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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
51 Ellen Glasgow 773 54.0 99.7% Novelist
52 Terri Blackstock 637 54.1 91.1% Novelist
53 Seth Grahame-Smith 594 Novelist
54 Christine Dwyer 573 38.3 96.8% Novelist
55 Molly McAdams 542 23.8 10.2% Novelist
56 Tracie Peterson 479 24.1 95.8% Novelist
57 J. A. Konrath 476 53.2 51.7% Novelist
58 J. A. Jance 358 57.6 100.0% Novelist
59 Jillian Hunter 319 Novelist
60 Melissa Schroeder 313 49.6 86.2% Novelist
61 Jay Baer 308 Novelist
62 Randy Wayne White 257 50.2 65.2% Novelist
63 Vicki Lewis Thompson 253 51.2 93.9% Novelist
64 Marie Ferrarella 235 42.6 82.8% Novelist
65 Nguyễn Minh Châu (footballer) 211 35.5 96.3% Novelist
66 Libby Fischer Hellmann 209 Novelist
67 Gilbert Morris 198 Novelist
68 Susan Donovan 195 45.1 64.1% Novelist
69 Kimberla Lawson Roby 192 44.8 100.0% Novelist
70 Claire Cook 176 Novelist
71 Paul Levine 143 Novelist
72 Kathleen Eagle 132 36.8 64.1% Novelist
73 Sumrit Shahi 44 Novelist
74 J.A. Redmerski 44 46.5 100.0% 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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