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William Shakespeare

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2nd5.2M · mom 11

Edgar Allan Poe

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1st6.8M · mom 14

Martin Luther King Jr.

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3rd5.2M · mom 15
Edgar Allan Poe leads this board.

Read 6.8M times in 2023, ahead of William Shakespeare.

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  1. 4thPope FrancisWriters4.6M
  2. 5thJ. K. RowlingWriters3.8M
  3. 6thTiger WoodsWriters3.5M
  4. 7thRoald DahlWriters3.2M
  5. 8thStephen KingWriters3.1M
  6. 9thErnest HemingwayWriters3.1M
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10th, stableJ. R. R. TolkienWriters · 1892-1973United KingdomUnited KingdomWriters3.1Mmom 1311th, stableHelen KellerWriters · 1880-1968United StatesUnited StatesWriters3Mmom 412th, fallingChris KyleWriters · 1974-2013United StatesUnited StatesWriters2.9Mmom 513th, risingAgatha ChristieWriters · 1890-1976United KingdomUnited KingdomWriters2.9Mmom 1514th, risingAlexander PushkinWriters · 1799-1837Writers2.8Mmom 715th, stableLeo TolstoyWriters · 1828-1910Writers2.8Mmom 1716th, stableFyodor DostoevskyWriters · 1821-1881Writers2.7Mmom 017th, stableSigmund FreudWriters · 1856-1939AustriaAustriaWriters2.7Mmom 218th, stableFranz KafkaWriters · 1883-1924Writers2.6Mmom 219th, risingSeth MacFarlaneWriters · b. 1973United StatesUnited StatesWriters2.5Mmom 1820th, stableOscar WildeWriters · 1854-1900United KingdomUnited KingdomWriters2.4Mmom 1221st, risingCharles DickensWriters · 1812-1870United KingdomUnited KingdomWriters2.3Mmom 13

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Alexander Ostrovsky

Russian playwright (1823-1886)

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

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