There are about 35,000 authors whose books circulated in 2002; the 100 authors below, by themselves, produced 14% of all circulation.

Most popular authors for 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, & 2006; and, Most Popular NonFiction Titles for 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, & 2006

In order by popularity:
All the authors: Brown, Marc Tolon Hillerman, Tony Berenstain, Stan Seuss, Dr. Roberts, Nora Parker, Robert B. Grisham, John. Grafton, Sue. Stine, R. L. Rey, H. A. & Margret Cornwell, Patricia Patterson, James Rylant, Cynthia Bridwell, Norman L'Amour, Louis Clark, Mary Higgins King, Stephen Brown, Sandra Francis, Dick Woods, Stuart McGarrity, Michael Grimes, Martha Jance, Judith A. Erickson, John R. Perry, Anne Evanovich, Janet Christie, Agatha Sandford, John Beaton, M. C. Braun, Lilian Jackson Steel, Danielle Kellerman, Jonathan Keene, Carolyn Barr, Nevada Burke, James Lee Rowling, J. K. Rendell, Ruth Block, Lawrence Ludlum, Robert Kingsolver, Barbara Parish, Peggy Leonard, Elmore Peters, Elizabeth Cleary, Beverly Osborne, Mary Pope Allende, Isabel Connelly, Michael Clancy, Tom Tolkien, J. R. R. Coulter, Catherine Shreve, Anita Gilman, Dorothy Lobel, Arnold Muller, Marcia Wells, Rosemary James, P. D. Wilder, Laura Ingalls Martin, Ann M. Galdone, Paul McCaffrey, Anne Kaminsky, Stuart M. Greeley, Andrew M. McMurtry, Larry Bunting, Eve George, Elizabeth Steinbeck, John Dahl, Roald Moncure, Jane Belk Binchy, Maeve Steig, William Paulsen, Gary Chopra, Deepak Lowell, Elizabeth Brown, Rita Mae Bemelmans, Ludwig Peet, Bill Tyler, Anne Karon, Jan Follett, Ken Rice, Anne Paretsky, Sara Cornwell, Bernard DeMille, Nelson Crichton, Michael McCrumb, Sharyn Scottoline, Lisa Higgins, Jack Twain, Mark McBain, Ed Kellerman, Faye Warner, Gertrude Chandler Oates, Joyce Carol Van Gieson, Judith Bradley, Marion Zimmer Marzollo, Jean Cussler, Clive Potter, Beatrix Davidson, Diane Mott Koontz, Dean R. Yolen, Jane	Authors of books for young people: Brown, Marc Tolon Berenstain, Stan Seuss, Dr. Stine, R. L. Rey, H. A. & Margret Rylant, Cynthia Bridwell, Norman Erickson, John R. Keene, Carolyn Rowling, J. K. Parish, Peggy Osborne, Mary Pope Tolkien, J. R. R. Lobel, Arnold Wells, Rosemary Wilder, Laura Ingalls Martin, Ann M. Galdone, Paul McCaffrey, Anne Bunting, Eve Dahl, Roald Moncure, Jane Belk Steig, William Paulsen, Gary Bemelmans, Ludwig Peet, Bill Warner, Gertrude Chandler Marzollo, Jean Potter, Beatrix Yolen, Jane	Authors of books for adults: Hillerman, Tony Roberts, Nora Parker, Robert B. Grisham, John. Grafton, Sue. Cornwell, Patricia Patterson, James L'Amour, Louis Clark, Mary Higgins King, Stephen Brown, Sandra Francis, Dick Woods, Stuart McGarrity, Michael Grimes, Martha Jance, Judith A. Perry, Anne Evanovich, Janet Christie, Agatha Sandford, John Beaton, M. C. Braun, Lilian Jackson Steel, Danielle Kellerman, Jonathan Barr, Nevada Burke, James Lee Rendell, Ruth Block, Lawrence Ludlum, Robert Kingsolver, Barbara Leonard, Elmore Peters, Elizabeth Cleary, Beverly Allende, Isabel Connelly, Michael Clancy, Tom Tolkien, J. R. R. Coulter, Catherine Shreve, Anita Gilman, Dorothy Muller, Marcia James, P. D. McCaffrey, Anne Kaminsky, Stuart M. Greeley, Andrew M. McMurtry, Larry George, Elizabeth Steinbeck, John Binchy, Maeve Paulsen, Gary Chopra, Deepak Lowell, Elizabeth Brown, Rita Mae Tyler, Anne Karon, Jan Follett, Ken Rice, Anne Paretsky, Sara Cornwell, Bernard DeMille, Nelson Crichton, Michael McCrumb, Sharyn Scottoline, Lisa Higgins, Jack Twain, Mark McBain, Ed Kellerman, Faye Oates, Joyce Carol Van Gieson, Judith Bradley, Marion Zimmer Cussler, Clive Davidson, Diane Mott Koontz, Dean R.

Updated January 25, 2007.
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