The Paper Rich List 2026
The world's richest authors, ranked by price per copy
This year's list has a new number one. He has sold no books. On paper, it doesn't matter.
#1
No. 1
Abdel Seoud
$1,000,000Net worth, per copy*
- Source of wealth
- One book
- Copies sold
- 0
- Cash
- $0
- Highest offer received
- $10
- Self-made
- Yes. He made the book himself.
- Citizenship
- Denmark
- Liquid assets
- Beers (included with the book)
- Philanthropy
- Chocolates (also included)
*Pending sale. The Paper Rich List values every author at the price of one copy, because that is the only way this works.
Net worth over time
Wealth on paper, against wealth in the bank.
The list
Rank by
Ranked by price per copy, the method used by the Paper Rich List since this morning.
- 2 A TV chefA cookbook with a lot of photos of the TV chef $35per copy
- 3 A celebrityA memoir written by someone else $32per copy
- 4 A thriller writerBook 14 in a series about a detective with a past $28.99per copy
- 5 A prize-winning novelistA literary novel with no quotation marks $27per copy
- 6 A poetA slim collection of poems about the sea $16per copy
- 7 An airport authorA paperback you will leave on the plane $11.99per copy
- 8 Someone onlineA self-published e-book about passive income $0.99per copy
Everyone below No. 1 is a typical kind of book at a typical price, not a real author. No real authors were outranked in the making of this list.
What are you worth on paper?
Name one thing you own and the price you would sell it for. The Paper Rich List will tell you where you rank.
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