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LITERATURE
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Most Published Authors
This list features the authors that have published the most books in history - including novels, plays and short stories.
RANK | AUTHOR | PUBLISHED | BOOK |
1 | Corín Tellado (Maria Lopez) | 4,000 | Boda Clandestina (1947) |
2 | Ryoki Inoue | 1,100 | Saga (2006) |
3 | L. Ron Hubbard | 1,084 | Battlefield Earth (1982) |
4 | Kathleen Lindsay | 904 | Wind of Desire (1933) |
5 | Enid Blyton | 600 | The Famous Five (1942) |
6 | Georges Simenon | 600 | Maigret’s Failure (1956) |
7 | Kyokutei Bakin | 470 | Nansō satori hakkaden (1814-1842) |
8 | Isaac Asimov | 450 | I, Robot (1950) |
9 | Barbara Cartland | 280 | A Ghost in Monte Carlo (1951) |
10 | Alexandre Dumas | 277 | The Three Musketeers (1844) |
References
Fowler, C., (2015). Who wrote the most books of all time? [online] Available at: https://www.christopherfowler.co.uk/blog/2015/03/22/who-wrote-the-most-books-of-all-time [Accessed 1 December 2025].
Book Series in Order, (n.d.). Edgar Wallace. [online] Available at: https://www.bookseriesinorder.com/edgar-wallace/[Accessed 1 December 2025].
National Diet Library, (n.d.). Collection of the National Diet Library. [online] Available at: https://www.ndl.go.jp/zoshoin/e/collection/11.html [Accessed 1 December 2025].
Planeta de Libros, (n.d.). Boda Clandestina. [online] Available at: https://www.planetadelibros.com/libro-boda-clandestina/247865 [Accessed 1 December 2025].
Goodreads, (n.d.). A Ghost in Monte Carlo. [online] Available at: https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/1993017.A_Ghost_in_Monte_Carlo [Accessed 1 December 2025].
Goodreads, (n.d.). The Four Just Men. [online] Available at: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2008348.The_Four_Just_Men [Accessed 1 December 2025].
AbeBooks, (n.d.). Nanso Satomi Hakkenden: 19th Century Complete. [online] Available at: https://www.abebooks.it/Nanso-Satomi-Hakkenden-19th-Century-Complete/31584509032/bd [Accessed 1 December 2025].
Goodreads, (n.d.). Battlefield Earth. [online] Available at: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/769658.Battlefield_Earth [Accessed 1 December 2025].
Fantastic Fiction, (n.d.). Mary Faulkner. [online] Available at: https://www.fantasticfiction.com/f/mary-faulkner/[Accessed 1 December 2025].
Goodreads, (n.d.). Maigret's Failure. [online] Available at: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7914760-maigret-s-failure [Accessed 1 December 2025].
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