Most Famous Authors Of All Time With there Famous Books
1st place: William Shakespeare
Book sales: 4 billion
Shakespeare was born in the small English town of Stratford. There he died also in the year 1616. According to tradition, the day of his death falls on his 52nd birthday. Shakespeare began his career as an actor, poet, and playwright in London as a young man. He soon made a name for himself in the English capital, and he performed his plays at the famous London Globe Theater. Even Queen Elizabeth I was an enthusiastic fan of Shakespeare’s works.
Shakespeare’s most successful works include the tragedies “Romeo and Juliet,” “Hamlet,” and “Macbeth.” The most famous comedies written by William Shakespeare are “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” “Much Ado About Nothing,” and “As You Like It.” In addition, Shakespeare wrote 154 sound poems, which are available today as an anthology.
2nd place: Agatha Christie
English author Agatha Christie is a true master of crime fiction. One of the most famous characters from Christie’s detective stories is the Belgian detective Hercule Poirot. Christie tells his exciting investigation stories in the well-known novels “Death on the Orient Express” and “Death on the Nile,” among others. No less famous than Hercule Poirot is Christie’s character, Miss Marple. When Agatha Christie created Miss Marple, she was inspired by her grandmother’s personality. She describes Miss Marple as an elderly, somewhat quirky but highly perceptive lady who solves numerous criminal cases as an amateur detective.
In total, Agatha Christie wrote 66 detective novels and several short stories. Christie also wrote several stage plays, of which “The Mousetrap” is the most successful. More than 4 billion works by Agatha Christie have been sold worldwide, and many of her novels have been made into films. Due to her outstanding artistic achievements, Agatha Christie was raised to the peerage by the Queen of England in 1971.
3rd place: Barbara Cartland
“Queen of romance” is what bestselling author Barbara Cartland is often called in her native Britain. Cartland is unbeatable at writing romantic romance novels at record speed. When Barbara Cartland published 20 novels in one year, she entered the Guinness Book of Records. In total, Barbara Cartland has written 724 novels, which have been translated into 38 different languages. The successful author herself made the covers of her romance novels. The love stories in Cartland’s stories are of kitschy beauty and take the reader into the glamorous world of the aristocracy.
Nobility also played a significant role in Barbara Cartland’s private life. For many years she lived on the princely estate of Camfield Place in southern England. She was the step-grandmother of Lady Diana. In 1991, Barbara Cartland herself was ennobled by the Queen of England and used “Dame Barbara” during her last years. A unique selling point of the eccentric romance writer was that she was always dressed all in pink.