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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rebecca Solnit American writer | Commentator | General non-fiction | · | 27 | dedkenesfr+3 |
| David Grann American journalist and writer | Commentator | General non-fiction | 1 | 26 | dedkenesfi+5 |
| Helen Scales British marine biologist | Academic | Energy & climate | 2 | 26 | deenesitpl |
| Julia Kristeva Bulgarian philosopher, psychoanalyst & academic | Academic | General non-fiction | · | 26 | enfifritpl |
| Maggie Nelson American writer | Academic | General non-fiction | · | 26 | dedkenesfi+3 |
| Robin Wall Kimmerer American environmentalist | Academic | Energy & climate | · | 26 | dedkenesfi+3 |
| Simon Sebag Montefiore British historian | Academic | General non-fiction | · | 26 | deenesfrit+3 |
| Tom Holland English popular historian and writer (born 1968) | Commentator | General non-fiction | · | 26 | dedkenesfr+3 |
| Alberto Manguel Argentine-Canadian writer (born 1948) | Commentator | General non-fiction | · | 25 | enesfritpl |
| Aldo Cazzullo Italian journalist and writer | Commentator | General non-fiction | · | 25 | deenesfrit+1 |
| Carlo Rovelli Italian physicist | Academic | General non-fiction | · | 25 | deenesfifr+5 |
| François Jullien French philosopher and sinologist | Academic | General non-fiction | · | 25 | deenfritnl+1 |
| Lea Ypi Albanian philosopher and professor of political theory at the London School of Economics | Academic | General non-fiction | · | 25 | dedkenesfi+4 |
| Mark Galeotti British scholar | Academic | Geopolitics & security | · | 25 | enesfifrit+3 |
| Olivia Laing British writer | Commentator | General non-fiction | · | 25 | deenesfiit+2 |
| Patrick Radden Keefe American journalist | Commentator | General non-fiction | 1 | 25 | deenesfifr+4 |
| Robert Macfarlane British nature and travel writer | Academic | Energy & climate | 1 | 25 | deenesfrit+3 |
| Cass Sunstein American legal scholar, writer, blogger (b. 1954) | Academic | Law & institutions | · | 24 | dkenesfrit+1 |
| Jonathan Freedland British journalist | Commentator | Democracy & media | · | 24 | deenesfiit+3 |
| Michael Hardt American political philosopher, literary theorist and author of 2000 book Empire (born 1960) | Academic | General non-fiction | · | 24 | deenfritnl |
| Michael Lewis American writer | Commentator | Economics & finance | · | 24 | deenesfrit+2 |
| Philippe Sands British/French lawyer, legal academic and author | Academic | Law & institutions | 2 | 24 | dedkenesfi+5 |
| Alain de Benoist French political theorist | Commentator | Democracy & media | · | 23 | deenesfrit |
| Angela J. Davis American law professor | Academic | Law & institutions | · | 23 | deenesfrit |
| Bill Bryson American-British author (born 1951) | Commentator | General non-fiction | · | 23 | deenesfifr+3 |
| Didier Eribon French author and philosopher (born 1953) | Academic | Work & society | · | 23 | dedkenesfi+5 |
| Eva Illouz Israeli sociologist and university professor | Academic | Work & society | · | 23 | deenesfrit+3 |
| Jonathan Haidt American social psychologist (1963-) | Academic | Work & society | · | 23 | dedkenesfi+5 |
| Peter Neumann German political scientist | Academic | Geopolitics & security | · | 23 | dedkenfrnl |
| Philip Matyszak British scholar | Academic | General non-fiction | · | 23 | deenesfrit+2 |
| Wolfram Eilenberger German journalist and philosopher | Commentator | General non-fiction | · | 23 | dedkenesfi+4 |
| Andreas Reckwitz German sociologist and cultural scientist | Academic | Work & society | · | 22 | dedkesfrit+1 |
| Ben Macintyre British author, reviewer and columnist | Commentator | Geopolitics & security | 1 | 22 | deenesfifr+4 |
| Mike Chapple odborník v oblasti informatiky, zaměřený na bezpečnost informačních sítí, působí na University of Notre Dame, technickým redaktorem časopisu Information security magazine | Academic | Technology & digital | · | 22 | enfrit |
| Navid Kermani German writer | Commentator | General non-fiction | · | 22 | deenfritnl |
| Neil deGrasse Tyson American astrophysicist and science communicator | Academic | General non-fiction | · | 22 | deenesfrit+1 |
| Christopher Clark Australian historian | Academic | General non-fiction | 3 | 21 | deenesitnl+1 |
| Cory Doctorow Canadian-British-American blogger, journalist, and science fiction author | Commentator | Technology & digital | · | 21 | dedkenesit+1 |
| Didier Fassin French anthropologist | Academic | Work & society | · | 21 | dkenfritpl+1 |
| Frédéric Lenoir French writer, philosopher, historian/sociologist and lecturer | Commentator | General non-fiction | · | 21 | deenesfrit+2 |
| Jens Petersen German jurist | Academic | Law & institutions | · | 21 | dedkenfrno |
| Morgan Housel author | Commentator | Economics & finance | · | 21 | dedkenesfi+5 |
| Reiner Stach German-language author, biographer, publicist, and publisher | Commentator | General non-fiction | 1 | 21 | defritpl |
| Richard Dawkins English ethologist, evolutionary biologist and author (born 1941) | Academic | General non-fiction | · | 21 | dedkenesfr+3 |
| Richard J. Evans British historian (born 1947) | Academic | General non-fiction | · | 21 | deenesfrit+2 |
| Roberto Saviano Italian journalist and writer (born 1979) | Commentator | General non-fiction | · | 21 | deesfritnl+1 |
| Sara Ahmed British-Australian scholar (b. 1985) | Academic | Work & society | · | 21 | dedkenesfr+2 |
| Serhii Plokhy Ukrainian-American historian | Academic | Geopolitics & security | 1 | 21 | dedkenesfi+4 |
| Amy Edmondson Leadership expert, economist | Academic | Economics & finance | 1 | 20 | dedkenesfr+4 |
| Emanuele Coccia Italian philosopher and essayist | Academic | General non-fiction | · | 20 | dedkenesfr+2 |