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Greatestbooks.org Most Prolific Fiction Authors

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Name the authors who have at least 5 works of fiction on the the Greatestbooks.org list of 2500+ greatest fiction books (pulled from an analysis of over 130 greatest books lists). Total different works and birth year of author shown. Object is most total works, not authors.

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Ovamiat

3 years ago

Note to all Science Fiction fans: greatestbooks.org is apparently biased against our favorite authors. Asimov? Nope. Heinlein? Nope.

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darin

3 years ago

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can’t really blame the website, all it does is aggregate many best books lists from other sites.

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