Santa Fe Public Library
|
These were the 100 most popular authors, based on circulation figures, in 2006.
The headliners are popular fiction authors, and children's series books. Our total circulation numbers are down this year, because the Bookstop closed in May. And the numbers will presumably skyrocket when the Southside Library opens later this spring. But the proportions remain quite consistent. There are about 37,000 authors whose books circulated in 2006. The 100 authors below, by themselves, produced 12% of all circulation. Another way of looking at it: everybody from #60 —Hank the Cowdog's creator John R. Erickson— 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 & 2005; and Most Popular Non-Fiction Titles 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, and 2006; and, |
| All the authors: Roberts, Nora McCall Smith, Alexander Patterson, James Seuss, Dr. Parker, Robert B. Osborne, Mary Pope Evanovich, Janet Grafton, Sue Hillerman, Tony Cornwell, Patricia Berenstain, Stan Brown, Sandra McGarrity, Michael Connelly, Michael Rowling, J. K. Brown, Marc Tolon Woods, Stuart King, Stephen Sandford, John Kellerman, Jonathan Steel, Danielle Perry, Anne Grisham, John Braun, Lilian Jackson Grimes, Martha James, P. D. Stine, R. L. Rey, H. A. & Margret Peters, Elizabeth Rylant, Cynthia Jance, J. A. Barr, Nevada Koontz, Dean R. Coulter, Catherine McMurtry, Larry Scottoline, Lisa Rendell, Ruth Beaton, M. C. Davis, Jim Leon, Donna Clark, Mary Higgins Johansen, Iris Baldacci, David Christie, Agatha Burke, James Lee Mosley, Walter Block, Lawrence Martin, Ann M. Park, Barbara Austen, Jane Robb, J. D. Preston, Douglas Brown, Dan Snicket, Lemony Dahl, Roald McBain, Ed O'Brian, Patrick Child, Lee Michaels, Fern Erickson, John R. Francis, Dick Keene, Carolyn Leonard, Elmore Gabaldon, Diana. Lewis, C. S. Shreve, Anita Thurlo, Aimee Brown, Rita Mae Picoult, Jodi Cornwell, Bernard Hiaasen, Carl McCarthy, Cormac Crichton, Michael Bridwell, Norman Dadey, Debbie Griffin, W. E. B. Tyler, Anne L'Amour, Louis Coben, Harlan Lescroart, John T. Allende, Isabel King, Laurie R. Steinbeck, John Anaya, Rudolfo A. Cole, Joanna Kidd, Sue Monk Sparks, Nicholas George, Elizabeth Dickens, Charles Reichs, Kathy Chopra, Deepak Twain, Mark Lackey, Mercedes Wells, Rosemary Deaver, Jeffery Kaminsky, Stuart M. Berg, Elizabeth Parish, Peggy Paretsky, Sara Gerritsen, Tess Tan, Amy |
Authors of books for young people: Seuss, Dr. Osborne, Mary Pope Berenstain, Stan Rowling, J. K. Brown, Marc Tolon Stine, R. L. Rey, Margret Rylant, Cynthia Davis, Jim Martin, Ann M. Park, Barbara Snicket, Lemony Dahl, Roald Erickson, John R. Keene, Carolyn Lewis, C. S. Bridwell, Norman Dadey, Debbie Cole, Joanna Lackey, Mercedes Wells, Rosemary Parish, Peggy |
Authors of books for adults: Roberts, Nora McCall Smith, Alexander Patterson, James Parker, Robert B. Evanovich, Janet Grafton, Sue Hillerman, Tony Cornwell, Patricia Brown, Sandra McGarrity, Michael Connelly, Michael Woods, Stuart King, Stephen Sandford, John Kellerman, Jonathan Steel, Danielle Perry, Anne Grisham, John Braun, Lilian Jackson Grimes, Martha James, P. D. Peters, Elizabeth . Jance, J. A. Barr, Nevada Koontz, Dean R. Coulter, Catherine McMurtry, Larry Scottoline, Lisa Rendell, Ruth Beaton, M. C. Leon, Donna Clark, Mary Higgins Johansen, Iris Baldacci, David Christie, Agatha Burke, James Lee Mosley, Walter Block, Lawrence Austen, Jane Robb, J. D. Preston, Douglas Brown, Dan Dahl, Roald McBain, Ed O'Brian, Patrick Child, Lee Michaels, Fern Francis, Dick Leonard, Elmore Gabaldon, Diana. Shreve, Anita Thurlo, Aimee Brown, Rita Mae Picoult, Jodi Cornwell, Bernard Hiaasen, Carl McCarthy, Cormac Crichton, Michael Griffin, W. E. B. Tyler, Anne L'Amour, Louis Coben, Harlan Lescroart, John T. Allende, Isabel King, Laurie R. Steinbeck, John Anaya, Rudolfo A. Kidd, Sue Monk Sparks, Nicholas George, Elizabeth Dickens, Charles Reichs, Kathy Chopra, Deepak Twain, Mark Deaver, Jeffery Kaminsky, Stuart M. Berg, Elizabeth Paretsky, Sara Gerritsen, Tess Tan, Amy |
More about this list:
'Literary' authors who appear in the top 100 are Larry McMurtry, Jane Austen,
C. S. Lewis, Anne Tyler, Isabel Allende, John Steinbeck, Rudolfo Anaya, Charles Dickens, and Mark Twain.
Rudolfo Anaya, John Steinbeck, and Amy Tan. And in the second 100, Ian McEwan, Joyce Carol Oates, Margaret Atwood,
Ernest Hemingway, Philip Roth, T. Coraghessen Boyle, Louise Erdrich, William Shakespeare, Gabriel Garcia Marquez,
Jack London, John Updike, Barbara Kingsolver, Salman Rushdie, and quite a few more. The only non-fiction author in the top hundred this year
is Deepak Chopra. In the second hundred, Thich Nhat Hanh and the Dalai Lama...
'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. In general, brand new titles create a demand for
an author's backlist. Newer authors--think Lemony Snicket, J. K. Rowling, Alexander McCall-Smith, Dan Brown --come along, build a following,
and move up the list. Old favorites--for example, Dick Francis-- slip down in popularity. Barbara Kingsolver is still
popular among Santa Fe readers, but she hasn't published a novel in a long time. She's drifted down into the second
hundred; when she publishes a new novel, or if her non-fiction title scheduled for this year is a hit, people will
read that one and lots of her earlier titles, and the numbers will pile up again.
|
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 |
Top 20 authors in 2006 Roberts, Nora McCall Smith, Alexander Patterson, James Seuss, Dr. Parker, Robert B. Osborne, Mary Pope Evanovich, Janet Grafton, Sue Hillerman, Tony Cornwell, Patricia Berenstain, Stan Brown, Sandra McGarrity, Michael Connelly, Michael Rowling, J. K. Brown, Marc Tolon Woods, Stuart King, Stephen Sandford, John Kellerman, Jonathan |
Updated January 25, 2007.
Santa Fe Public Library, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
Home Page
-||- About Books and Literature
-||- Library Catalog
-||- Internet Starting Points