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Top 74 Novelists in Germany

This curated ranking covers the 74 largest novelists in Germany, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Benedict Wells, Siri Hustvedt and Christian Kracht lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 526k people. Across all 74 entries the average audience size is 16k, and the largest, Benedict Wells, reaches around 286k people in Germany. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in Germany who actively engage with each novelist, derived from search demand signals. Rankings reflect search-behavior signals collected across Germany and are refreshed weekly.

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Rank

Position in the Top 74, sorted by audience size from largest to smallest. Updated weekly.

Audience size

Estimated number of unique people in Germany who actively engage with this audience, derived from anonymized search-behavior signals.

Country share

Share of the global audience that is active in Germany. A higher value means the audience is more locally concentrated here.

Avg age

Average age in years across the people who engage with this audience in Germany, derived from anonymized search-behavior signals. A dash means demographic data is not yet available.

Female share

Share of women among the people who engage with this audience in Germany. 50% is gender-balanced; values above mean female-skewed, below mean male-skewed.

Ranking

Rank Audience Audience size Avg age Female share Subtype
26 Paul Theroux 6.6k 28.4 57.4% Novelist
27 Alice Hoffman 6.2k 53.0 100.0% Novelist
28 Helen Fielding 6.1k 32.9 71.6% Novelist
29 Kat Martin 6k 43.1 98.0% Novelist
30 William Makepeace Thackeray 5.4k 31.2 55.7% Novelist
31 William Goldman 4.3k 38.9 66.0% Novelist
32 Megan Hart 3.8k 25.7 75.5% Novelist
33 Anne B. Ragde 3.8k Novelist
34 J. G. Ballard 3.6k 29.0 33.1% Novelist
35 Mike Peterson 3.4k 46.0 35.7% Novelist
36 Rose Tremain 3.4k 47.9 100.0% Novelist
37 Judith Arnold 2.3k 48.4 89.7% Novelist
38 Hakan Günday 2.2k Novelist
39 Molly Harper 2.2k 44.0 94.6% Novelist
40 Emily Giffin 1.9k 37.1 46.1% Novelist
41 Christie Ridgway 1.8k 45.9 100.0% Novelist
42 Jacqueline Carey 1.8k 28.8 53.7% Novelist
43 Luanne Rice 1.7k 30.4 86.9% Novelist
44 Beverly Lewis 1.7k 54.4 96.3% Novelist
45 Dorothea Benton Frank 1.6k 53.5 100.0% Novelist
46 Ted Dekker 1.4k 35.8 57.8% Novelist
47 Priya Sharma 1.2k 32.1 12.2% Novelist
48 Terry McMillan 1.1k 45.1 78.4% Novelist
49 Renee Graziano 1.1k 38.4 93.4% Novelist
50 Steve Alten 1k Novelist

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Frequently asked questions

How is this Top 74 list compiled?

Rascasse aggregates anonymized search-behavior signals across Germany and ranks each novelist by its estimated audience size. Only entries with at least 5 measured entities are listed.

How often is the list updated?

The ranking is refreshed weekly from the latest search-behavior data and re-published as a static page.

What is the largest novelist in Germany?

Benedict Wells currently leads with an estimated audience of 286k people in Germany.

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