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William Shakespeare

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Salman Rushdie

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Martin Luther King Jr.

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Salman Rushdie leads this board.

Read 5.8M times in 2022, ahead of William Shakespeare.

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  1. 4thJ. R. R. TolkienWriters4.3M
  2. 5thPope FrancisWriters4.3M
  3. 6thJ. K. RowlingWriters4.2M
  4. 7thTiger WoodsWriters3.2M
  5. 8thStephen KingWriters3.2M
  6. 9thGeorge R. R. MartinWriters3.1M
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Alexander Ostrovsky

Russian playwright (1823-1886)

Pope Francis holds 3rd among writers

266th pope of the Catholic Church from 2013 to 2025 (1936-2025)

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