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Who were the Most Popular Authors in 1998?

These were the most popular authors, based on circulation figures, in 1998. No surprises here: the headliners are childrens picture book authors, and mystery and other pop fiction authors. First (highest circulating) literary author to appear, Toni Morrison (and next one, further down the list, is Shakespeare). First nonfiction author to come up, Deepak Chopra.

We have 39,420 authors in our collection. The sixty or so authors listed below, just by themselves, produced 9.2% of our total circulation for 1998!

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

In order by popularity:
All the authors:
Seuss, Dr.
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
Potter, Beatrix
King, Stephen
Warner, Gertrude Chandler
Brown, Sandra
L'Amour, Louis
Parish, Peggy
Roberts, Nora
Block, Lawrence
Lobel, Arnold
Clancy, Tom
Woods, Stuart
McCaffrey, Anne
Rylant, Cynthia
Kellerman, Jonathan
Grimes, Martha
Rice, Anne
Sanders, Lawrence
James, P. D.
De Paola, Tomie
Bemelmans, Ludwig
Jance, Judith A.
Cleary, Beverly
Suzanne, Jamie
Moncure, Jane Belk
Dixon, Franklin W.
Bradley, Marion Zimmer
Michener, James A.
Tripp, Valerie
Ludlum, Robert
Coulter, Catherine
Applegate, Katherine
Leonard, Elmore
Muller, Marcia
Sheldon, Sidney
Rendell, Ruth
Dahl, Roald
Morrison, Toni
Bunting, Eve
Koontz, Dean R.
Authors of books for young people:
Seuss, Dr.
Stine, R. L.
Berenstain, Stan
Rey, H. A. & Margret
Bridwell, Norman
Martin, Ann M.
Brown, Marc Tolon
Erickson, John R.
Keene, Carolyn
Potter, Beatrix
Warner, Gertrude Chandler
Parish, Peggy
Lobel, Arnold
Rylant, Cynthia
De Paola, Tomie
Bemelmans, Ludwig
Cleary, Beverly
Suzanne, Jamie
Moncure, Jane Belk
Dixon, Franklin W.
Tripp, Valerie
Applegate, Katherine
Dahl, Roald
Bunting, Eve
 Authors of books for adults:
Hillerman, Tony
Grisham, John
Francis, Dick
Grafton, Sue
Cornwell, Patricia Daniels
Clark, Mary Higgins
Steel, Danielle
Parker, Robert B.
Perry, Anne
Braun, Lilian Jackson
Christie, Agatha
King, Stephen
Brown, Sandra
L'Amour, Louis
Roberts, Nora
Block, Lawrence
Clancy, Tom
Woods, Stuart
McCaffrey, Anne
Kellerman, Jonathan
Grimes, Martha
Rice, Anne
Sanders, Lawrence
James, P. D.
Jance, Judith A.
Bradley, Marion Zimmer
Michener, James A.
Ludlum, Robert
Coulter, Catherine
Leonard, Elmore
Muller, Marcia
Sheldon, Sidney
Rendell, Ruth
Morrison, Toni
Koontz, Dean R.

Updated January 25, 2007.
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