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Some writers have had prolific careers with hundreds of their works being published. While some best-selling authors have written a small number of books that have sold millions of copies, others have had lengthy careers and maintained a high level of output year after year. Dame Agatha Christie, the most-published novelist in history, is estimated to have sold 4 billion books, having written 69 novels and 19 plays.[1] Her works were published between 1920 and 1976, equating to around three publications every two years. Dame Barbara Cartland has also sold millions of copies of her books but wrote many more than Christie. She spent 80 years as a novelist with 722 books published, averaging one book released every 40 days of her career.[2] While Cartland wrote a significant number of full-length novels, other authors have been published many more times but have specialised in short stories. Spanish author Corín Tellado wrote over 4,000 novellas, selling 400 million copies of her books.[3]

Not all authors work alone. Groups of writers, sometimes led by one central figure, have published under shared pseudonyms. The Stratemeyer Syndicate, started by Edward Stratemeyer in 1905, created numerous book series including 190 volumes of The Hardy Boys and 175 volumes of Nancy Drew. More than 1,300 books were published by the group, and although Edward L. Stratemeyer wrote several hundred, he also employed ghostwriters to keep up with the demand. These writers were given storylines and strict guidelines to follow to ensure a level of consistency within each series. Amongst the writing team was Howard R. Garis, who contributed several hundred books to the collection, one of the most active authors. Sales were estimated at over two hundred million copies before the syndicate was sold to Simon & Schuster in 1984.[4]

Most authors carefully craft their work, writing and rewriting several times before publication. Some authors simply use pen and paper, while others such as Isaac Asimov spent hours at a stretch working at a typewriter.[5] Philip M. Parker, by one measure the world's most prolific author, has an entirely different approach. Parker has over 200,000 titles listed on Amazon.com, having developed an algorithm to gather publicly available data and compile it into book form.[6][7] The computer-generated nature of the books is not detailed on the sales page and the books are printed only when ordered.[6][8]

Prolific writers

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NameLanguageBirthDeathFirst publicationLast publicationPublished worksNotes
{{sortname|Corín|Tellado}} Spanish25 April 1927}}11 April 2009}} 1946 20064000}}4000+[3] She wrote over 5000 novellas and magazine's short stories. She was listed in the 1994 Guinness World Records as having sold the most books written in Spanish, and earlier in 1962 UNESCO declared her the most read Spanish writer after Miguel de Cervantes.
{{sortname|Rolf|Kalmuczak}} German17 April 1938}}10 March 2007}}2900}}2900+[9] More than 100 pseudonyms[10]
{{sortname|Lope de|Vega}} Spanish25 November 1562}}27 August 1635}}2200}}2200~[11] Playwright
{{sortname|L. Ron|Hubbard|L. Ron Hubbard}} English13 March 1911}}24 January 1986}} 1934 19871084}} Science fiction, adventure, westerns, mystery, religion.
{{sortname|Ishtiaq|Ahmed|Ishtiaq Ahmad (fiction writer)}} Urdu1944}}17 November 2015}} 1972 Continuous800}}800+Spy Thriller Crime Series
{{sortname|Edwy S.|Brooks}} English11 November 1889}}2 December 1965}} 1907 1966800}}800+[12] Brooks published his first short story, in July 1907, when he was seventeen.
{{sortname|Enid|Blyton|Enid Blyton}} English11 August 1897}}28 November 1968}} 1922 1968762}}Children's literature, adventure,mystery,fantasy.
{{sortname|Barbara|Cartland}}
(bibliography)		 English9 July 1901}}21 May 2000}} 1923722}}[2] Holds the Guinness World Record for the most novels (23) written in a single year
{{sortname|István|Nemere}}
 Hungarian8 November 1944}} Living 1974701}}701
{{sortname|Jallaludin|Suyuti|Al-Suyuti}} Arabic1445}}1505}}700}} Islamic Ideological Books, Fiqh, Sufism and Tafseer Works including a six volume Tafseer and a three volume tafseer
{{sortname|Andrew|Murray|Andrew Murray (minister)}} English9 May 1828}}18 January 1917}} 1907 1966240}}[13] Mostly Christian devotional books.
{{sortname|Muhammad Muhiyyudin|Ibn ul Arabi|Ibn Arabi}} Arabic26 July 1165}}8 November 1240}}240}} Mystical Islamic Books e.g. A 7 volume Futuhat e Makkiya
{{sortname|Abu|Hamid Al Ghazali|Ghazali}} Arabic1058}}1111}}200}} Fiqh, Sufism and Tafseer
{{sortname|Isaac|Asimov}}
(bibliography)		 English2 January 1920}}{{ref|IAdob|a}}6 April 1992}}506}}[14] Published in 9 of the 10 Dewey Decimal System categories[15]
{{sortname|Jacob M.|Appel}}
 English21 February 1973}} Living 1998200}}200+ Has also received 21,000 rejection letters.[16]
{{sortname|Meish|Goldish}} English Unknown Living 1989?300}}300+ Mostly books for schoolchildren
{{sortname|Kyokutei|Bakin}} Japanese4 July 1767}}1 December 1848}}470}}[17]
{{sortname|Ursula|Bloom}} English1892}}1984}} 1922500}}500+[18]
{{sortname|John|Creasey}} English17 September 1908}}9 June 1973}}600}}600+[19] More than 10 pseudonyms
{{sortname|Terrance|Dicks}} English10 May 1935}}2014|alt=Living}} 1974223}} Mainly children's books. Includes 75+ based on the television series Doctor Who, for which he was a former script editor.
{{sortname|Darya|Dontsova}} Russian7 June 1952}}2012|alt=Living}}140}}140+[20] A bestselling Russian author of detective novels and kitchen books.
{{sortname|Alexandre|Dumas}} French24 July 1802}}5 December 1870}}277}}[2]
{{sortname|Howard R.|Garis}}
 English25 April 1873}}6 November 1962}}500}}500+[7] Member of the Stratemeyer Syndicate
{{sortname|Charles|Garvice}}
English24 August 1850}}1 March 1920}}150}}150+[21]
{{sortname|Charles|Hamilton|Charles Hamilton (writer)}}
(bibliography)		 English8 August 1876}}24 December 1961}} 1894 19611200}} Estimated to have written 100,000,000 words using around 20 pseudonyms, primarily for boys' weekly magazines, including public-school stories[22]
{{sortname|Prentiss|Ingraham}} English28 December 1843}}16 August 1904}}1000}}[23] Wrote around 600 novels and 400 novelettes
{{sortname|Nicolae|Iorga}} Romanian etc.17 January 1871}}27 November 1940}} 1886~ 19401359}}[24] Another count has "1300 volumes and 25000 articles"[25]
{{sortname|Józef Ignacy|Kraszewski}} Polish28 February 1812}} 1887350}}350+ 200+ novels and 150 novellas, short stories, and art reviews
{{sortname|Kathleen|Lindsay}} English1903}}1973}}900}}900+[7] 11 pseudonyms[7]
{{sortname|Paul|Little|Paul Little (author)}} English1915}}1987}}700}}700+[26] Many pseudonyms
{{sortname|L. T.|Meade}} English1854}}1914}}300}}300+
{{sortname|Jacob|Neusner}}
(bibliography)		 English28 July 1932}} 8 October 2016 1962950}}950+
{{sortname|Lauran|Paine}} English25 February 1916}} 1 December 2001900}}900+[27]
{{sortname|Wolfgang|Hohlbein}} German15 August 1953}}2019|alt=Living}} 1982 (Active)228}}220+[28] Fantasy novels
{{sortname|Nora|Roberts}} English10 October 1950}}2012|alt=Living}} 1981 (Active)200}}200+[29] Romance novels, published under at least four different names
{{sortname|Mihail|Sadoveanu}} Romanian5 November 1880}}19 October 1961}} 1904 1952120}}[30] The count covers novels and short story collections
{{sortname|Mohammad|Shirazi|Mohammad Hussaini Shirazi}} Arabic and Persian1928}}2001}} 1953~ 20011061}}[31] He made contributions in various fields ranging from jurisprudence and theology to politics, economics, law, sociology and human rights.
{{sortname|Georges|Simenon}} French13 February 1903}}4 September 1989}} 1921500}}500+[7]
{{sortname|R. L. |Stine}} English8 October 1943}}2012|alt=Living}}1992 330+ [32] The best-selling children's author of all time as of 2004, Stine estimates that he has over 330 children's books[32], including the Goosebumps and Fear Street series. At one time he produced one book a month for each of those series.[33] Stine has also written many books under the pseudonyms Jovial Bob Stine[34] and Eric Affabee.[35]
{{sortname|Annie Shepherd|Swan}} English8 July 1859}}17 June 1943}} 1878 1943200}}200+[36][37][38][39] Wrote novels, serials, short stories and other works of fiction
{{sortname|Surender Mohan|Pathak}} Hindi19 February 1940}}2014|alt=Living}} 1959250}}250+[40] Wrote over 250 novellas in crime fiction in India. He is known as a Grand Master of Hindi crime fiction. He has been writing for almost 50 years; his first short story was published in 1959 at the age of 19.
{{sortname|Ryoki|Inoue}} Portuguese22 July 1946}}2013|alt=Living}} 19861000}}1000+Brazilian surgeon turned pulp novel author, acknowledged by Guinness as world's most prolific writer.[41] Wrote almost a thousand novels in 6 years, under his own name or 39 pseudonyms.[42]
{{sortname|Dr. Krishna|N. Sharma|Dr. Krishna N. Sharma}} English and Hindi24 December 1984}} Living 2005 (Active)132}} as of 2017[43][44][45] He writes books on health, medical, music and literature.
{{sortname|Chico|Xavier}} Portuguese2 April 1910}}30 June 2002}} 1932800}}500+ Brazilian spiritist medium whose works are attributed to be psycographies written by spirits. He wrote over 500 books in many different areas of knowledge.
{{sortname|Manuel Jacinto|Coelho}} Portuguese30 December 1903}}13 January 1991}} 1935 19911000}} Brazilian leader of a religion called Cultura Racional ("Rational Culture"). For 56 years, he wrote a one-thousand-volume encyclopedia called Universo em Desencanto ("Disenchanting Universe"), which covers a very wide range of subjects.
{{ill|Juan Lozano Rico|es}} Spanish 1933 1952 1983800}}800+ He wrote over 800 novellas mainly under the pseudonym of Carlos de Santander.
François-Marie Arouet (Voltaire)French21 November 169430 May 1778171817782000}}2000+Voltaire was a versatile and prolific writer, producing works in almost every literary form, including plays, poems, novels, essays and historical and scientific works. He wrote more than 20,000 letters and more than 2,000 books and pamphlets.
Notes
  • Authors with more than 100 books are considered for inclusion.

{{note|IAdob|a}} Asimov celebrated his birthday on 2 January but his true date of birth is unclear.

Other notable writers

  • Ni Kuang has written over 300 Chinese-language wuxia and science fiction novels, and more than 400 film scripts.
  • Zhang Henshui published more than 100 novels in his 50 years of fiction writing.
  • Evelyn Everett-Green wrote about 350 books: more than 200 of them under her own name, and others using the pen-names.
  • Sophocles – wrote 123 plays of which only 7 survive today[2]
  • Leibniz about 15,000 letters to more than 1000 recipients plus more than 40,000 other items
  • Bertrand Russell over 30,000 letters, thousands of articles published in nearly 100 books
  • Robert Boyle no complete count, but an incomplete subset filled a huge 14 volume hardback bound compilation set in 2000
  • Elizabeth Linington at 80 books under 4 names, also considered a prolific writer
  • H.P. Lovecraft over 100,000 letters, some of them up to 70 pages in length.
  • Charles Wesley wrote over 6,000 hymms.[46]
  • H. G. Wells can be considered a prolific writer.
  • Noam Chomsky is the author of over 100 books on many topics.
  • Gene Wolfe is a prolific short-story writer and novelist.
  • Michel Onfray having written more than 100 books about philosophy.

See also

  • Book series
  • List of best-selling fiction authors

References

1. ^Fleming, Michael. Agatha Christie gets a clue for filmmakers. Variety. 14 February 2000. Accessed 23 September 2011.
2. ^1 2 3 Womack, Philip. [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/8080503/Being-a-prolific-author-isnt-a-bad-thing.html Being a prolific author isn't a bad thing]. The Telegraph. 25 October 2010. Accessed 22 September 2010.
3. ^1 {{Cite web|url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article6114908.ece |title=Corín Tellado: Spanish romantic writer |work=The Sunday Times |date=18 April 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100524074821/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article6114908.ece |archive-date=24 May 2010 |access-date=20 January 2017 |deadurl=yes |df= }}{{Subscription required}}
4. ^Woodmansee, Martha. Osteen, Mark. The new economic criticism: studies at the intersection of literature and economics. Routledge. 1999. p. 11.
5. ^Nichols, Lewis. [https://www.nytimes.com/books/97/03/23/lifetimes/asi-v-profile.html Isaac Asimov: Man of 7,560,000 Words]. The New York Times. 3 August 1969. Accessed 22 September 2011.
6. ^1 Cohen, Noam. [https://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/14/business/media/14link.html?_r=2&pagewanted=all He Wrote 200,000 Books (but Computers Did Some of the Work)]. The New York Times. 14 April 2008. Accessed 22 September 2011.
7. ^1 2 3 4 Rosen, Judith. David Slavitt Joins the 100 Club at 76. 29 August 2011. Accessed 23 September 2011.
8. ^https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muneer_Ahmed_Badini http://www.thenews.com.pk/print.asp?id=72382 http://www.geo.tv/3-23-2009/38013.htm
9. ^Obituary by Kalmuczak's German publisher: {{cite web |url=http://www.randomhouse.de/press/articledetail.jsp?aid=6898&pub=13000&men=373 |title=Wir trauern um Rolf Kalmuczak |date=13 March 2007 |publisher=Random House / cbj |accessdate=27 February 2012|language=German}}
10. ^{{cite web |url=http://d-nb.info/gnd/122796373 |title=Rolf Kalmuczak |work=German National Library catalogue |accessdate=27 February 2012|language=German}}
11. ^{{cite book | last = Warner | first = Charles Dudley | title = A Library of the World's Best Literature – Ancient and Modern, Volume XXXVIII: Vazoff-Wesley | publisher = Cosimo, Inc. | year = 2008}}
12. ^{{cite web | url = http://www.caldicott.demon.co.uk/esbbiog.htm | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110722182928/http://www.caldicott.demon.co.uk/esbbiog.htm | archive-date = 22 June 2011 | first = Mark | last = Caldicott | year = 1995 | title = Edwy Searles Brooks - Biographical Outline}}
13. ^{{citation | url = http://faithsaves.net/andrew-murray/ | chapter = Andrew Murray, Keswick / Higher Life Leader: a Biographical Sketch | title = The Doctrine of Sanctification: An Exegetical Examination, with Application, in Historic Baptist Perspective, to which is Appended a Historical, Exegetical, and Elenctic Evaluation of Influential Errors, Particularly the Keswick Theology | first = Thomas D. | last = Ross | publisher = Great Plains Baptist Divinity School | date = 2014}}
14. ^{{cite web | last = Seiler | first = Edward | url = http://www.asimovonline.com/oldsite/asimov_titles.html | title = A List of Isaac Asimov's Books | access-date = 22 September 2011}}
15. ^{{cite web | last = Seiler | first = Edward | url = http://www.asimovonline.com/asimov_FAQ.html#others11 | title = Frequently Asked Questions about Isaac Asimov: Did you know that Asimov is the only author to have published books in all ten categories of the Dewey Decimal System? | date = 11 July 2014 | access-date = 9 July 2017}}
16. ^{{citation | url = http://fictionwritersreview.com/interview/sitting-on-nails-and-staring-at-the-wall-an-interview-with-jacob-m-appel/ | title = Sitting on Nails and Staring at the Wall: An Interview with Jacob M. Appel | date = 19 December 2013 | first = Emily | last = Schultze | work = Fiction Writers Review}}
17. ^{{cite web | url = http://www.ndl.go.jp/zoshoin/e/e_12_kyoku.html | title = Kyokutei Bakin, 1767 to 1848: Japan's first professional writer | publisher = National Diet Library | date = 2003 | access-date = 22 September 2011}}
18. ^{{cite web | url = http://www3.shropshire-cc.gov.uk/bloom.htm | title = Ursula Bloom, 1892-1984 | publisher = Shropshire Council | date = 5 October 2009 | access-date = 22 September 2011 | work = Literary Heritage - West Midlands | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131228100752/http://www3.shropshire-cc.gov.uk/bloom.htm | archive-date = 28 December 2013}}
19. ^{{cite web | url = http://www.owatonnamedia.co.uk/john_creasey.html | title = John Creasey | publisher = Owantonna Media | access-date = 22 September 2011}}
20. ^Official bibliography (in Russian)
21. ^{{cite journal | first = Laura Sewell | last = Matter | title = Pursuing The Great Bad Novelist | journal = Georgia Review | date = Fall 2007}}
22. ^{{cite book | last1 = Lofts | first1 = W.O. | last2 = Adley | first2 = D.J. | title = The Men behind Boys' Fiction | publisher = Howard Baker | location = London | year = 1970 | page = 170 | url = http://www.friardale.co.uk/Hamilton/Biography.htm}}
23. ^{{cite web | last = Hill | first = Charlie | url = http://www.mswritersandmusicians.com/writers/prentiss-ingraham.html | title = Colonel Prentiss Ingraham | work = Mississippi Writers and Musicians | access-date = 23 September 2011}}
24. ^Iova, Victor. N. Iorga: Istoria lui Mihai Viteazul (I): "Tabel cronologic". Bucharest: Editura Minerva. 1979 (pg. xxxiv).
25. ^Veiga, Francisco. Istoria Gărzii de Fier, 1919–1941: Mistica ultranaţionalismului. Bucharest: Humanitas. 1993 (pg. 69).
26. ^{{cite news|last=Heise|first=Kenan|title=Paul Little, 72, Author of More Than 700 Novels|url=http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1987-06-23/news/8702160020_1_novels-wine-writer-pen-names|accessdate=28 April 2012|newspaper=Chicago Tribune|date=23 June 1987}}
27. ^{{cite book | last = Varner | first = Paul | title = Historical Dictionary of Westerns in Literature | publisher = Scarecrow Press | year = 2010}}
28. ^{{citation|url=https://www.buecherserien.de/wolfgang-hohlbein/|accessdate=7 February 2019}}
29. ^{{citation|last=Clark|first=Blanche|title=The $60 million woman|newspaper=Herald Sun|url=http://www.heraldsun.com.au/lifestyle/books/the-60-million-woman/story-fn5bodiu-1225963179743|date=30 November 2010|accessdate=6 December 2010}}
30. ^{{cite magazine | url = http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,870005,00.html | title = Books: Rural Life in Ruritania | work = Time | date = 22 June 1962 | access-date = 25 September 2011}}
31. ^Full List of Mohammad Shirazi's books.
32. ^1 {{Cite web|url=http://rlstine.com/about-rl-stine|title=FAQ|last=|first=|date=|website=The World of R.L. Stine|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=14 September 2018}}
33. ^{{cite web | url = http://www.orrt.org/stine/ | title = R. L. Stine | work = Ohio Reading Road Trip | publisher = Greater Dayton Public Television | year = 2004 | access-date = 25 September 2011}}
34. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.scholastic.com/teachers/authors/jovial-bob-stine/|title=Jovial Bob Stine Books, Author Biography, and Reading Level {{!}} Scholastic|website=www.scholastic.com|access-date=2018-09-14}}
35. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.fictiondb.com/author/eric-affabee~49299.htm|title=Eric Affabee Book List - FictionDB|website=www.fictiondb.com|language=en|access-date=2018-09-14}}
36. ^Aitken, William Russell. Scottish Literature in English and Scots: A Guide to Information Sources. Detroit: Gale Research, 1982. (pg. 170) {{ISBN|0-8103-1249-2}}
37. ^Sutherland, John. The Stanford Companion to Victorian Fiction. Stanford, California: Stanford University Press, 1990. {{ISBN|0-8047-1842-3}} (pg. 200–201)
38. ^Varty, Anne, ed. Eve's Century: A Sourcebook of Writings on Women and Journalism, 1895–1918. London and New York: Routledge, 2000. (pg. 254) {{ISBN|0-415-19544-6}}
39. ^Anderson, Carol and Aileen Christianson. Scottish Women's Fiction, 1920s to 1960s: Journeys Into Being. East Linton, Scotland: Tuckwell Press, 2000. (pg. 165) {{ISBN|1-86232-082-9}}
40. ^{{cite news | url = http://www.dnaindia.com/lifestyle/report-bollywood-s-functioning-is-authoritarian-surendra-mohan-pathak-1386066 | title = Bollywood’s functioning is authoritarian: Surendra Mohan Pathak | work = Daily News and Analysis (DNA) | date = 22 May 2010 | access-date = 4 January 2015 | first = Vivek | last = Kaul | location = Mumbai}}
41. ^{{cite news | url = http://g1.globo.com/pernambuco/fliporto/2011/noticia/2011/11/erro-pode-ter-dado-recorde-escritor-ryoki-inoue-que-lanca-livro-em-olinda.html | title = Erro pode ter dado recorde a escritor Ryoki, que lança livro em Olinda: Médico brasileiro conta que correu para não perder prazo de contratos. Atualmente, ele contabiliza 1.104 livros publicados. | trans-title = Error may have given record the writer Ryoki, who launches a book in Olinda: Brazilian doctor tells that he ran not to lose contract deadline. He currently counts 1,104 published books. | language = Portuguese | first = Vanessa | last = Bahé | date = 14 November 2011 | work = G1 | publisher = Globo Comunicação e Participações S.A.}}
42. ^{{cite web | url = http://www.ryoki.com.br/tudosobre.htm | title = Perfil | language = Portuguese | trans-title = Profile | work = Ryoki Inoue | year = 2013}}
43. ^{{cite web | url = https://www.amazon.com/Dr.-Krishna-N.-Sharma/e/B008MNHIFM | title = Dr. Krishna N. Sharma | work = Amazon | date = | publisher = Amazon.com, Inc.}}
44. ^{{cite web | url = http://books.drkrishna.co.in | title = Books | work = http://DrKrishna.co.in | date = | access-date = 9 July 2017}}
45. ^{{Cite web|url=http://xpresstimes.co.ug/2017/05/10/victoria-university-dean-of-health-sciences-releases-his-125th-book/|title=Victoria University Dean of Health Sciences releases his 125th book|website=Xpress Times Uganda| date = |access-date=2017-05-14}}
46. ^http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/christianity/people/charleswesley_1.shtml
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