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All-time leader43.1Liu Xiaobo
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Mo Yan

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2nd41.3 · mom 1

Liu Xiaobo

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1st43.1 · mom 10

Michelle Obama

Writers

3rd40.9 · mom 12
Liu Xiaobo leads this board.

All-time score 43.1, ahead of Mo Yan by 1.9.

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  1. 4thDan BrownWriters39.4
  2. 5thDavid CopperfieldWriters38.7
  3. 6thArundhati RoyWriters35.6
  4. 7thSarah FergusonWriters35.0
  5. 8thFrank MillerWriters33.8
  6. 9thMichel HouellebecqWriters33.7
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PlaceNameCountryCategoryAll-time
10th, stableNeil GaimanWriters · b. 1960United KingdomUnited KingdomWriters32.6mom 011th, risingJohn GrishamWriters · b. 1955United StatesUnited StatesWriters32.2mom 1212th, stableScott AdamsWriters · 1957-2026United StatesUnited StatesWriters30.5mom 213th, fallingTony RobbinsWriters · b. 1960United StatesUnited StatesWriters29.5mom 314th, risingVictor PelevinWriters · b. 1962Writers29.3mom 1115th, stableCaroline KennedyWriters · b. 1957United StatesUnited StatesWriters29.1mom 416th, risingNigella LawsonWriters · b. 1960United KingdomUnited KingdomWriters28.8mom 1417th, risingNichi VendolaWriters · b. 1958ItalyItalyWriters28.4mom 1818th, stableOlga TokarczukWriters · b. 1962Writers28.3mom 719th, stableRumiko TakahashiWriters · b. 1957JapanJapanWriters28.1mom 220th, risingBenjamin ZephaniahWriters · 1958-2023United KingdomUnited KingdomWriters28.0mom 1821st, stableRobin SharmaWriters · b. 1964CanadaCanadaWriters28.0mom 0

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Boris Akunin

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