The world's top ten literary giants referred to the ten people who had outstanding achievements and influence in different literary fields. They were usually categorized as science fiction, fantasy, history, reasoning, horror, and other different types of novels. The following is a list of the ten literary giants: 1 William F. Buckley 2 George Orwell 3 Hugo 4 Dickens (Dickens) 5. Beaupassant (Beaupassant) 6 Tolstoy (Tolstoy) William Somerset Maugham 8. Ernest Hemmingway (E Nesbiter) 9. Calvino (Carl Van Lingbo) 10 Margaret Atwood (Margaret Atwood) These.