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These were the 100 most popular authors, based on circulation figures, in 2005.
The headliners are mystery and other popular fiction authors, and children's picture books. There are about 37,000 authors whose books circulated in 2005; the 100 authors below, by themselves, produced 12% of all circulation. Another way of looking at it: everybody from #74, Peggy Parish, upwards was checked out of our library system at least once a day... and Nora Roberts at the top of the list was checked out four times a day. Every day. All year long. Most popular authors for: 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, & 2006; and Most Popular Non-Fiction Titles 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004; and, |
| All the authors: Roberts, Nora Hillerman, Tony McCall Smith, Alexander Parker, Robert B. Grisham, John Evanovich, Janet Patterson, James Berenstain, Stan Seuss, Dr. Rowling, J. K. Osborne, Mary Pope Brown, Marc Tolon Cornwell, Patricia Daniels Brown, Sandra Sandford, John Stine, R. L. Kellerman, Jonathan Grafton, Sue Steel, Danielle Braun, Lilian Jackson Rylant, Cynthia Connelly, Michael Perry, Anne Woods, Stuart Barr, Nevada McGarrity, Michael King, Stephen Brown, Dan Peters, Elizabeth Snicket, Lemony Erickson, John R. Rey, H. A. & Margret Jance, Judith A. Grimes, Martha Anaya, Rudolfo A. Johansen, Iris Park, Barbara Coulter, Catherine McMurtry, Larry Burke, James Lee Scottoline, Lisa L'Amour, Louis Koontz, Dean R. Baldacci, David Hiaasen, Carl Clark, Mary Higgins O'Brian, Patrick George, Elizabeth Rendell, Ruth Christie, Agatha Robb, J. D. Martin, Ann M. Dadey, Debbie Leonard, Elmore Binchy, Maeve Follett, Ken Francis, Dick Beaton, M. C. Block, Lawrence Crichton, Michael Austen, Jane Dahl, Roald Bridwell, Norman Cornwell, Bernard Thurlo, Aimée Steinbeck, John Cussler, Clive Leon, Donna Brown, Rita Mae Higgins, Jack King, Laurie R. McBain, Ed Chopra, Deepak Parish, Peggy Picoult, Jodi Shreve, Anita McEwan, Ian Rey, Margret Allende, Isabel Keene, Carolyn Wells, Rosemary Kidd, Sue Monk Lescroart, John T. Yolen, Jane Preston, Douglas J. Child, Lee Cole, Joanna Sparks, Nicholas Hemingway, Ernest Davidson, Diane Mott Bradford, Barbara Taylor Ludlum, Robert Nhat Hanh, Thich Twain, Mark Lewis, C. S. Muller, Marcia Kaminsky, Stuart M. Rankin, Ian Carle, Eric Shakespeare, William Quick, Amanda |
Authors of books for young people: Berenstain, Stan Seuss, Dr. Rowling, J. K. Osborne, Mary Pope Brown, Marc Tolon Stine, R. L. Rylant, Cynthia Snicket, Lemony Erickson, John R. Rey, H. A. & Margret Park, Barbara Martin, Ann M. Dadey, Debbie Bridwell, Norman Dahl, Roald Parish, Peggy Keene, Carolyn Wells, Rosemary Yolen, Jane Cole, Joanna Lewis, C. S. Carle, Eric |
Authors of books for adults: Roberts, Nora Hillerman, Tony McCall Smith, Alexander Parker, Robert B. Grisham, John Evanovich, Janet Patterson, James Cornwell, Patricia Daniels Brown, Sandra Sandford, John Kellerman, Jonathan Grafton, Sue Steel, Danielle Braun, Lilian Jackson Connelly, Michael Perry, Anne Woods, Stuart Barr, Nevada McGarrity, Michael King, Stephen Brown, Dan Peters, Elizabeth Jance, Judith A. Grimes, Martha Anaya, Rudolfo A. Johansen, Iris Coulter, Catherine McMurtry, Larry Burke, James Lee Scottoline, Lisa L'Amour, Louis Koontz, Dean R. Baldacci, David Hiaasen, Carl Clark, Mary Higgins O'Brian, Patrick George, Elizabeth Rendell, Ruth Christie, Agatha Robb, J. D. Leonard, Elmore Binchy, Maeve Follett, Ken Francis, Dick Beaton, M. C. Block, Lawrence Crichton, Michael Austen, Jane Cornwell, Bernard Thurlo, Aimée Steinbeck, John Cussler, Clive Leon, Donna Brown, Rita Mae Higgins, Jack King, Laurie R. McBain, Ed Chopra, Deepak Picoult, Jodi Shreve, Anita McEwan, Ian Allende, Isabel Kidd, Sue Monk Lescroart, John T. Preston, Douglas J. Child, Lee Sparks, Nicholas Hemingway, Ernest Davidson, Diane Mott Bradford, Barbara Taylor Ludlum, Robert Nhat Hanh, Thich Twain, Mark Lewis, C. S. Muller, Marcia Kaminsky, Stuart M. Rankin, Ian Shakespeare, William Quick, Amanda |
More about this list:
'Literary' authors who appear in the top 100 are Rudolfo Anaya, John Steinbeck,
Larry McMurtry, Jane Austen, Ian McEwan, Isabel Allende, Mark Twain, William Shakespeare and Ernest Hemingway;
in the second 100, Barbara Kingsolver, Louise Erdrich, Joyce Carol Oates, Margaret Atwood, Charles Dickens, Anne Tyler,
Gabriel García Márquez, and Willa Cather.) Non-fiction authors in the top hundred this year
(and most years): Deepak Chopra and Thich Nhat Hanh.
'Most popular' is a moving target. In general it means an author with lots of
titles, which usually means we have lots of copies. If we have audio versions of an author's books,
that also piles up the numbers, because audio circulates like wild. There are noticable changes. Alexander McCall Smith popped up
into the top three because he had a lot of new titles all at once. In general brand new titles create a demand for
an author's backlist. Newer authors--think Lemony Snicket, J. K. Rowling, Dan Brown--come along, build a following,
and move up the list. Old favorites--for example, Dick Francis-- slip down in popularity. Barbara Kingsolver
most recent title was a book of essays published in 2002. Though still popular among Santa Fe readers, she's drifted
down into the second hundred; if she
publishes a new novel this year, people will read that one and lots of her earlier titles, and the numbers will
pile up again.
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Top 20 authors 1988-1992 Dr. Seuss Hillerman, Tony Berenstain, Stan Martin, Ann M. Keene, Carolyn L'Amour, Louis Christie, Agatha Potter, Beatrix Francis, Dick Steel, Danielle William, Kate King, Stephen Cleary, Beverly McBain, Ed Blume, Judy Parish, Peggy Dixon, Franklin W. De Paola, Tomie Sharmat, Marjorie Weinman Suzanne, Jamie |
Top 20 authors in 1998 Dr. Seuss Stine, R. L. Berenstain, Stan Rey, H. A. & Margret Bridwell, Norman Hillerman, Tony Grisham, John Martin, Ann M. Brown, Marc Tolon Francis, Dick Grafton, Sue Cornwell, Patricia Daniels Clark, Mary Higgins Steel, Danielle Parker, Robert B. Erickson, John R. Perry, Anne Braun, Lilian Jackson Keene, Carolyn Christie, Agatha |
Top 20 authors in 2004 Roberts, Nora Berenstain, Stan Grisham, John Hillerman, Tony Dr. Seuss Brown, Marc Tolon Patterson, James Parker, Robert B. Brown, Dan Osborne, Mary Pope Evanovich, Janet Brown, Sandra Grafton, Sue Cornwell, Patricia Sandford, John McGarrity, Michael King, Stephen Rylant, Cynthia Barr, Nevada Rey, H. A. & Margret |
Top 20 authors in 2005 Roberts, Nora Hillerman, Tony McCall Smith, Alexander Parker, Robert B. Grisham, John Evanovich, Janet Patterson, James Berenstain, Stan Seuss, Dr. Rowling, J. K. Osborne, Mary Pope Brown, Marc Tolon Cornwell, Patricia Daniels Brown, Sandra Sandford, John Stine, R. L. Kellerman, Jonathan Grafton, Sue Steel, Danielle Braun, Lilian Jackson |
Updated January 24, 2007.
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