Top 100 Authors by Books Sold

Sarah J. Maas

50,236 books sold

59 titles • 5,138 for sale

Colleen Hoover

39,376 books sold

39 titles • 16,536 for sale

Stephen King

30,697 books sold

221 titles • 7,633 for sale

Freida McFadden

18,884 books sold

41 titles • 4,724 for sale

Taylor Jenkins Reid

18,478 books sold

12 titles • 4,531 for sale

Kristin Hannah

18,447 books sold

34 titles • 3,752 for sale

Rebecca Yarros

16,112 books sold

37 titles • 4,154 for sale

Emily Henry

14,915 books sold

17 titles • 4,033 for sale

Christina Lauren

14,897 books sold

37 titles • 4,277 for sale

Jennifer L. Armentrout

14,843 books sold

92 titles • 3,382 for sale

Leigh Bardugo

13,859 books sold

32 titles • 4,305 for sale

V. E. Schwab

12,472 books sold

29 titles • 1,662 for sale

Cassandra Clare

12,456 books sold

64 titles • 4,150 for sale

Lisa Jewell

11,653 books sold

24 titles • 3,537 for sale

Ali Hazelwood

11,166 books sold

16 titles • 2,979 for sale

Elle Kennedy

10,750 books sold

76 titles • 2,018 for sale

Abby Jimenez

10,650 books sold

9 titles • 1,876 for sale

Penelope Douglas

10,237 books sold

25 titles • 1,546 for sale

Tessa Bailey

9,918 books sold

61 titles • 3,995 for sale

Riley Sager

9,586 books sold

12 titles • 1,441 for sale

J. K. Rowling

9,439 books sold

50 titles • 4,647 for sale

Stephanie Garber

9,428 books sold

26 titles • 2,774 for sale

Holly Black

9,273 books sold

82 titles • 2,984 for sale

Brandon Sanderson

9,145 books sold

91 titles • 767 for sale

Lucy Score

9,143 books sold

42 titles • 4,439 for sale

Tahereh Mafi

9,107 books sold

33 titles • 1,807 for sale

Fredrik Backman

8,995 books sold

19 titles • 1,705 for sale

Ana Huang

8,723 books sold

29 titles • 4,408 for sale

James Patterson

8,717 books sold

483 titles • 14,161 for sale

Rick Riordan

8,504 books sold

143 titles • 3,948 for sale

Alex Michaelides

8,163 books sold

3 titles • 2,782 for sale

Elsie Silver

7,930 books sold

28 titles • 2,246 for sale

Ruth Ware

7,799 books sold

17 titles • 3,760 for sale

Katee Robert

7,792 books sold

85 titles • 2,060 for sale

Alice Feeney

7,458 books sold

8 titles • 979 for sale

R. F. Kuang

7,294 books sold

9 titles • 745 for sale

Elin Hilderbrand

7,206 books sold

45 titles • 3,823 for sale

Holly Jackson

7,005 books sold

18 titles • 2,783 for sale

Scarlett St. Clair

6,962 books sold

21 titles • 2,217 for sale

Stephenie Meyer

6,953 books sold

28 titles • 2,582 for sale

Julia Quinn

6,907 books sold

57 titles • 1,837 for sale

Marissa Meyer

6,738 books sold

36 titles • 1,921 for sale

Madeline Miller

6,666 books sold

4 titles • 896 for sale

Jennifer Lynn Barnes

6,434 books sold

39 titles • 2,803 for sale

TJ Klune

5,989 books sold

26 titles • 880 for sale

Lucy Foley

5,925 books sold

10 titles • 2,390 for sale

Karin Slaughter

5,891 books sold

40 titles • 1,736 for sale

Matt Haig

5,888 books sold

27 titles • 1,296 for sale

Kerri Maniscalco

5,812 books sold

22 titles • 2,194 for sale

Victoria Aveyard

5,802 books sold

26 titles • 2,162 for sale

Jenny Han

5,730 books sold

22 titles • 2,739 for sale

Sophie Lark

5,291 books sold

39 titles • 2,153 for sale

Grady Hendrix

5,245 books sold

17 titles • 970 for sale

R. L. Stine

5,212 books sold

514 titles • 1,708 for sale

Jodi Picoult

5,013 books sold

35 titles • 4,701 for sale

Nora Roberts

4,945 books sold

394 titles • 7,748 for sale

Ashley Poston

4,862 books sold

12 titles • 1,302 for sale

Agatha Christie

4,856 books sold

203 titles • 1,013 for sale

Neil Gaiman

4,853 books sold

245 titles • 2,621 for sale

Carley Fortune

4,835 books sold

5 titles • 1,281 for sale

Emily McIntire

4,819 books sold

19 titles • 1,590 for sale

Meghan Quinn

4,760 books sold

83 titles • 1,211 for sale

Brynne Weaver

4,604 books sold

12 titles • 866 for sale

Margaret Atwood

4,551 books sold

84 titles • 1,087 for sale

Stacy Willingham

4,538 books sold

3 titles • 1,257 for sale

Sierra Simone

4,529 books sold

57 titles • 1,164 for sale

Mary Kubica

4,489 books sold

13 titles • 1,472 for sale

Rebecca Ross

4,456 books sold

14 titles • 1,294 for sale

Lauren Asher

4,421 books sold

23 titles • 2,986 for sale

Jeneva Rose

4,370 books sold

14 titles • 1,556 for sale

George R. R. Martin

4,356 books sold

105 titles • 1,973 for sale

Nicholas Sparks

4,331 books sold

34 titles • 6,695 for sale

Gillian Flynn

4,320 books sold

11 titles • 1,812 for sale

Diana Gabaldon

4,307 books sold

36 titles • 1,870 for sale

Jay Kristoff

4,276 books sold

22 titles • 736 for sale

Sarah Adams

4,267 books sold

19 titles • 1,054 for sale

Caroline Peckham

4,263 books sold

76 titles • 531 for sale

Susanne Valenti

4,219 books sold

70 titles • 529 for sale

Pierce Brown

4,154 books sold

18 titles • 79 for sale

Megan Miranda

4,096 books sold

17 titles • 1,991 for sale

Simone St. James

4,088 books sold

10 titles • 783 for sale

Hannah Grace

4,004 books sold

7 titles • 2,183 for sale

Jessa Hastings

3,996 books sold

13 titles • 1,192 for sale

Anne Rice

3,948 books sold

58 titles • 1,226 for sale

Sally Rooney

3,942 books sold

9 titles • 927 for sale

Suzanne Collins

3,941 books sold

27 titles • 2,076 for sale

Silvia Moreno-García

3,923 books sold

23 titles • 671 for sale

H. D. Carlton

3,900 books sold

9 titles • 925 for sale

Liane Moriarty

3,891 books sold

13 titles • 3,140 for sale

Rachel Gillig

3,871 books sold

6 titles • 605 for sale

Neal Shusterman

3,787 books sold

58 titles • 995 for sale

Jojo Moyes

3,780 books sold

20 titles • 2,619 for sale

John Green

3,778 books sold

53 titles • 3,951 for sale

Krista & Becca Ritchie

3,750 books sold

39 titles • 865 for sale

Sarah Pekkanen

3,732 books sold

16 titles • 1,928 for sale

J. R. R. Tolkien

3,726 books sold

77 titles • 955 for sale

Adrienne Young

3,709 books sold

16 titles • 1,055 for sale

Shari Lapena

3,700 books sold

12 titles • 1,539 for sale

B.K. Borison

3,675 books sold

7 titles • 951 for sale

Rebecca Serle

3,671 books sold

10 titles • 1,493 for sale