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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bruno Vespa Italian television and newspaper journalist (born 1944) | Commentator | Democracy & media | · | 4 | frit |
| Bryan Caplan American economist and author (b. 1971) | Academic | Economics & finance | 1 | 1 | en |
| Buddy Levy American writer | Commentator | General non-fiction | · | 2 | en |
| Bushra al-Maqtari Yemeni writer and political activist | Commentator | Geopolitics & security | 1 | 1 | en |
| Byung-Chul Han German philosopher of South Korean origin | Academic | General non-fiction | · | 87 | dedkenesfr+5 |
| Bénédicte Savoy French art historian and university teacher | Academic | General non-fiction | 1 | 9 | deenfrpl |
| Cal Flyn Scottish non-fiction writer | Commentator | Energy & climate | 1 | 6 | deenesfrno |
| Cal Newport American computer scientist, academic lecturer and writer | Academic | Work & society | · | 9 | dedkenesfr+3 |
| Callum Cant author | Commentator | Work & society | 1 | 2 | en |
| Cameron McWhirter American journalist and author | Commentator | Work & society | 1 | 1 | en |
| Camilla Townsend American historian and academic | Academic | General non-fiction | · | 7 | deenfritpl |
| Carina Bergfeldt Swedish reporter, columnist and author | Commentator | Law & institutions | · | 7 | dedkenfise |
| Carl Benedikt Frey economist and economic historian | Academic | Economics & finance | 2 | 2 | deen |
| Carl Bildt Swedish politician (1949-), prime minister 1991–1994, foreign minister 2006–2014 | Former official | Geopolitics & security | · | 3 | se |
| Carl Zimmer American science writer and blogger (1966-) | Commentator | General non-fiction | · | 7 | enesitnlpl |
| Carla Kaplan American scholar of African-American literature | Academic | General non-fiction | 1 | 1 | en |
| Carla Sharp American clinical psychologist | Academic | Work & society | · | 5 | deenfritnl |
| Carlo Masala German political scientist (born 1968) | Academic | Geopolitics & security | 1 | 18 | dedkenfifr+5 |
| Carlo Rovelli Italian physicist | Academic | General non-fiction | · | 25 | deenesfifr+5 |
| Carlo Vecce Italian academic | Academic | General non-fiction | · | 12 | bedeenesit+1 |
| Carlos Boyero Spanish journalist | Commentator | General non-fiction | · | 1 | es |
| Carlos López Otín researcher | Academic | General non-fiction | · | 2 | enes |
| Carlos Moreno Colombian-French researcher, scientist, professor | Academic | Work & society | · | 9 | deenesfrit+1 |
| Carol Chillington Rutter Professor of Shakespeare and Performance Studies, University of Warwick | Academic | General non-fiction | 1 | 0 | |
| Caroline Criado-Perez British journalist and author | Commentator | Work & society | · | 6 | dknlnoplse |
| Caroline Dodds Pennock historian | Academic | General non-fiction | 1 | 2 | enfr |
| Caroline Fraser American writer | Commentator | General non-fiction | · | 3 | deennl |
| Caroline Williams journalist (born 1975) | Commentator | General non-fiction | · | 6 | bedeenfrit+1 |
| Carsten Gansel German specialist in literature, university teacher and writer | Academic | General non-fiction | 1 | 10 | deenfr |
| Cass Sunstein American legal scholar, writer, blogger (b. 1954) | Academic | Law & institutions | · | 24 | dkenesfrit+1 |
| Cat Bohannon American essayist | Commentator | General non-fiction | 2 | 9 | deenesfrit+4 |
| Cat Jarman archaeologist | Academic | General non-fiction | · | 8 | deenesnopl+1 |
| Catherine Chidgey New Zealand writer | Academic | Outside Atrium fields | · | 11 | deenitnl |
| Catherine Conybeare British academic and philologist | Academic | General non-fiction | 1 | 4 | deenfr |
| Catherine Hall British feminist historian | Academic | General non-fiction | 1 | 4 | enfr |
| Catherine Malabou French philosopher | Academic | General non-fiction | · | 11 | dkenfritno |
| Catherine Nixey writer from the United Kingdom | Commentator | General non-fiction | · | 7 | deenesitpl+1 |
| Cathryn Clüver Ashbrook German-American political scientist | Think tank | Geopolitics & security | 1 | 1 | de |
| Cecilia Sala Italian journalist | Commentator | Geopolitics & security | · | 4 | enit |
| Cecilia Sjöholm författare och litteraturhistoriker | Commentator | General non-fiction | · | 10 | dedkenfrno+1 |
| Chad P. Bown economist (Peter G. Peterson Institute for International Economics (IIE)) | Think tank | Economics & finance | 1 | 0 | |
| Chantal Mouffe Belgian post-marxist political theorist (born 1943) | Academic | Democracy & media | · | 9 | bedeenesfr+2 |
| Charan Ranganath researcher | Academic | General non-fiction | · | 6 | enesfifrit+1 |
| Charles Duhigg American writer | Commentator | General non-fiction | · | 13 | deenesfrit+3 |
| Charles Serfaty French economist | Commentator | Economics & finance | 1 | 2 | fr |
| Charlie English British journalist | Commentator | General non-fiction | · | 6 | deenfritpl |
| Charlie Porter fashion journalist | Commentator | General non-fiction | · | 5 | enit |
| Charlotte Higgins British writer and journalist (born 1972) | Commentator | General non-fiction | 1 | 1 | pl |
| Chip Huyen Writer | Academic | Technology & digital | · | 5 | deenespl |
| Chowra Makaremi researcher | Academic | Geopolitics & security | 1 | 2 | enfr |