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What are your thoughts on this list of the top authors of all time?
>1. Stephen King
>2. JRR Tolkien
>3. Charles Dickens
>4. JK Rowling
>5. Fyodor Dostoevsky
>6. Edgar Allen Poe
>7. Mark Twain
>8. Dr. Seuss
>9. Roald Dahl
>10. William Shakespeare
https://www.thetoptens.com/top-ten-greatest-authors/

>> No.13799211

>>13799196
The perfect showcase to understand the anglo soul.

>> No.13799219

>>13799196
>4th greatest author of all time
>JK Rowling

>> No.13799225

>>13799196
Stephen King and JK Rowling don't even belong on a top 1000 list of all time authors.

>> No.13799523

>>13799211
>Anglo soul
>willy shaker not at number 1

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13799542

The fact that so many websites still name Stephen King as "the greatest or most significant or most influential" writer ever only tells you how far genre fiction still is from becoming a serious art.

>> No.13799610

It's a rather odd list. The authors have little in common.

>> No.13799645

>>13799196
>1. Stephen King
Fucking kek. King shouldn't even be in the top 100. What fucking plebs voted on this?

>> No.13799919
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13799919

>>13799196
>8. Dr. Seuss
>he liek the big cat succ
What did MSA33 mean by this?

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13799942

>look at full list
>George rr Martin at number 25
>directly above Steinbeck and Dante
Who the fuck makes these lists?

>> No.13800079

>>13799942
People vote on it. This list represents the actual views of the general public.

>> No.13800196

>>13800079
It sometimes feels kinda nice to have my contempt for the general public validated

>> No.13800230

>>13799196
>asking people who barely read to rank authors
What did you expect?
Here is a much better list made exclusively by writers and critics:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bokklubben_World_Library

>> No.13800234

>>13799196
>JK Rowling
>Number 4

A true reason why women shouldn’t read.

>> No.13800290

>>13799942
>and she shat

>> No.13800299

>>13800290
I'm coooming