Who writes the books
Every edition published since January 2023 in the national libraries of 11 European countries and Open Library, then the non-fiction authors behind them, screened against the 6 roles. Each author's editions and translations are grouped into books: only books first published since 2023 count as new.
Editions catalogued since 20232,707,32184.1% with an ISBN
Authors reviewed10,407In bestseller lists, prizes or published widely
Non-fiction authors3,987Living, at least half non-fiction
Selected experts1,352998 prize-listed authors
1,352 authors
| Author | Role | Field | Prizes | New books since 2023 | Published in |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brian Cox English physicist and musician | Academic | General non-fiction | · | 0 | deenesfrit+1 |
| Brian Tyler Cohen American journalist and podcaster (born 1989) | Commentator | Democracy & media | · | 1 | en |
| Brigid Delaney popular weekly columnist for Guardian Australia, where she writes about topics including philosophy, politics and travel | Commentator | General non-fiction | · | 0 | enesfritpl |
| Bruce Holsinger American academic and popular author | Academic | General non-fiction | · | 3 | deenfritpl |
| Bruce Hood British experimental psychologist | Academic | General non-fiction | · | 1 | deesfinlpl |
| Bruce Schneier American computer scientist (born 1963) | Academic | Technology & digital | · | 2 | enesitpl |
| Bruno Tertrais French political scientist | Think tank | Geopolitics & security | · | 3 | beenesfrnl |
| Bruno Vespa Italian television and newspaper journalist (born 1944) | Commentator | Democracy & media | · | 4 | frit |
| Buddy Levy American writer | Commentator | General non-fiction | · | 1 | en |
| Byung-Chul Han German philosopher of South Korean origin | Academic | General non-fiction | · | 4 | dedkenesfr+5 |
| Cal Newport American computer scientist, academic lecturer and writer | Academic | Work & society | · | 1 | dedkenesfr+3 |
| Camilla Townsend American historian and academic | Academic | General non-fiction | · | 2 | deenfritpl |
| Carina Bergfeldt Swedish reporter, columnist and author | Commentator | Law & institutions | · | 1 | dedkenfise |
| Carl Bildt Swedish politician (1949-), prime minister 1991–1994, foreign minister 2006–2014 | Former official | Geopolitics & security | · | 1 | se |
| Carl Zimmer American science writer and blogger (1966-) | Commentator | General non-fiction | · | 2 | enesitnlpl |
| Carla Sharp American clinical psychologist | Academic | Work & society | · | 0 | deenfritnl |
| Carlo Rovelli Italian physicist | Academic | General non-fiction | · | 4 | deenesfifr+5 |
| Carlo Vecce Italian academic | Academic | General non-fiction | · | 3 | bedeenesit+1 |
| Carlos Boyero Spanish journalist | Commentator | General non-fiction | · | 1 | es |
| Carlos López Otín researcher | Academic | General non-fiction | · | 0 | enes |
| Carlos Moreno Colombian-French researcher, scientist, professor | Academic | Work & society | · | 0 | deenesfrit+1 |
| Caroline Criado-Perez British journalist and author | Commentator | Work & society | · | 0 | dknlnoplse |
| Caroline Fraser American writer | Commentator | General non-fiction | · | 1 | deennl |
| Cass Sunstein American legal scholar, writer, blogger (b. 1954) | Academic | Law & institutions | · | 10 | dedkenesfr+2 |
| Catherine Chidgey New Zealand writer | Academic | Outside Atrium fields | · | 0 | deen |
| Catherine Nixey writer from the United Kingdom | Commentator | General non-fiction | · | 1 | deenesitpl+1 |
| Cecilia Sala Italian journalist | Commentator | Geopolitics & security | · | 2 | enit |
| Cecilia Sjöholm författare och litteraturhistoriker | Commentator | General non-fiction | · | 5 | dedkenfrse |
| Chantal Mouffe Belgian post-marxist political theorist (born 1943) | Academic | Democracy & media | · | 0 | bedeesfrit+1 |
| Charan Ranganath researcher | Academic | General non-fiction | · | 1 | enesfifrit+1 |
| Charles Duhigg American writer | Commentator | General non-fiction | · | 1 | deenesfrit+2 |
| Charlie English British journalist | Commentator | General non-fiction | · | 1 | deenfritpl |
| Charlie Porter fashion journalist | Commentator | General non-fiction | · | 2 | enit |
| Chip Huyen Writer | Academic | Technology & digital | · | 1 | deenespl |
| Chris Hayes American journalist | Commentator | Democracy & media | · | 1 | enit |
| Christian Grataloup French geographer | Academic | General non-fiction | · | 4 | deenesfrit+2 |
| Christian Horn Ph.D. Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin 1987 | Academic | General non-fiction | · | 4 | enesfrplse |
| Christian Laes Belgian teacher and Latin scholar | Academic | General non-fiction | · | 5 | bedeenfrnl |
| Christian Rück researcher | Academic | Work & society | · | 2 | enplse |
| Christien Brinkgreve Dutch writer | Academic | Work & society | · | 1 | deenfrnl |
| Christophe Galfard French physicist and writer | Commentator | General non-fiction | · | 3 | deenesfrpl |
| Christophe Guilluy French geographer | Commentator | Work & society | · | 2 | enesfrplse |
| Christopher Berry-Dee British criminologist and crime author | Commentator | Law & institutions | · | 0 | deennlpl |
| Christopher Harding cultural historian | Academic | General non-fiction | · | 2 | deenfrnlpl |
| Clair Wills British academic | Academic | General non-fiction | · | 1 | enno |
| Claire Bishop British art historian, critic, author | Academic | General non-fiction | · | 3 | deenfritpl |
| Claire Cock-Starkey | Commentator | General non-fiction | · | 4 | deenfritnl+1 |
| Claire Marin French philosopher, teacher and writer (born 1974) | Commentator | General non-fiction | · | 2 | deenesfrit |
| Clara Elisabetta Mattei Italian economist and academic | Academic | Economics & finance | · | 2 | deenesitse |
| Clara Serra Sánchez Spanish politician | Former official | Work & society | · | 1 | enesfr |