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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buddy Levy American writer | Commentator | General non-fiction | · | 1 | en |
| Cal Flyn Scottish non-fiction writer | Commentator | Energy & climate | 1 | 1 | deenesno |
| Cal Newport American computer scientist, academic lecturer and writer | Academic | Work & society | · | 1 | dedkenesfr+3 |
| Callum Cant author | Commentator | Work & society | 1 | 1 | deenit |
| Cameron McWhirter American journalist and author | Commentator | Work & society | 1 | 1 | en |
| Carina Bergfeldt Swedish reporter, columnist and author | Commentator | Law & institutions | · | 1 | dedkenfise |
| Carl Benedikt Frey economist and economic historian | Academic | Economics & finance | 2 | 1 | deen |
| Carl Bildt Swedish politician (1949-), prime minister 1991–1994, foreign minister 2006–2014 | Former official | Geopolitics & security | · | 1 | se |
| Carla Kaplan American scholar of African-American literature | Academic | General non-fiction | 1 | 1 | en |
| Carlos Boyero Spanish journalist | Commentator | General non-fiction | · | 1 | es |
| Carol Chillington Rutter Professor of Shakespeare and Performance Studies, University of Warwick | Academic | General non-fiction | 1 | 1 | |
| Caroline Dodds Pennock historian | Academic | General non-fiction | 1 | 1 | enfr |
| Caroline Fraser American writer | Commentator | General non-fiction | · | 1 | deennl |
| Cat Bohannon American essayist | Commentator | General non-fiction | 2 | 1 | deenesfrit+4 |
| Catherine Hall British feminist historian | Academic | General non-fiction | 1 | 1 | enfr |
| Catherine Nixey writer from the United Kingdom | Commentator | General non-fiction | · | 1 | deenesitpl+1 |
| Cathryn Clüver Ashbrook German-American political scientist | Think tank | Geopolitics & security | 1 | 1 | de |
| Cécile Alduy academic | Academic | General non-fiction | 1 | 1 | |
| Céline Antonin economist | Economist or consultant | Economics & finance | 1 | 1 | en |
| Chad P. Bown economist (Peter G. Peterson Institute for International Economics (IIE)) | Think tank | Economics & finance | 1 | 1 | |
| Charan Ranganath researcher | Academic | General non-fiction | · | 1 | enesfifrit+1 |
| Charles Duhigg American writer | Commentator | General non-fiction | · | 1 | deenesfrit+2 |
| Charles Serfaty French economist | Commentator | Economics & finance | 1 | 1 | fr |
| Charlie English British journalist | Commentator | General non-fiction | · | 1 | deenfritpl |
| Charlotte Higgins British writer and journalist (born 1972) | Commentator | General non-fiction | 1 | 1 | pl |
| Chip Huyen Writer | Academic | Technology & digital | · | 1 | deenespl |
| Chris Hayes American journalist | Commentator | Democracy & media | · | 1 | enit |
| Christien Brinkgreve Dutch writer | Academic | Work & society | · | 1 | deenfrnl |
| Christina Sharpe scholar of English literature and Black Studies | Academic | General non-fiction | 1 | 1 | |
| Christine Kenneally Australian-American journalist | Commentator | Work & society | 1 | 1 | enpl |
| Christoph Koch German journalist, non-fiction author and keynote speaker | Commentator | Work & society | 1 | 1 | de |
| Clair Wills British academic | Academic | General non-fiction | · | 1 | enno |
| Clara Serra Sánchez Spanish politician | Former official | Work & society | · | 1 | enesfr |
| Clare Mulley biographer | Commentator | General non-fiction | · | 1 | enpl |
| Claudia Rowe American journalist, author | Commentator | Work & society | 1 | 1 | en |
| Clayton Aldern researcher | Commentator | Energy & climate | 1 | 1 | en |
| Cliff Sloan Law Clerk of the Supreme Court of the united States | Lawyer | Law & institutions | 1 | 1 | en |
| Cornelia Woll german–French political economist | Academic | Economics & finance | 1 | 1 | en |
| Cristina Morató Spanish journalist | Commentator | General non-fiction | · | 1 | enesfr |
| Dag Nikolaus Hasse German university teacher | Academic | General non-fiction | · | 1 | bedeenfrnl |
| Dan Gardner Canadian journalist and nonfiction author | Commentator | Economics & finance | 1 | 1 | dedkenesfr+1 |
| Dan Healey British historian | Academic | General non-fiction | 1 | 1 | enfr |
| Daniel Levitin American psychologist | Academic | General non-fiction | 1 | 1 | enesfi |
| Daniel Stähr deutscher Ökonom und Essayist | Commentator | Economics & finance | 1 | 1 | de |
| Daniel Susskind research professor | Academic | Economics & finance | 1 | 1 | deenfrnlpl |
| Dashka Slater | Commentator | General non-fiction | 1 | 1 | deen |
| Dava Sobel American writer | Commentator | General non-fiction | · | 1 | deenfritpl |
| David Attenborough British broadcaster and naturalist (born 1926) | Commentator | Energy & climate | · | 1 | dedkenesfi+5 |
| David Baverez investisseur et essayiste français | Economist or consultant | Economics & finance | 1 | 1 | fr |
| David Brooks American journalist, commentator and editor | Commentator | Democracy & media | · | 1 | deenesitno+1 |