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An '''author''' is someone who [[writes]] a piece of [[literature]] such as might appear in a [[book]] or a [[magazine]] article.
An '''author''' is someone who [[writes]] a piece of [[literature]] such as might appear in a [[book]] or a [[magazine]] article.
The term author is usually used with works that have been mass produced either in written or electronic form and have the capability to be widely read and distributed.
The term author is usually used with works that have been mass-produced either in written or electronic form and have the capability to be widely read and distributed.
== Authors and Books ==
== Authors and Books ==
There are several lists of "Top authors" or "Best seller" books. Some include:
There are several lists of "Top authors" or "Best seller" books. Some include:
[[Image:Repin LeoTolstoy.jpg|thumb|Portrait of Leo Tolstoy by Ilya Yefimovich Repin]]
* ''The Ugly Duckling'' by [[Hans Christian Andersen]]
* ''The Ugly Duckling'' by [[Hans Christian Andersen]]
* ''Pride and Prejudice'' by [[Jane Austen]]
* ''Pride and Prejudice'' by [[Jane Austen]]
* ''Miffy'' by [[Dick Bruna]]
* ''Miffy'' by [[Dick Bruna]]
* ''Answered Prayers'' by [[Truman Capote]]
* ''Answered Prayers'' by [[Truman Capote]]
* ''Alice's Adventures in Wonderland'' by [[Lewis Carroll]]
* ''[[Alice's Adventures in Wonderland]]'' by [[Lewis Carroll]]
* ''The Plague'' by [[Albert Camus]]
* ''The Plague'' by [[Albert Camus]]
* ''[[Don Quixote]]'' by [[Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra]]
* ''[[Don Quixote]]'' by [[Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra]]
* ''[[A Tale of Two Cities]]'' by [[Charles Dickens]]
* ''[[A Tale of Two Cities]]'' by [[Charles Dickens]]
* ''The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson''
* ''The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson''
* ''The Brothers Karamazov'' by [[Fyodor Dostoevsky]]
* ''[[The Brothers Karamazov]]'' by [[Fyodor Dostoevsky]]
* ''The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes'' by Sir [[Arthur Conan Doyle]]
* ''The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes'' by Sir [[Arthur Conan Doyle]]
* ''Middlemarch'' by [[George Eliot]]
* ''[[Middlemarch]]'' by [[George Eliot]]
* ''The Praise of Folly'' by [[Erasmus|Desiderius Erasmus]]
* ''The Praise of Folly'' by [[Erasmus|Desiderius Erasmus]]
* ''[[The Sound and the Fury]]'' by [[William Faulkner]]
* ''[[The Sound and the Fury]]'' by [[William Faulkner]]
* ''The Great Gatsby'' by [[F. Scott Fitzgerald]]
* ''[[The Great Gatsby]]'' by [[F. Scott Fitzgerald]]
* ''Madame Bovary'' by [[Gustave Flaubert]]
* ''Madame Bovary'' by [[Gustave Flaubert]]
* ''The Death of Artemio Cruz'' by [[Carlos Fuentes]]
* ''The Death of Artemio Cruz'' by [[Carlos Fuentes]]
[[Image:Goethe Y.jpg|thumb|J. W. von Goethe (1749 - 1832)]]
* ''[[The Sorrows of Young Werther]]'' by [[Johann Wolfgang von Goethe]]
* ''[[The Sorrows of Young Werther]]'' by [[Johann Wolfgang von Goethe]]
* ''Don Juan'' by [[George Gordon, Lord Byron]] <!--May be alphabetized wrong-->
* ''Don Juan'' by [[George Gordon, Lord Byron]] <!--May be alphabetized wrong-->
* ''A Farewell to Arms'' by [[Ernest Hemingway]]
* ''A Farewell to Arms'' by [[Ernest Hemingway]]
* ''[[Iliad|The Iliad]]'' by [[Homer]]
* ''[[Iliad|The Iliad]]'' by [[Homer]]
* ''The Hunchback of Notre Dame'' by [[Victor Hugo]]
* ''[[The Hunchback of Notre Dame]]'' by [[Victor Hugo]]
* ''The Legend of Sleepy Hollow'' by [[Washington Irving]]
* ''The Legend of Sleepy Hollow'' by [[Washington Irving]]
* ''The Turn of The Screw'' by [[Henry James]]
* ''The Turn of The Screw'' by [[Henry James]]
* ''The Jungle Books'' by [[Rudyard Kipling]]
* ''The Jungle Books'' by [[Rudyard Kipling]]
* ''Guin Saga'' by [[Kaoru Kurimoto]]
* ''Guin Saga'' by [[Kaoru Kurimoto]]
* ''Tess of the D'Urbervilles'' by [[Thomas Hardy]]
* ''Independent People'' by Halldor Laxness
* ''Independent People'' by Halldor Laxness
* ''[[The Chronicles of Narnia]]'' by [[C.S. Lewis]]
* ''[[The Chronicles of Narnia]]'' by [[C.S. Lewis]]
* ''Meditations'' by Marcus Aurelius
* ''Meditations'' by Marcus Aurelius
* ''One Hundred Years of Solitude'' by [[Gabriel García Márquez]]
* ''One Hundred Years of Solitude'' by [[Gabriel García Márquez]]
* ''Of Human Bondage'' by [[W. Somerset Maugham]]
* ''Of Human Bondage'' by [[Somerset Maugham|W. Somerset Maugham]]
* ''[[Gone with the Wind]]'' by [[Margaret Mitchell]]
* ''[[Gone with the Wind]]'' by [[Margaret Mitchell]]
* ''Pale Fire'' by [[Vladimir Nabokov]]
* ''Pale Fire'' by [[Vladimir Nabokov]]
* ''The Godfather'' by [[Mario Puzo]]
* ''The Godfather'' by [[Mario Puzo]]
* ''Wolf Totem'' by Jiang Rong
* ''Wolf Totem'' by Jiang Rong
* ''Pedro Paramo'' by Juan Rulfo
* ''Pedro Paramo'' by [[Juan Rulfo]]
* ''Scaramouche'' by Rafael Sabatini
* ''Scaramouche'' by Rafael Sabatini
* ''Le Petit Prince'' by [[Antoine de Saint-Exupéry]]
* ''Le Petit Prince'' by [[Antoine de Saint-Exupéry]]
* ''[[The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn]]'' by [[Mark Twain]]
* ''[[The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn]]'' by [[Mark Twain]]
* ''The Tragic Sense of Life in Men and Peoples'' by [[Miguel de Unamuno]]
* ''The Tragic Sense of Life in Men and Peoples'' by [[Miguel de Unamuno]]
* ''20,000 Leagues Under the Sea'' by [[Jules Verne]]
* ''[[Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea]]'' by [[Jules Verne]]
* ''The Purpose Driven Life'' by Rick Warren
* ''The Purpose Driven Life'' by Rick Warren
* ''The War of the Worlds'' by [[H. G. Wells]]
* ''[[The War of the Worlds]]'' by [[H. G. Wells]]
* ''A Man in Full'' by [[Tom Wolfe]]
* ''A Man in Full'' by [[Tom Wolfe]]
* ''Musashi'' by Eiji Yoshikawa
* ''Musashi'' by Eiji Yoshikawa
* ''The Railway Children'' by [[E. Nesbit]]
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