Who writes the books
Every book 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.
Books 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 experts1,466998 prize-listed authors
1,466 authors
| Author | Role | Field | Prizes | Books since 2023 | Published in |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Byung-Chul Han German philosopher of South Korean origin | Academic | General non-fiction | · | 87 | dedkenesfr+5 |
| Peter Wohlleben German forester and author | Commentator | Energy & climate | · | 75 | dedkenesfr+2 |
| Luciano Canfora Italian classical philologist and historian (1942-) | Academic | General non-fiction | · | 62 | deesfritse |
| Dan Jones British historian and journalist | Commentator | General non-fiction | · | 61 | deenesfifr+4 |
| Massimo Recalcati Italian psychoanalyst | Academic | General non-fiction | · | 61 | deenesfrit+1 |
| Thomas Meyer Professor of political science | Academic | Democracy & media | · | 60 | deenesfrit+1 |
| Susie Hodge British writer and artist | Commentator | General non-fiction | · | 59 | deenesfrit+2 |
| Giorgio Agamben Italian philosopher (b. 1942) | Academic | General non-fiction | · | 49 | dedkenesfr+4 |
| Alessandro Barbero Italian historian and writer (born 1959) | Academic | General non-fiction | · | 47 | enesfritpl |
| Rainer Zitelmann German historian, author, management consultant and real estate expert | Commentator | Economics & finance | 1 | 47 | deenesitpl+1 |
| Noam Chomsky American linguist and activist (born 1928) | Academic | Geopolitics & security | · | 46 | bedeenesfr+3 |
| Peter Sloterdijk German philosopher (born 1947) | Academic | General non-fiction | 1 | 46 | dedkenesfr+3 |
| Slavoj Žižek Slovenian philosopher (born 1949) | Academic | General non-fiction | · | 45 | deenesfrit+4 |
| Dick Harrison Swedish historian | Academic | General non-fiction | · | 44 | dkenfifrnl+1 |
| Jeremy Black British military historian | Academic | General non-fiction | · | 43 | beenesfrnl+1 |
| Thomas Piketty French economist (born 1971) | Academic | Economics & finance | · | 43 | dedkenesfi+5 |
| Philip Kotler American marketing author, consultant, and professor | Academic | Economics & finance | · | 39 | bedeenesfr+3 |
| Timothy Snyder American historian (born 1969) | Academic | Democracy & media | · | 38 | dedkenesfi+5 |
| Florian Illies German journalist and author | Commentator | General non-fiction | · | 37 | dedkenesfi+4 |
| J. Mark G. Williams English psychologist; works on depression, suicide; retired 2013 from Centre for Suicide Research | Academic | Outside Atrium fields | · | 37 | deenesfifr+3 |
| Antony Beevor English military historian | Academic | Geopolitics & security | · | 36 | dedkenesfi+6 |
| Giuliano da Empoli Italian essayist | Academic | Democracy & media | · | 36 | dedkenesfi+6 |
| Javier Cercas Spanish writer, journalist and professor of Spanish literature | Academic | General non-fiction | 1 | 36 | dedkenesfr+3 |
| Judith Butler American feminist gender studies philosopher (born 1956) | Academic | General non-fiction | · | 36 | dedkenesfi+5 |
| Markus Gabriel German philosopher | Academic | General non-fiction | · | 36 | deenesfrit+1 |
| Amitav Ghosh Indian writer | Academic | General non-fiction | 2 | 34 | dedkenesfr+4 |
| Gianrico Carofiglio Italian novelist and politician (born 1961) | Former official | General non-fiction | · | 34 | deenesfrit |
| Chris Ferrie physicist and children's book author | Academic | General non-fiction | · | 33 | deenfritpl |
| Friedrich Paulsen German anatomist (1965-) | Academic | Outside Atrium fields | · | 33 | deenesnlpl |
| Michel Pastoureau French historian | Academic | General non-fiction | · | 33 | deenesfrit |
| Georges Didi-Huberman French philosopher and art historian (born 1953) | Academic | General non-fiction | · | 32 | deenesfrit+3 |
| Hartmut Rosa German sociologist, philosoph and political scientist | Academic | Work & society | · | 32 | dedkenesfr+4 |
| Huw Lewis-Jones British historian, editor, broadcaster and art critic | Academic | General non-fiction | · | 32 | bedeenfrit+2 |
| Michel Onfray French philosopher | Commentator | General non-fiction | · | 32 | enesfritpl |
| Daron Acemoğlu Turkish-American economist and receiver of the 2024 Nobel Prize in economic sciences (born 1967) | Academic | Economics & finance | 2 | 31 | deenesfifr+3 |
| Tim Marshall British journalist, author, and broadcaster | Commentator | Geopolitics & security | · | 31 | dedkenesfr+3 |
| Anne Applebaum American journalist and historian (born 1964) | Commentator | Geopolitics & security | 1 | 30 | dedkenesfi+6 |
| Boris Cyrulnik French psychiatrist | Academic | Work & society | · | 30 | deenesfrit |
| Ilan Pappé Israeli-British historian (born 1954) | Academic | Geopolitics & security | · | 30 | dedkenesfr+4 |
| Irvin Yalom American psychotherapist and writer | Academic | General non-fiction | · | 30 | dedkenesfr+4 |
| Stefano Mancuso Italian botanist and neurobiologist | Academic | General non-fiction | · | 30 | deenesfrit+2 |
| Corrado Augias Italian journalist, writer and television presenter | Commentator | General non-fiction | · | 29 | deit |
| Ingo Froböse German athletics competitor | Academic | Work & society | · | 29 | deenesplse |
| Mary Beard English classicist (born 1955) | Academic | General non-fiction | · | 29 | dedkenesfr+5 |
| Adam Grant American organizational psychologist (b. 1981) | Academic | Work & society | 1 | 28 | dedkenesfr+5 |
| Alain Badiou French writer and philosopher | Academic | General non-fiction | · | 28 | deenesfrit |
| Angela Merkel chancellor of Germany from 2005 to 2021 (born 1954) | Former official | Democracy & media | · | 28 | dedkenesfi+6 |
| Umberto Galimberti Italian philosopher | Academic | General non-fiction | · | 28 | deenfritpl |
| Vaclav Smil science author and distinguished professor University of Manitoba | Academic | Energy & climate | · | 28 | deenesfifr+3 |
| Hélène Cixous French philosopher and writer | Academic | General non-fiction | · | 27 | dedkenesfr+4 |