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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andreas Kulick German jurist | Academic | Law & institutions | 1 | 2 | en |
| Andrew Roberts English historian and journalist (born 1963) | Commentator | Geopolitics & security | 1 | 16 | deenfritnl+1 |
| Andrian Kreye German screenwriter, journalist and author | Commentator | Technology & digital | 1 | 1 | de |
| Angela Onwuachi-Willig lawyer, dean of Boston University School of law | Academic | Law & institutions | 1 | 0 | |
| Angela Saini British science journalist | Commentator | Work & society | 1 | 5 | deenesnlpl |
| Anita R Gohdes researcher ORCID ID = 0000-0001-7367-8646 | Academic | Democracy & media | 1 | 1 | en |
| Anjan Sundaram Indian writer | Commentator | General non-fiction | 1 | 2 | enfr |
| Anna Foa Italian historian | Commentator | General non-fiction | 1 | 4 | frit |
| Anna Keay British architectural historian, author, and television personality | Commentator | General non-fiction | 1 | 1 | en |
| Anne Applebaum American journalist and historian (born 1964) | Commentator | Geopolitics & security | 1 | 30 | dedkenesfi+6 |
| Anne Muxel French sociologist | Academic | Democracy & media | 1 | 3 | fr |
| Anne-Marie Lecoq práce z oblasti historie kultury | Commentator | General non-fiction | 1 | 1 | en |
| Anne-Marie Leroyer French jurist | Academic | Law & institutions | 1 | 0 | |
| Annie Jacobsen American journalist | Commentator | Geopolitics & security | 1 | 13 | dedkenesfi+5 |
| Antonio de Lecea économiste | Economist or consultant | Economics & finance | 1 | 0 | |
| Antony Loewenstein Contemporary Sydney-based freelance journalist, author and blogger | Commentator | Geopolitics & security | 1 | 5 | enesitplse |
| Aram Sinnreich writer, academic, musician | Academic | Technology & digital | 1 | 1 | enfr |
| Areej Sabbagh-Khoury Palestinian sociologist and author | Commentator | Work & society | 1 | 0 | |
| Ariane Chemin French journalist | Commentator | Democracy & media | 1 | 2 | frit |
| Arundhati Roy Indian novelist, essayist, and activist | Commentator | Democracy & media | 1 | 16 | deenesfifr+4 |
| Arvind Narayanan associate professor of computer science | Academic | Technology & digital | 1 | 4 | enitpl |
| Åsne Seierstad Norwegian journalist and author | Commentator | Geopolitics & security | 1 | 18 | dedkenfiit+4 |
| Astra Taylor Canadian-American documentary filmmaker, writer and activist | Commentator | Democracy & media | 1 | 3 | enit |
| Avi Shlaim Israeli-British historian (born 1945) | Academic | Geopolitics & security | 1 | 4 | deen |
| Aya Jaff German founder | Commentator | Technology & digital | 1 | 1 | deen |
| Ayşe Zarakol Turkish political scientist | Academic | Geopolitics & security | 1 | 0 | |
| Barbara Bradley Hagerty American journalist | Commentator | Work & society | 1 | 1 | en |
| Barbara Hahn German geographer | Academic | General non-fiction | 1 | 3 | deenfr |
| Barnaby Phillips television journalist | Commentator | General non-fiction | 1 | 0 | |
| Beatrice Heuser German historian and political scientist | Academic | Geopolitics & security | 1 | 2 | enfr |
| Beatrice Mautino Italian science communicator | Commentator | General non-fiction | 1 | 5 | enit |
| Ben Macintyre British author, reviewer and columnist | Commentator | Geopolitics & security | 1 | 22 | deenesfifr+4 |
| Ben Ratliff American journalist, music critic and author | Commentator | General non-fiction | 1 | 1 | en |
| Bench Ansfield college professor | Academic | General non-fiction | 1 | 1 | en |
| Bénédicte Savoy French art historian and university teacher | Academic | General non-fiction | 1 | 9 | deenfrpl |
| Benjamin Alarie Canadian legal scholar and technology entrepreneur | Academic | Law & institutions | 1 | 2 | en |
| Benjamin Perrin Canadian lawyer and criminologist | Academic | Law & institutions | 1 | 0 | |
| Bent Flyvbjerg Danish economic geographer | Academic | Economics & finance | 1 | 6 | dkenesfrnl+1 |
| Bernadette Atuahene American professor of law, property law scholar, and author | Academic | Law & institutions | 1 | 1 | en |
| Bernhard Pörksen German academic | Academic | Democracy & media | 1 | 3 | de |
| Bettina Schöne-Seifert German university teacher | Academic | Work & society | 1 | 3 | de |
| Blaise Agüera y Arcas software engineer | Commentator | Technology & digital | 1 | 3 | en |
| Brian Goldstone American journalist | Commentator | Work & society | 1 | 1 | en |
| Brice Soccol sociologue et essayiste français | Commentator | Democracy & media | 1 | 0 | |
| Bronwen Everill historian | Academic | Economics & finance | 1 | 3 | en |
| Brooke Harrington American academic and author, and professor of economic sociology | Academic | Economics & finance | 1 | 2 | deen |
| Bruce Caldwell economic historian | Academic | Economics & finance | 1 | 0 | |
| Bruce Hoffman American academic | Academic | Geopolitics & security | 1 | 2 | en |
| Bryan Caplan American economist and author (b. 1971) | Academic | Economics & finance | 1 | 1 | en |
| Bushra al-Maqtari Yemeni writer and political activist | Commentator | Geopolitics & security | 1 | 1 | en |