The greatest writers in literary history

#1 Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Born: 1821   Died: 1881

From: Moscow, Russian Empire

Notable works:   Crime and Punishment

Reader Rating:    10

#2 Homer

Born: 8th century BC

From: Ionia, Turkey

Notable works:   The Odyssey

Reader Rating:    10

#3 Hermann Hesse

Born: 1877   Died: 1962

From: Calw, Germany

Notable works:   Siddhartha Demian Steppenwolf

Reader Rating:    9

#4 Musashi Miyamoto

Born: 1584   Died: 1645

From: Harima Province, Japan.

Notable works:   The Book of Five Rings

Reader Rating:    9

<a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Douglas_adams_portrait_cropped.jpg">Michael Hughes</a>, <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0">CC BY-SA 2.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons

<a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Douglas_adams_portrait_cropped.jpg">Michael Hughes</a>, <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0">CC BY-SA 2.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons

#5 Douglas Adams

Born: 1952   Died: 2001

From: Cambridge, England

Notable works:   The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Reader Rating:    8

#6 Gabriel García Márquez

Born: 1927   Died: 2014

From: Aracataca, Colombia

Notable works:   One Hundred Years of Solitude

Reader Rating:    8

Maria Midoes, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Maria Midoes, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

#7 Mark Manson

Born: 1984 (age 42)

From: Austin, Texas, U. S.

Notable works:   Models: Attract Women through Honesty

Reader Rating:    8