Top 40 Literary Fiction Influencers in 2026

1. Alfred A. Knopf

Bio #ABorzoiBook • Dedicated to publishing distinguished fiction and nonfiction since 1915.
An imprint of @penguinrandomhouse. *****@randomhouse.com Instagram Handle @aaknopf Instagram Followers 134.9K Follower Growth (3mo) +3% Type Macro Gender Male Get Email Contact Request 633 Literary Fiction Instagram Influencers with email contacts in a spreadsheet or csv file. Email us at [email protected] Copy emailEmail us

2. Tessa Tumyol

Bio Romanticizing life online & off 🕯️Sharing Lit Homebody finds that make life sweeter ☕️🧺 and making the ordinary, extraordinary ✨ *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @thelithomebody Instagram Followers 82.4K Follower Growth (3mo) +1% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

3. Lucca

Bio 📖 Your book bestie for fantasy, romance & lit-fic
💞 Corporate girlie by day, reader by night
💌 *****@outlook.com
👇 Add me on Goodreads! Instagram Handle @powers_books Instagram Followers 42.6K Follower Growth (3mo) -1% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

4. Kimberly Murphree

Bio Multi-genre book reviewer.
STEM/Young Readers Advocate
Go to my reels tab for funny content. 📚 Instagram Handle @kayckay_bookreviews Instagram Followers 40K Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

5. Stephanie

Bio reader 📖 | avid traveler ✈️ | SLP 🗣️ |📍NC
Welcome to my bookish corner 📚
📖:Romance Revival
🎧:Ruinous Ends
📚’s of 2026: 56/100
#stephonashelfreview Instagram Handle @stephonashelf Instagram Followers 31.3K Follower Growth (3mo) -1% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

6. Dawn

Bio Nederlandse literatuur 🖋️
🎙️ TikTok: @girlneedstoread
🎓 Afgestudeerd boekwetenschapper
💌 Samenwerken *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @girlneedstoread Instagram Followers 30.5K Follower Growth (3mo) -1% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

7. Marcus

Bio 📔 Translated literature, weird lit fic, and horror
🇨🇦 Toronto | 📊 Biostatistician | 🏳️‍🌈
📧 Inquiries: *****@Gmail.com Instagram Handle @lit_laugh_luv Instagram Followers 29.7K Follower Growth (3mo) +13% Type Micro Gender Male Get Email Contact

8. Carly Watters

Bio 📓 Senior Lit Agent @psliteraryagency
🎙 Pod - @the_shit_about_writing
✍️ Subtack - The Weekend Rant
⬇️ Creator - Author’s Publishing Playbook course *****@psliterary.com Instagram Handle @carlywatters Instagram Followers 28.5K Follower Growth (3mo) +7% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

9. Lauren & Sheryl

Bio @iamlaurenmcbride @sherylbeeshares
Romance & women’s fiction 📚🔥
TRAVELING BOOK CLUB
Join us here 👇🏻 Instagram Handle @litchicksread Instagram Followers 28.4K Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

10. Janelle Janson

Bio books + bookshelves
📖 weird girl fic, horror, lit fic, classics, nonfiction, thriller
🐈‍⬛ n california, cats + dog
@thunderstormbooks @earthlingpub *****@shereadswithcats.com Instagram Handle @shereadswithcats Instagram Followers 28.2K Follower Growth (3mo) +1% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

11. Leighellen

Bio Book Buyer, Book Club Host, Farm Life *****@leighellenlandskov.com Instagram Handle @mommaleighellensbooknook Instagram Followers 27.3K Follower Growth (3mo) -1% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

12. Amanda

Bio Mainer 🦞
will read ANYTHING at least once
always reading at least 3 books at a time
can be bribed with iced coffee and pasta. or burritos. or sushi. *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @lilacsandliterature Instagram Followers 15.5K Follower Growth (3mo) -2% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

13. Corinne

Bio ✨Life is books
hist fic, lit fic, romance, and dabbles in fantasy
Just a reader in…
📍Washington DC *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @lavieestbooks Instagram Followers 9.9K Follower Growth (3mo) -1% Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

14. Simone Siew

Bio Books, art, writing, culture, ephemera
Chicago • Subscribe to Blabbermouth on Substack
💌 @penguinrandomhouse on TikTok *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @balloonbreath Instagram Followers 7.9K Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

15. Yas Rihel

Bio 𝑰𝒎𝒎𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒆𝒅 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒂𝒈𝒊𝒄 𝒐𝒇 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒅𝒔. 🌟 #writer #poet Instagram Handle @yasrihel Instagram Followers 7.6K Follower Growth (3mo) -4% Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

16. Ashley Faye

Bio 🕯️🌱🧸
#christian † #stay ♪ #creativeadult ˎˊ˗
ᯓ★ created to counsel; in written words and in the lives of those around me. Instagram Handle @__ashleyfaye Instagram Followers 7.4K Follower Growth (3mo) +23% Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

17. Shelley Anderson

Bio In love with books and beautiful writing. Literary fiction, sci-fi, graphic novels and non-fiction. 🏳️‍🌈 Instagram Handle @shelleyanderson4127 Instagram Followers 5.9K Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

18. Zineb

Bio 29 | Casablanca, 🇲🇦
Contemporary and lit. fic. girlie
Co-host of @conversationswithzineb
Experiencing life and books✨ Instagram Handle @thatszineb Instagram Followers 3.4K Follower Growth (3mo) +1% Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

19. Beth and Syd

Bio 🎙️podcast: Live, Laugh, Literary Fiction
📧 *****@gmail.com
💫 fantasy / fiction / romance (we really aren’t fussy!) Instagram Handle @livelaughlitfiction Instagram Followers 2.8K Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

20. Andrea

Bio I read popular books for fun & I share my honest thoughts 😊
Contemporary Fiction, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction, Romance. BOTMBFF
📍 Raleigh, NC *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @meetyournextbook Instagram Followers 2.4K Follower Growth (3mo) -2% Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

21. Sue Mell

Bio Whimsy, sadness, and beauty in the everyday.
A New Day - Stories coming 9/3/24
To order my books or join my newsletter, follow the links Instagram Handle @suemellwrites Instagram Followers 1K Follower Growth (3mo) +1% Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

22. Rachelle

Bio book reviews n whatnot — mostly classics, lit fics, and fantasy
27 | 🇵🇭🇪🇸 Instagram Handle @m00dreads Instagram Followers 809 Follower Growth (3mo) +4% Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

23. Ana

Bio i get emotionally attached to fictional characters
• avid reader and amateur reviewer
• join my book club for monthly reads! *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @ananascanread Instagram Followers 153.5K Type Macro Gender Female Get Email Contact

24. Laci Carrera

Bio ♥️ Literary fiction, speculative fiction, short stories, mystery, fantasy, romance & occasional horror reader *****@bookpairings.com Instagram Handle @bookpairings Instagram Followers 40K Follower Growth (3mo) -2% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

25. Benedetta

Bio 📚Literary wanderlust✨
📍IE *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @tender_is_the_read Instagram Followers 25.9K Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

26. Suzanne

Bio | gothic horror & epic fantasy author represented by Rebecca Angus at @HowlandLit🌿 |🪻 *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @suzannealbanis Instagram Followers 18.9K Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

27. Spencer Margaret

Bio books are magic✨
cozy | witchy | lit fic | female rage | lgbtq
minneapolis 🏳️‍🌈🪩🍄❤️‍🔥 *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @spencermmargaret Instagram Followers 16.9K Follower Growth (3mo) -2% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

28. Mikha

Bio 💌 25 — *****@gmail.com
📖 cr: no matter what by cara bastone
📚 litfic, women’s fic, romance, contemp, etc. Instagram Handle @mikhareads Instagram Followers 15.3K Follower Growth (3mo) -1% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

29. Mali R

Bio a digital reading diary 💌
25 l 📍puerto rico l lit fic and fantasy
📚28/75 *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @backtoreads Instagram Followers 14.4K Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

30. Megan Ward

Bio 𝖺 𝗁𝗈𝗆𝖾 𝖿𝗈𝗋 𝗆𝗒 𝖻𝗈𝗈𝗄𝗌
current reads: 58/75
📍𝗐𝗂𝗅𝗆𝗂𝗇𝗀𝗍𝗈𝗇, 𝗇𝖼 *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @libraryfaerie Instagram Followers 13.1K Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

31. Monica

Bio Scorpio | Slytherin | Enneagram 8w9
Host of I’m Over Lit Book Club ☕️
Lit Fic is My Jam 💃🏽
🌲 | Raleigh, North Carolina Instagram Handle @imprettybooked Instagram Followers 5.7K Follower Growth (3mo) -2% Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

32. Sarah

Bio 💌 my love letter to literary wonders 💌
+ horror, lit fic.
@inthevoidbookclub, 🤡⚰️🔪🎟✨ Instagram Handle @voidedlux Instagram Followers 3.9K Follower Growth (3mo) -2% Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

33. Kat

Bio 📖 15/16 Little Thieves / Wuthering Heights
🇬🇧 uk, yorkshire
📖 book lover
📚 lit fic/contemporary fiction
💖 romance
🐉 fantasy
#ukbookstagram Instagram Handle @mybookishfriends Instagram Followers 3.1K Follower Growth (3mo) -1% Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

34. Laura

Bio Nose in a book since the Nixon Admin.
✨🧶📚☕️🍷🍵📚🧶✨
Mostly literary fiction, but I read all genres. Instagram Handle @affiknittyreads Instagram Followers 924 Follower Growth (3mo) +2% Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

35. Sarah

Bio Fear no more says the heart, committing its burden to some sea, which sighs collectively for all sorrows, and renews, begins, collects, lets fall. Instagram Handle @fearnomoresaystheheart Instagram Followers 739 Follower Growth (3mo) +2% Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

36. Len Joy

Bio Award-winning author of FREEDOM'S JUST ANOTHER WORD... and 4 other novels. I write stories about the life lived after the cheering stops. *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @len_joy7 Instagram Followers 362 Follower Growth (3mo) +1% Type Nano Gender Male Get Email Contact