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	2058	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	1528	Charles Stross
26	1526	Tim Powers
27	1506	N. K. Jemisin
28	1495	Patricia A. McKillip
29	1452	Ann Leckie
30	1438	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	1312	John Scalzi
40	1307	Andreas Eschbach
41	1296	Charles de Lint
42	1257	George R. R. Martin
43	1247	Naomi Novik
44	1232	Christopher Priest
45	1228	Nnedi Okorafor
46	1207	Iain M. Banks
47	1205	Greg Egan
48	1190	Peter Straub
49	1176	Joe Haldeman
50	1151	Roger Zelazny
51	1148	Cory Doctorow
52	1145	Paolo Bacigalupi
53	1118	Holly Black
54	1104	Arthur C. Clarke
55	1073	Ramsey Campbell
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	929	Daniel Abraham
68	908	J. K. Rowling
69	901	John Varley
70	891	Juliet Marillier
71	870	Paul J. McAuley
72	859	Nancy Kress
73	859	Rick Riordan
74	855	Gregory Benford
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	785	Ursula Vernon
88	754	Jerry Pournelle
89	752	Margaret Atwood
90	751	Michael Swanwick
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	721	Seanan McGuire
100	705	Adrian Tchaikovsky
101	702	Lucius Shepard
102	699	Stephen R. Donaldson
103	698	Michael F. Flynn
104	683	James P. Blaylock
105	676	Philip K. Dick
106	675	Amie Kaufman
107	674	Ty Franck
108	671	Nina Kiriki Hoffman
109	663	Damien Broderick
110	659	Frank Herbert
111	654	Sean Stewart
112	653	Fonda Lee
113	642	Harry Turtledove
114	635	Octavia E. Butler
115	629	Maggie Stiefvater
116	621	Robert Holdstock
117	617	John Barnes
118	617	Paul Tremblay
119	615	Caitlín R. Kiernan^?Caitlin R. Kiernan
120	614	Sarah J. Maas
121	614	Lavie Tidhar
122	609	Peter Watts
123	607	Anne Rice
124	602	Mary Robinette Kowal
125	595	Jonathan Maberry
126	591	Sara Douglass
127	590	Becky Chambers
128	585	George Turner
129	583	Piers Anthony
130	583	Cixin Liu
131	580	Kate Wilhelm
132	574	Dave Duncan
133	574	Yoon Ha Lee
134	574	Joe Hill
135	573	Sheri S. Tepper
136	572	Sean McMullen
137	571	Arkady Martine
138	569	Tade Thompson
139	569	John C. Wright
140	566	John Brunner
141	564	Gwyneth Jones
142	563	Victoria Schwab
143	563	Patrick Ness
144	562	Stephen Graham Jones
145	562	Robert R. McCammon
146	559	Robert Jordan
147	559	Jasper Fforde
148	555	Jonathan Stroud
149	554	Daryl Gregory
150	552	Andy Weir
151	552	Margo Lanagan
152	550	Justine Larbalestier
153	548	Jack Vance
154	540	Julie E. Czerneda
155	539	Kameron Hurley
156	538	Rebecca Roanhorse
157	531	Alix E. Harrow
158	529	Timothy Zahn
159	529	Melissa Scott
160	529	Lauren Beukes
161	524	Walter Jon Williams
162	522	Adam Roberts
163	520	James P. Hogan
164	518	R. A. MacAvoy
165	518	Norman Spinrad
166	517	Leigh Bardugo
167	516	Thomas M. Disch
168	515	Shane Dix
169	515	Suzanne Collins
170	512	Dean R. Koontz
171	511	Kaaron Warren
172	510	Mark Lawrence
173	507	F. Paul Wilson
174	502	Jane Yolen
175	502	Diana Wynne Jones
176	502	Frances Hardinge
177	501	Barbara Hambly
178	500	荒俣宏^?あらまたひろし Hiroshi Aramata
179	498	David Gerrold
180	494	Jim Butcher
181	489	Mercedes Lackey
182	488	Marion Zimmer Bradley
183	488	Delia Sherman
184	484	Justina Robson
185	482	Kelley Armstrong
186	481	Jennifer A. Nielsen
187	479	Vonda N. McIntyre
188	466	Cherie Priest
189	465	Gordon R. Dickson
190	462	Marjorie M. Liu
191	462	Sana Takeda
192	460	Alfred Bester
193	459	Joan D. Vinge
194	459	Shannon Hale
195	456	L. Neil Smith
196	453	Patricia Briggs
197	451	Valerio Evangelisti
198	451	Victor Kelleher
199	446	Fritz Leiber
200	444	Robin McKinley
201	444	Richard Morgan
202	435	Michael Chabon
203	433	David Weber
204	429	S. P. Somtow
205	428	Samuel R. Delany
206	428	Dirk van den Boom
207	423	Ian R. MacLeod
208	423	Dan Wells
209	422	Philip Pullman
210	421	Emma Bull
211	421	Steven Erikson
212	418	Maureen F. McHugh
213	418	Herbert W. Franke
214	416	Kim Newman
215	416	Kage Baker
216	415	Elizabeth Moon
217	413	Darcie Little Badger
218	412	Lee Murray
219	412	Karl Schroeder
220	410	Poppy Z. Brite
221	410	Richelle Mead
222	408	Peter S. Beagle
223	407	Grady Hendrix
224	405	Michael Marshall Smith
225	402	Brent Weeks
226	401	Patrick Rothfuss
227	401	Lisa Goldstein
228	400	Alison Goodman
229	400	Ellen Kushner
230	400	Tomi Adeyemi
231	399	Liz Williams
232	397	Suzy McKee Charnas
233	396	Jon Courtenay Grimwood
234	396	Isobelle Carmody
235	395	Pierre Pelot
236	394	Sarah Pinborough
237	390	Ilona Gordon
238	390	Andrew Gordon
239	388	Tanya Huff
240	388	Brandon Mull
241	387	Katherine Kurtz
242	384	Neal Shusterman
243	384	Larry Correia
244	384	Kenneth Oppel
245	382	Kevin J. Anderson
246	381	Pat Cadigan
247	380	Victor LaValle
248	380	Uwe Post
249	379	Charlaine Harris
250	377	C. L. Polk
251	377	Michael Marrak
252	376	Mike Resnick
253	376	Kate Forsyth
254	375	Charlie Jane Anders
255	373	Paul Park
256	371	Nancy Farmer
257	365	Tamsyn Muir
258	364	Martha Wells
259	363	Lauren Oliver
260	361	Adam Nevill
261	361	Matt Ruff
262	360	Veronica Roth
263	359	Spider Robinson
264	359	P. Djèlí Clark^?P. Djeli Clark
265	356	Ben H. Winters
266	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
267	355	Karsten Kruschel
268	354	George Alec Effinger
269	354	S. M. Stirling
270	354	Ada Palmer
271	353	J. R. Ward
272	351	Ally Condie
273	351	Mike Carey
274	350	Mary Doria Russell
275	348	Andre Norton
276	348	Xiran Jay Zhao
277	345	Ian Watson
278	345	Марина Дяченко^?Marina Dyachenko
279	345	Сергей Дяченко^?Sergey Dyachenko
280	344	Ramez Naam
281	343	Kim Wilkins
282	342	Peter F. Hamilton
283	341	A. Bertram Chandler
284	340	Chuck Wendig
285	339	Dietmar Dath
286	338	Sarah Monette
287	332	Nicola Griffith
288	329	Nancy Springer
289	324	Ransom Riggs
290	322	Tad Williams
291	322	Jordan Ifueko
292	322	R. F. Kuang
293	321	Lyn McConchie
294	318	Pierce Brown
295	316	Wolfgang Jeschke
296	316	David Mitchell
297	316	Scott Lynch
298	315	Rory Barnes
299	315	Erin Morgenstern
300	314	Jeffrey Ford
301	314	Fran Wilde
302	314	Rodolfo Martínez
303	313	Simon Clark
304	313	Richard Harland
305	311	Charles E. Gannon
306	310	Rachel Pollack
307	310	Bruce Coville
308	310	Catherine Webb
309	310	Thomas R. P. Mielke
310	310	Marissa Meyer
311	309	Katherine Arden
312	309	Nalini Singh
313	308	Rachel Hartman
314	306	Kathleen Ann Goonan
315	306	Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
316	306	Jeff Noon
317	306	Kazuo Ishiguro
318	306	Glenda Larke
319	303	Julian May
320	303	Nancy A. Collins
321	303	Sarah A. Hoyt
322	302	Donald Kingsbury
323	301	Allen Steele
324	301	Pat Murphy
325	301	小松左京^?Komatsu Sakyou Komatsu Sakyō こまつさきょう Komatsu Sakyo
326	299	Sebastien de Castell
327	297	Tom Piccirilli
328	296	Pierre Bordage
329	296	Elizabeth A. Lynn
330	296	Sylvain Neuvel
331	295	Hervé Jubert^?Herve Jubert
332	295	Robert Conroy
333	294	Tim Lebbon
334	292	Shelley Parker-Chan
335	292	Dave Hutchinson
336	290	David Eddings
337	290	Mark Chadbourn
338	289	Andrea Hairston
339	289	Annalee Newitz
340	287	Roshani Chokshi
341	286	Michael P. Kube-McDowell
342	285	Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
343	282	K. W. Jeter
344	282	Philip Reeve
345	280	Esther Rochon
346	278	Marie Brennan
347	278	Kiersten White
348	277	Kathe Koja
349	277	Marianne de Pierres
350	275	Michèle Laframboise^?Michele Laframboise
351	275	Tricia Sullivan
352	275	David J. Lake
353	275	Fabrice Colin
354	275	Dave Luckett
355	273	Kate Elliott
356	272	Lisa Tuttle
357	270	Brian Stableford
358	270	Catriona Ward
359	269	Nina Allan
360	269	Marie Lu
361	269	Gail Z. Martin
362	268	Ben Bova
363	268	Greg Keyes
364	268	Will Elliott
365	264	Russell Hoban
366	264	Karen Lord
367	264	Sam J. Miller
368	262	A. E. van Vogt
369	262	C. S. Lewis
370	262	Edo van Belkom
371	262	Josh Malerman
372	261	Ernest Cline
373	260	Charles L. Grant
374	260	Daniel Sernine
375	260	Alex Irvine
376	260	Joël Champetier^?Joel Champetier
377	260	Kate Orman
378	260	Mur Lafferty
379	260	Xavier Mauméjean^?Xavier Maumejean
380	260	Sarah Beth Durst
381	257	Patrick O'Leary
382	255	Jean-Louis Trudel
383	255	John Sladek
384	255	S. E. Grove
385	254	Saladin Ahmed
386	253	Philip José Farmer
387	253	John Kessel
388	253	Theodora Goss
389	253	Gareth L. Powell
390	253	Gail Carriger
391	252	村上春樹^?Haruki Murakami
392	251	J. G. Ballard
393	250	Karen Healey
394	249	Barry N. Malzberg
395	249	Helene Wecker
396	248	S. A. Chakraborty
397	248	Zen Cho
398	247	Ray Bradbury
399	247	Charles Sheffield
400	246	Tom Holt
401	246	Libba Bray
402	246	Alison Littlewood
403	245	Karl K. Gallagher
404	245	Jen Williams
405	245	Polly Shulman
406	245	Naomi Kritzer
407	244	Louise Marley
408	244	Susan Cooper
409	243	Rebecca Ore
410	243	Linda Nagata
411	242	Joanna Russ
412	242	Colin Greenland
413	242	Greg van Eekhout
414	241	Eileen Kernaghan
415	241	Jay Lake
416	241	Gillian Rubinstein
417	240	Jean-Pierre Andrevon
418	240	Francis Berthelot
419	239	Lewis Shiner
420	239	Aliette de Bodard
421	239	Angela Slatter
422	236	Steven Gould
423	236	Wil McCarthy
424	236	Marko Kloos
425	236	伊藤計劃^?Itō Keikaku いとうけいかく Itou Keikaku
426	234	R. A. Lafferty
427	234	Caitlin Sweet
428	233	Clifford D. Simak
429	233	Terry Bisson
430	233	Oliver Henkel
431	232	Catherine Asaro
432	230	A. A. Attanasio
433	230	Tasha Suri
434	229	Juan Miguel Aguilera
435	229	Matthew Hughes
436	228	G. Willow Wilson
437	228	Trudi Canavan
438	228	James Alan Gardner
439	227	Joan Slonczewski
440	226	Борис Стругацкий^?Boris Strugatsky
441	226	D. J. Butler
442	226	Emily Rodda
443	226	A. J. Hartley
444	225	Terry Goodkind
445	225	Wynne Whiteford
446	225	Шамиль Идиатуллин^?Shamil' Idiatullin Shamil Idiatullin
447	225	Sophie Masson
448	224	Bob Shaw
449	224	Jonathan Lethem
450	223	Deborah Harkness
451	223	John Connolly
452	222	Richard Paul Russo
453	222	Justina Ireland
454	221	円城塔^?えんじょうとう Enjō Tō Enjou Tou Enjoh Toh EnJoe Toh
455	221	Sam Hawke
456	221	Martine Leavitt
457	221	Russell Kirkpatrick
458	220	John Jackson Miller
459	220	Joël Houssin^?Joel Houssin
460	220	uncredited
461	220	Tim Pratt
462	220	Rebecca Stead
463	220	Nathalie Somers
464	220	Lee Thomas
465	220	Javier Negrete
466	219	Algis Budrys
467	217	Joe R. Lansdale
468	217	Douglas Clegg
469	217	Kim Westwood
470	217	Karin Lowachee
471	216	Karen Traviss
472	216	Steve Rasnic Tem
473	215	Emma Newman
474	214	Eoin Colfer
475	214	Emily St. John Mandel
476	213	Richard Bowes
477	213	Frank W. Haubold
478	212	Peter V. Brett
479	212	Carol Emshwiller
480	210	Raymond E. Feist
481	210	Michael Pryor
482	210	Ysabeau S. Wilce
483	210	Lev Grossman
484	210	Ronald M. Hahn
485	209	Theodore Sturgeon
486	209	Karen Marie Moning
487	209	Sarah Langan
488	208	Christopher Golden
489	208	Philip Roth
490	207	Eleanor Arnason
491	207	Rudy Rucker
492	206	Steven Barnes
493	206	Chris Colfer
494	206	Claudia Gray
495	206	Carole Wilkinson
496	206	谷甲州^?たにこうしゅう Kōshū Tani
497	205	Tom Hillenbrand
498	205	K. A. Bedford
499	205	Yves Meynard
500	205	Brenda Cooper

Highest Ranked Novel Authors of All Time

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