Greatest Fiction Writers of All Times

Dickens's novels and short stories have remained ever popular over the years and have remained in print long after fellow writers of his time have vanished. Dicken was a master of prose, and always had an endless arsenal of clever personalities in his stories.

Dostoevsky's literary works explore human psychology in the troubled political, social and spiritual context of 19th-century Russian society. With the embittered voice of the anonymous "underground man", Dostoevsky wrote Notes from Underground (1864), which has been called the "best overture for existentialism ever written" by Walter Kaufmann. He is often acknowledged by critics as one of the greatest and most prominent psychologists in world literature.

His two most famous works, the novels War and Peace and Anna Karenina, are acknowledged as two of the greatest novels of all time and a pinnacle of realist fiction. Many consider Tolstoy to have been one of the world's greatest novelists. Tolstoy is equally known for his complicated and paradoxical persona and for his extreme moralistic and ascetic views, which he adopted after a moral crisis and spiritual awakening in the 1870s, after which he also became noted as a moral thinker and social reformer.

He was a Spanish novelist, poet, and playwright. His magnum opus, Don Quixote, considered the first modern European novel, is a classic of Western literature, and is regarded amongst the best works of fiction ever written. His influence on the Spanish language has been so great that the language is often called "the language of Cervantes".

The Dickens of post-Revolutionary France.

Dante Alighieri was a major Italian poet of the Middle Ages. His Divine Comedy, is considered the greatest literary work composed in the Italian language and a masterpiece of world literature.

His first major publication, a short story collection entitled A Sportsman's Sketches, is a milestone of Russian Realism, and his novel Fathers and Sons is regarded as one of the major works of 19th-century fiction.

Grisham is best known for his legal thrillers. His books have sold over 250 million worldwide which vouches for his ability to entertain and keep you engaged in his work. To date, Grisham has authored 23 well known books.

Ann Rice is a best-selling American author of religious-themed and gothic (vampire) books. Rice's books have sold nearly 100 million copies, making her one of the most popular authors in modern history.

Great English poet: Paradise Lost, Paradise Regained, Samsun Agonistes, Il Penseroso, L'allegro, Lycidas, several sonnets.

Geoffrey Chaucer 1343 – 25 October 1400, known as the Father of English literature, is widely considered the greatest English poet of the Middle Ages. While he achieved fame during his lifetime as an author, philosopher, alchemist, he is best known today for "The Canterbury Tales" and "Troilus and Criseyde". Chaucer is a crucial figure in developing the legitimacy of the vernacular, Middle English, at a time when the dominant literary languages in England were French and Latin.

Charlotte Brontë was an English novelist and poet, the eldest of the three Brontë sisters who survived into adulthood and whose novels are English literature standards. Some of her best known works include Jane Eyre, Shirley and Villette.

Gilbert Keith Chesterton was an English writer and one of the greatest literary figures of the 20th century. He published works on philosophy, ontology, poetry, plays, journalism, public lectures and debates, literary and art criticism, biography, Christian apologetics (including Orthodoxy and The Everlasting Man), and fiction, including fantasy and detective fiction. Contemporary George Bernard Shaw, said of him, "He was a man of colossal genius"

He was a Scottish novelist, poet, essayist, and travel writer. His most famous works are Treasure Island, Kidnapped, A Child's Garden of Verses and Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde.

King is best known for his work in horror fiction. Many of his books have been turned into hit movies and television movies. I don't think you can find another horror fiction mind that is as brilliant as Mr. King's. He consistently leaves you on the edge of your seat for the entire action packed novel or movie.

Who doesn't know the name Dr. Suess? Most people read Dr. Suess as a child or read the books to their child. Dr. Suess is a household name around the world, with the books being translated to various languages in order to entertain as many children as possible.

Huge body of work

Oliver Goldsmith was an Irish writer and poet, who is best known for his novel The Vicar of Wakefield, his pastoral poem The Deserted Village, and his plays The Good-Natur'd Man and She Stoops to Conquer. He is thought to have written the classic children's tale The History of Little Goody Two-Shoes, the source of the phrase "goody two-shoes".

Notable novelist and short story writer.

Chatterjee is a great novelist and short story writer.

Chatterjee is a great novelist and short story writer.

Rabindranath Tagore wrote many of the greatest and most meaningful novels,short stories and plays ever written. Tagore's works are profound and original. I give my highest recommendation for Tagore's works.

Chatterjee is a great novelist and short story writer.