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200 of the Most Influential Writers of All Time

A list of the greatest writers of all time, both modern and historical. Everyone should read at least one of their works in their lifetime, be it novel, poem or story...
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A.A. Milne
A.A. Milne
1
A.S. Byatt
A.S. Byatt
2
Adeline Yen Mah
Adeline Yen Mah
3
Aeschylus
Aeschylus
4
Aesop
Aesop
5
Agatha Christie
Agatha Christie
6
Albert Camus
Albert Camus
7
Aldous Huxley
Aldous Huxley
8
Alexandre Dumas
Alexandre Dumas
9
Alice Walker
Alice Walker
10
Angela Carter
Angela Carter
11
Anne Bronte
Anne Bronte
12
Anne Frank
Anne Frank
13
Anthony Burgess
Anthony Burgess
14
Antoine De Saint-Exupéry Officiel
Antoine De Saint-Exupéry Officiel
15
Anton Chekhov
Anton Chekhov
16
Arthur C. Clarke
Arthur C. Clarke
17
Arthur Conan Doyle
Arthur Conan Doyle
18
Arthur Miller
Arthur Miller
19
Arthur Ransome
Arthur Ransome
20
Arundhati Roy
Arundhati Roy
21
Ayn Rand
Ayn Rand
22
Barbara Kingsolver
Barbara Kingsolver
23
Beatrix Potter
Beatrix Potter
24
Bill Bryson
Bill Bryson
25
Bram Stoker
Bram Stoker
26
Brothers Grimm
Brothers Grimm
27
Carol Ann Duffy
Carol Ann Duffy
28
Carson McCullers
Carson McCullers
29
Charles Darwin
Charles Darwin
30
Charles Dickens
Charles Dickens
31
Charlotte Bronte
Charlotte Bronte
32
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
33
Chinua Achebe
Chinua Achebe
34
Cormac McCarthy
Cormac McCarthy
35
C.S. Lewis
C.S. Lewis
36
D.H. Lawrence
D.H. Lawrence
37
Daniel Defoe
Daniel Defoe
38
Daniel Keyes
Daniel Keyes
39
Dante
Dante
40
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