| 小说家 | xiǎo shuō jiā | novelist |  |
| 古龙 | Gǔ Lóng | Gu Long (1938-1985), Taiwanese wuxia novelist and screenwriter | |
| 巴金 | Bā Jīn | Ba Jin (1904-2005), novelist, author of the trilogy 家春秋[Jia1 Chun1 Qiu1] | |
| 张爱玲 | Zhāng Aì líng | Eileen Chang (1920-1995), famous Chinese-American novelist | |
| 茅盾 | Máo Dùn | Mao Dun (1896-1981), Chinese novelist | |
| 王小波 | Wáng Xiǎo bō | Wang Xiaobo (1952-1997), scholar and novelist | |
| 萨特 | Sà tè | Jean-Paul Sartre (1905-1980), French existential philosopher and novelist | |
| 托尔斯泰 | Tuō ěr sī tài | Tolstoy (name) / Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy (1828-1910), great Russian novelist, author of War and Peace 戰爭與和平|战争与和平 | |
| 海明威 | Hǎi míng wēi | Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961), American novelist and journalist | |
| 刘心武 | Liú Xīn wǔ | Liu Xinwu (1942-), novelist | |
| 村上春树 | Cūn shàng Chūn shù | MURAKAMI Haruki (1949-), Japanese novelist and translator | |
| 倪匡 | Ní Kuāng | Ni Kuang (1935-), Chinese novelist and screenwriter | |
| 巴尔扎克 | Bā ěr zhā kè | Honoré / de Balzac (1799-1850), French novelist, author of series La comédie humaine | |
| 丁玲 | Dīng Líng | Ding Ling (1904-1986), female novelist, author of novel The Sun Shines over the Sanggan River 太陽照在桑乾河上|太阳照在桑干河上, attacked during the 1950s as anti-Party | |
| 狄更斯 | Dí gēng sī | Dickens (name) / Charles Dickens (1812-1870), great English novelist | |
| 冯骥才 | Féng Jì cái | Feng Jicai (1942-), novelist from Tianjin, author of Extraordinary people in our ordinary world 俗世奇人 | |
| 左拉 | Zuǒ lā | Zola (name) / Émile Zola (1840-1902), French naturalist novelist | |
| 白先勇 | Bái Xiān yǒng | Bai Xianyong (1937-), Chinese-Taiwanese-US novelist of Hui descent | |
| 莫泊桑 | Mò bó sāng | Guy de Maupassant (1850-1893), French novelist and short story writer | |
| 孙犁 | Sūn Lí | Sun Li (1913-2002), novelist | |
| 冯梦龙 | Féng Mèng lóng | Feng Menglong (1574-1646), late Ming dynasty novelist writing in colloquial (baihua), author of Stories Old and New 古今小說|古今小说[Gu3 jin1 Xiao3 shuo1] | |
| 赵树理 | Zhào Shù lǐ | Zhao Shuli (1906-1970), proletarian novelist | |
| 福克纳 | Fú kè nà | William Faulkner (1897-1962), American novelist and poet | |
| 福楼拜 | fú lóu bài | Gustave Flaubert (1821-1880), French realist novelist, author of Madame Bovary | |
| 魏巍 | Wèi Wēi | Wei Wei (1920-2008), novelist and poet, author of award-winning novel The East 東方|东方 / about the Korean war | |
| 高行健 | Gāo Xíng jiàn | Gao Xingjian (1940-), Chinese novelist and Nobel laureate, author of Soul Mountain 靈山|灵山 | |
| 赫胥黎 | Hè xū lí | Huxley (name) / Thomas Henry Huxley (1825-1895), British evolutionary scientist and champion of Darwin / Aldous Huxley (1894-1963), British novelist | |
| 吴敬梓 | Wú Jìng zǐ | Wu Jingzi (1701-1754), Qing dynasty novelist, author of The Scholars 儒林外史[Ru2 lin2 Wai4 shi3] | |
| 姚雪垠 | Yáo Xuě yín | Yao Xueyin (1910-1999), PRC novelist, author of historical novel Li Zicheng 李自成 | |
| 许地山 | Xǔ Dì shān | Xu Dishan (1893-1941), journalist, publisher and novelist | |
| 奥威尔 | Aò wēi ěr | Orwell (name) / George Orwell (1903-1950), British novelist, author of Animal Farm 動物農場|动物农场 / and 1984 一九八四年 | |
| 列夫·托尔斯泰 | liè fū · tuō ěr sī tài | Tolstoy (name) / Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy (1828-1910), great Russian novelist, author of War and Peace 戰爭與和平|战争与和平 | |
| 大江健三郎 | Dà jiāng Jiàn sān láng | Oe Kenzaburo (1935-) Japanese novelist and 1994 Nobel laureate | |
| 屠格涅夫 | Tú gé niè fū | Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev (1818-1883), Russian novelist | |
| 金庸 | Jīn Yōng | Jin Yong, pen name of Louis Cha (1924-2018), wuxia 武俠|武侠[wu3 xia2] novelist, author of the 1957-1961 Condor Trilogy | |
| 老舍 | Lǎo Shě | Lao She (1899-1966), Chinese novelist and dramatist | |
| 莫言 | Mò Yán | Mo Yan (1955-), Chinese novelist, winner of 2012 Nobel Prize in Literature | |
| 沈从文 | Shěn Cóng wén | Shen Congwen (1902-1988), novelist | |
| 郁达夫 | Yù Dá fū | Yu Dafu (1896-1945), poet and novelist | |
| 九尾龟 | jiǔ wěi guī | nine-tailed turtle of mythology / The Nine-tailed Turtle, novel by late Qing novelist Zhang Chunfan 張春帆|张春帆 | |
| 二十年目睹之怪现状 | Er4 shí Nián Mù dǔ zhī Guài Xiàn zhuàng | The Strange State of the World Witnessed Over 20 Years, novel by late Qing novelist Wu Jianren 吳趼人|吴趼人[Wu2 Jian3 ren2] | |
| 人间喜剧 | rén jiān xǐ jù | La Comédie humaine, series of novels by 19th century French novelist Honoré / de Balzac 巴爾扎克|巴尔扎克[Ba1 er3 zha1 ke4] | |
| 俗世奇人 | sú shì qí rén | Extraordinary people in our ordinary world, short stories by novelist Feng Jicai 馮驥才|冯骥才[Feng2 Ji4 cai2] | |
| 俞天白 | Yú Tiān bái | Yu Tianbai (1937-), novelist | |
| 凌濛初 | líng méng chū | Ling Mengchu (1580-1644), Ming dynasty novelist and dramatist / also written 凌蒙初|凌蒙初 | |
| 凌蒙初 | Líng Méng chū | Ling Mengchu (1580-1644), Ming dynasty novelist and dramatist / also written 凌濛初|凌蒙初[Ling2 Meng2 chu1] | |
| 列夫·托尔斯泰 | | Tolstoy (name) / Count Lev Nikolayevich Tostoy (1828-1910), great Russian novelist, author of War and Peace 戰爭與和平|战争与和平 | |
| 初刻拍案惊奇 | Chū kè Pāi àn Jīng qí | Slapping the Table in Amazement (Part I), first of two books of vernacular stories by Ming dynasty novelist Ling Mengchu 凌濛初|凌蒙初[Ling2 Meng2 chu1] | |
| 刘宾雁 | Liú Bīn yàn | Liu Binyan (1925-2005), journalist and novelist, condemned by Mao as rightist faction in 1957, subsequently dissident writer | |
| 刘鹗 | Liú E4 | Liu E (1857-1909), late Qing novelist, author of 老殘遊記|老残游记[Lao3 Can2 You2 ji4] | |
| 司各特 | Sī gè tè | Scott (name) / Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832), Scottish romantic novelist | |
| 吴趼人 | Wú Jiǎn rén | Wu Jianren (1867-1910), late Qing dynasty novelist, author of The strange state of the world witnessed over 20 years 二十年目睹之怪現狀|二十年目睹之怪现状 | |
| 周立波 | Zhōu Lì bō | Zhou Libo (1908-1979), left-wing journalist, translator and novelist / Zhou Libo (1967-), Chinese stand-up comedian | |
| 埃德加·爱伦·坡 | | Edgar Allen Poe (1809-1849), American poet and novelist | |
| 夏敬渠 | Xià Jìng qú | Xia Jingqu (1705-1787), Qing novelist, author of monumental novel 野叟曝言[Ye3 sou3 Pu4 yan2] Humble Words of a Rustic Elder | |
| 夏洛特·勃良特 | | Charlotte Brontë / (1816-1855), English novelist, eldest of three Brontë / sisters, author of Jane Eyre 簡·愛|简·爱 | |
| 威廉·福克纳 | | William Faulkner (1897-1962), American novelist and poet | |
| 小野不由美 | Xiǎo yě Bù yóu měi | Ono Fuyumi (1960-), Japanese novelist | |
| 张春帆 | Zhāng Chūn fān | Zhang Chunfan (-1935), late Qing novelist, author of The Nine-tailed Turtle 九尾龜|九尾龟 | |
| 彭养鸥 | Péng Yǎng ōu | Peng Yangou, late Qing novelist, author of Black register of lost souls 黑籍冤魂 | |
| 文康 | Wén Kāng | Wen Kang (mid-19th century), Manchu-born novelist, author of The Gallant Maid 兒女英雄傳|儿女英雄传[Er2 nu:3 Ying1 xiong2 Zhuan4] | |
| 斯坦贝克 | Sī tǎn bèi kè | John Steinbeck (1902-1968), US novelist | |
| 曾朴 | Zēng Pǔ | Zheng Pu (1872-1935), novelist and publisher | |
| 李伯元 | Lǐ Bó yuán | Li Boyuan or Li Baojia 李寶嘉|李宝嘉 / (1867-1906), late Qing journalist, novelist and social observer, author of Observations on the current state of officialdom 官場現形記|官场现形记 | |
| 李劼人 | Lǐ Jié rén | Li Jieren (1891-1962), novelist | |
| 李宝嘉 | Lǐ Bǎo jiā | Li Boyuan 李伯元 / or Li Baojia (1867-1906), late Qing journalist, novelist and social observer, author of Observations on the current state of officialdom 官場現形記|官场现形记 | |
| 李汝珍 | Lǐ Rǔ zhēn | Li Ruzhen (c. 1763-c. 1830), Qing novelist and phonologist, author of fantasy novel Jinghua Yuan 鏡花緣|镜花缘 / or Flowers in the Mirror | |
| 村上·春树 | | MURAKAMI Haruki (1949-), Japanese novelist and translator | |
| 汤姆·罗宾斯 | | Tom Robbins, American novelist | |
| 珍·奥斯汀 | | Jane Austen (1775-1817), English novelist / also written 简・奧斯汀|简・奥斯汀[Jian3 · / Ao4 si1 ting1] | |
| 白行简 | Bái Xíng jiǎn | Bai Xingjian (c. 776-826), younger brother of Bai Juyi 白居易[Bai2 Ju1 yi4], Tang novelist and poet, author of novel Tale of Courtesan Li Wa 李娃傳|李娃传[Li3 Wa2 Zhuan4] | |
| 约翰·厄普代克 | | John Updike, US novelist (1932-2009), Pulitzer Prize winner | |
| 老残游记 | Lǎo Cán Yóu jì | The Travels of Lao Tsan, novel by late Qing novelist Liu E 劉鶚|刘鹗[Liu2 E4] | |
| 茹志鹃 | Rú Zhì juān | Ru Zhijuan (1925-1998), female novelist and politician | |
| 蔡东藩 | Cài Dōng fān | Cai Dongfan (1877-1945), historian and historical novelist | |
| 许仲琳 | Xǔ Zhòng lín | Xu Zhonglin or Chen Zhonglin 陳仲琳|陈仲琳[Chen2 Zhong4 lin2] (c. 1567-c. 1620), Ming novelist, to whom the fantasy novel Investiture of the Gods 封神演義|封神演义[Feng1 shen2 Yan3 yi4] is attributed, together with Lu Xixing 陸西星|陆西星[Lu4 Xi1 xing1] | |
| 赫曼·麦尔维尔 | | Herman Melville (1819-1891), US novelist, author of Moby Dick 白鯨|白鲸[bai2 jing1] | |
| 迪斯雷利 | Dí sī léi lì | Benjamin Disraeli (1804-1881), British conservative politician and novelist, prime minister 1868-1880 | |
| 金天翮 | Jīn Tiān hé | Jin Tianhe (1874-1947), late Qing poet and novelist, author of Flower in the sea of evil 孽海花 | |
| 钱钟书 | Qián Zhōng shū | Qian Zhongshu (1910-1998), literary academic and novelist, author of the 1947 novel Fortress Beseiged 圍城|围城 | |
| 阿道司·赫胥黎 | | Aldous Huxley (1894-1963), British novelist and author of Brave new world 美麗新世界|美丽新世界 | |
| 陀思妥也夫斯基 | Tuó sī tuǒ yě fū sī jī | Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky (1821-1881), great Russian novelist, author of Crime and Punishment 罪與罰|罪与罚[Zui4 yu3 Fa2] / also written 陀思妥耶夫斯基[Tuo2 si1 tuo3 ye1 fu1 si1 ji1] | |
| 陀思妥耶夫斯基 | Tuó sī tuǒ yē fū sī jī | Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky (1821-1881), great Russian novelist, author of Crime and Punishment 罪與罰|罪与罚[Zui4 yu3 Fa2] | |
| 陈仲琳 | Chén Zhòng lín | Chen Zhonglin or Xu Zhonglin 許仲琳|许仲琳[Xu3 Zhong4 lin2] (c. 1567-c. 1620), Ming novelist, to whom the fantasy novel Investiture of the Gods 封神演義|封神演义[Feng1 shen2 Yan3 yi4] is attributed, together with Lu Xixing 陸西星|陆西星[Lu4 Xi1 xing1] | |
| 陈可雄 | Chén Kě xióng | Chen Kexiong (1950-), novelist | |
| 陈忱 | Chén Chén | Chen Chen (1613-1670), novelist and poet at the Ming-Qing transition, author of Water Margin sequel 水滸後傳|水浒后传 | |
| 冯德英 | Féng Dé yīng | Feng Deying (1935-), socialist realist novelist, author of Bitter cauliflower 苦菜花[ku3 cai4 hua1] (1954) | |
| 麦尔维尔 | Mài ěr wéi ěr | Melville (name) / Herman Melville (1819-1891), US novelist, author of Moby Dick 白鯨|白鲸[bai2 jing1] | |
| 贾平凹 | Jiǎ Píng wā | Jia Pingwa (1952-), Chinese novelist | |
| 儒勒・凡尔纳 | Rú lè · Fán ěr nà | Jules Verne (1828-1905), French novelist specializing in science fiction and adventure stories, author of Around the World in Eighty Days 八十天环绕地球 | |
| 列夫・托尔斯泰 | Liè fū · Tuō ěr sī tài | Tolstoy (name) / Count Lev Nikolayevich Tostoy (1828-1910), great Russian novelist, author of War and Peace 戰爭與和平|战争与和平 | |
| 乔治・奥威尔 | Qiáo zhì · Aò wēi ěr | George Orwell (1903-1950), British novelist, author of Animal farm 動物農場|动物农场 / and 1984 | |
| 夏洛特・勃良特 | Xià luò tè · Bó liáng tè | Charlotte Brontë / (1816-1855), English novelist, eldest of three Brontë / sisters, author of Jane Eyre 簡・愛|简・爱[Jian3 Ai4] | |
| 威廉・福克纳 | Wēi lián · Fú kè nà | William Faulkner (1897-1962), American novelist and poet | |
| 村上・春树 | Cūn shàng · Chūn shù | MURAKAMI Haruki (1949-), Japanese novelist and translator | |
| 查尔斯・狄更斯 | Chá ěr sī · Dí gēng sī | Charles Dickens (1812-1870), great English novelist | |
| 汤姆・罗宾斯 | Tāng mǔ · Luó bīn sī | Tom Robbins, American novelist | |
| 珍・奥斯汀 | Zhēn · Aò sī tīng | Jane Austen (1775-1817), English novelist / also written 簡・奧斯汀|简・奥斯汀[Jian3 · / Ao4 si1 ting1] | |
| 约翰・厄普代克 | Yuē hàn · E4 pǔ dài kè | John Updike, US novelist (1932-2009), Pulitzer Prize winner | |
| 纳撒尼尔・霍桑 | Nà sā ní ěr · Huò sāng | Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864) American novelist and short story writer | |
