1. Dan Brown
Sacrilege
Best-selling author. Dan Brown shows how the perfect “page turner” works : short chapters, simple dialogues, simple characters, a couple of murders and an enormous amount of paranoia.
If only it were really that easy to become one of the most widely read authors in the world! The American author Dan Brown has yet to have a secret . Before his success, he taught English and was an unsuccessful singer and composer. He wrote the witty band “187 men to avoid: A Survival Guide for the Romantically Frustrated Woman”.
2. Agatha Christie
Murder on the Orient Express
She is the queen of mystery stories. Christie has established several books worth billions of dollars. Such sales are hard to beat for the most successful authors among living authors.
Released in 1934, “Murder on the Orient Express” in which Poirot (a fictional detective) must solve the brutal murder of a fellow traveler. The train is stuck on tracks in the snow , no one can escape and yet, the killer does not seem to be on board.
Agatha Christie dominates the classical means of the crime genre perfectly. According to some sources, her works sold to date approximately four billion times, making it one of the most successful authors of literary history.
3. Paulo Coelho
Manual of the Warrior of Light
Paulo Coelho writes wisdom for everyone and every purpose. The 65-year-old Brazilian is a master of light style . He rolls neither complicated theories nor build conquerable castle of thoughts. He aims straight for the heart of his readers and he seems to take forever.
4. Ken Follett
Fall of Giants
Ken Follett studied philosophy and worked in the 1970s as a journalist and then in a publishing house. Because the British did not complete this work, he began to write. With the spy thriller from the Second World War “The Eye of the Needle”, he landed his first major success and has since become one of the major players in the business.
5. John Grisham
The Firm
John Grisham comes from a humble background. He grew up in the America and made a dream career. He studied business administration and law . As a lawyer, he wrote the first two novels in his spare time while working.
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