The world's most translated authors according to UNESCO (Index Translationum)
The top 3 according to 66 votes from people: Robert Ludlum · Agatha Christie · Jules Verne. (Updated Mar 22, 2023.)
Agatha Christie, Jules Verne and Shakespeare on the podium, and Lenin, Enid Blyton and Barbara Cartland ahead of Dickens and Tolstoy: the 49 authors with the most translations recorded in UNESCO's Index Translationum database.
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Top 49
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Robert Ludlum
American thriller novelist; 1,530 translations recorded.
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2
Agatha Christie
British mystery novelist; 7,233 translations recorded.
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3
Jules Verne
French adventure and science fiction novelist; 4,751 translations recorded.
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4
Georges Simenon
Belgian novelist, creator of Maigret; 2,315 translations recorded.
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5
René Goscinny
French comics writer (Asterix); 2,234 translations recorded.
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6
Charles Dickens
British novelist; 2,108 translations recorded.
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7
Barbara Cartland
British romance novelist; 3,648 translations recorded.
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8
Hans Christian Andersen
Danish fairy-tale author; 3,520 translations recorded.
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9
Wilhelm Grimm
German philologist and folk-tale collector; 2,951 translations recorded.
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10
Nora Roberts
American romance novelist; 2,597 translations recorded.
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11
Alexandre Dumas
French novelist; 2,540 translations recorded.
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12
Arthur Conan Doyle
British writer, creator of Sherlock Holmes; 2,495 translations recorded.
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13
Karl Marx
German philosopher and economist; 1,643 translations recorded.
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14
Ernest Hemingway
American novelist; 1,569 translations recorded.
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15
Hermann Hesse
German novelist; 1,522 translations recorded.
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16
Roald Dahl
British children's author; 1,398 translations recorded.
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17
William Shakespeare
English playwright and poet; 4,281 translations recorded.
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18
Enid Blyton
British children's author; 3,921 translations recorded.
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19
Danielle Steel
American romance novelist; 3,628 translations recorded.
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20
Astrid Lindgren
Swedish children's author; 2,270 translations recorded.
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21
Oscar Wilde
Irish writer; 1,787 translations recorded.
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22
Honoré de Balzac
French novelist; 1,590 translations recorded.
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23
Franz Kafka
Czech German-language writer; 1,494 translations recorded.
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24
Osho (Rajneesh)
Indian spiritual leader; 1,488 translations recorded.
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25
Edgar Allan Poe
American writer; 1,435 translations recorded.
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26
Vladimir Lenin
Russian revolutionary and theorist; 3,592 translations recorded.
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27
Jacob Grimm
German philologist and folk-tale collector; 2,977 translations recorded.
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28
Jack London
American adventure writer; 2,181 translations recorded.
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29
Robert Louis Stevenson
Scottish writer; 2,039 translations recorded.
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30
Charles Perrault
French fairy-tale writer; 1,401 translations recorded.
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31
Gabriel García Márquez
Colombian novelist; 1,395 translations recorded.
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32
Stephen King
American horror novelist; 3,354 translations recorded.
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33
John Paul II
Polish pope and writer; 2,257 translations recorded.
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34
R. L. Stine
American author of children's horror (Goosebumps); 2,221 translations recorded.
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35
Leo Tolstoy
Russian novelist; 2,178 translations recorded.
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36
Isaac Asimov
American science fiction and popular science writer; 2,158 translations recorded.
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37
Rudolf Steiner
Austrian philosopher, founder of anthroposophy; 1,868 translations recorded.
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38
Sidney Sheldon
American novelist; 1,732 translations recorded.
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39
Victoria Holt
British gothic romance novelist; 1,660 translations recorded.
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40
Dean Koontz
American suspense novelist; 1,491 translations recorded.
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41
Friedrich Nietzsche
German philosopher; 1,490 translations recorded.
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42
Plato
Greek philosopher; 1,479 translations recorded.
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43
Anton Chekhov
Russian short-story writer and playwright; 1,477 translations recorded.
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44
Rudyard Kipling
British writer; 1,424 translations recorded.
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45
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
German writer; 1,399 translations recorded.
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46
Mark Twain
American writer; 2,428 translations recorded.
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47
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Russian novelist; 2,342 translations recorded.
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48
Mary Higgins Clark
American suspense novelist; 1,485 translations recorded.
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49
J. R. R. Tolkien
British writer, author of The Lord of the Rings; 1,458 translations recorded.
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