Cadigan
339	281	P. Djèlí Clark^?P. Djeli Clark
340	280	Esther Rochon
341	278	Marie Brennan
342	277	Kathe Koja
343	277	Marianne de Pierres
344	275	Michèle Laframboise^?Michele Laframboise
345	275	Tricia Sullivan
346	275	David J. Lake
347	275	Fabrice Colin
348	275	Dave Luckett
349	273	Kate Elliott
350	272	Lisa Tuttle
351	270	Brian Stableford
352	269	Nina Allan
353	269	Marie Lu
354	269	Gail Z. Martin
355	268	Ben Bova
356	268	Greg Keyes
357	268	Will Elliott
358	264	Russell Hoban
359	264	Karen Lord
360	264	Sam J. Miller
361	262	A. E. van Vogt
362	262	C. S. Lewis
363	262	Edo van Belkom
364	262	Josh Malerman
365	261	Jordan Ifueko
366	261	Ernest Cline
367	260	Charles L. Grant
368	260	Daniel Sernine
369	260	Joël Champetier^?Joel Champetier
370	260	Kate Orman
371	260	Mur Lafferty
372	260	Xavier Mauméjean^?Xavier Maumejean
373	260	Sarah Beth Durst
374	257	Patrick O'Leary
375	255	Jean-Louis Trudel
376	255	John Sladek
377	255	Chuck Wendig
378	255	S. E. Grove
379	254	Saladin Ahmed
380	253	Philip José Farmer
381	253	John Kessel
382	253	Theodora Goss
383	253	Gareth L. Powell
384	253	Gail Carriger
385	252	村上春樹^?Haruki Murakami
386	251	J. G. Ballard
387	250	Karen Healey
388	249	Barry N. Malzberg
389	249	Helene Wecker
390	248	S. A. Chakraborty
391	247	Ray Bradbury
392	247	Charles Sheffield
393	246	Tom Holt
394	246	Libba Bray
395	246	Alison Littlewood
396	245	Karl K. Gallagher
397	245	Jen Williams
398	245	Polly Shulman
399	244	Louise Marley
400	244	Susan Cooper
401	244	Tim Lebbon
402	243	Rebecca Ore
403	243	Linda Nagata
404	243	Kiersten White
405	242	Joanna Russ
406	242	Colin Greenland
407	242	Greg van Eekhout
408	241	Eileen Kernaghan
409	241	Jay Lake
410	241	Gillian Rubinstein
411	240	Jean-Pierre Andrevon
412	240	Francis Berthelot
413	239	Lewis Shiner
414	239	Aliette de Bodard
415	239	Angela Slatter
416	236	Steven Gould
417	236	Wil McCarthy
418	236	伊藤計劃^?Itō Keikaku いとうけいかく Itou Keikaku
419	234	R. A. Lafferty
420	234	Caitlin Sweet
421	233	Clifford D. Simak
422	233	Terry Bisson
423	233	Oliver Henkel
424	232	Catherine Asaro
425	230	A. A. Attanasio
426	229	Juan Miguel Aguilera
427	229	Matthew Hughes
428	228	G. Willow Wilson
429	228	Trudi Canavan
430	228	James Alan Gardner
431	227	Joan Slonczewski
432	226	Борис Стругацкий^?Boris Strugatsky
433	226	D. J. Butler
434	226	Emily Rodda
435	226	A. J. Hartley
436	225	Terry Goodkind
437	225	Wynne Whiteford
438	225	Шамиль Идиатуллин^?Shamil' Idiatullin Shamil Idiatullin
439	225	Sophie Masson
440	224	Bob Shaw
441	224	Jonathan Lethem
442	223	Deborah Harkness
443	223	John Connolly
444	222	Richard Paul Russo
445	222	Justina Ireland
446	221	円城塔^?えんじょうとう Enjō Tō Enjou Tou Enjoh Toh EnJoe Toh
447	221	Sam Hawke
448	221	Martine Leavitt
449	221	Russell Kirkpatrick
450	220	Joël Houssin^?Joel Houssin
451	220	uncredited
452	220	Tim Pratt
453	220	Rebecca Stead
454	220	Nathalie Somers
455	220	Lee Thomas
456	220	Javier Negrete
457	219	Algis Budrys
458	217	Joe R. Lansdale
459	217	Douglas Clegg
460	217	Kim Westwood
461	217	Karin Lowachee
462	216	Karen Traviss
463	216	Steve Rasnic Tem
464	216	Naomi Kritzer
465	215	Emma Newman
466	214	Eoin Colfer
467	214	Emily St. John Mandel
468	213	Richard Bowes
469	213	Frank W. Haubold
470	212	Peter V. Brett
471	212	Carol Emshwiller
472	212	Zen Cho
473	210	Raymond E. Feist
474	210	Michael Pryor
475	210	Ysabeau S. Wilce
476	210	Lev Grossman
477	210	Ronald M. Hahn
478	209	Theodore Sturgeon
479	209	Karen Marie Moning
480	209	Sarah Langan
481	209	Xiran Jay Zhao
482	208	Christopher Golden
483	208	Philip Roth
484	207	Eleanor Arnason
485	207	Rudy Rucker
486	206	Steven Barnes
487	206	Chris Colfer
488	206	Carole Wilkinson
489	206	谷甲州^?たにこうしゅう Kōshū Tani
490	205	Tom Hillenbrand
491	205	K. A. Bedford
492	205	Yves Meynard
493	205	Brenda Cooper
494	205	Laini Taylor
495	204	Cornelia Funke
496	203	Daniel Keyes
497	202	Kristine Kathryn Rusch
498	202	Alan Moore
499	201	Marko Kloos
500	201	Rainbow Rowell

Highest Ranked Novel Authors of All Time

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