First, there was bookstagram, and now, authorstagram. (Admittedly, not as catchy as the first, but we just made it up.) In honor of National Author Day, here’s the top-selling writers on the platform right now.
Eiichiro Oda (@eiichiro.oda)
https://www.instagram.com/p/oHL3IngYIk/?hl=en&taken-by=eiichiro.oda
📚 Books Sold: 440 million
📖 Books Published: 90
📈 Most Famous Title: One Piece
R.L. Stine (@rl_stine1)
https://www.instagram.com/p/BhWilJanOjv/?hl=en&taken-by=rl_stine1
📚 Books Sold: 400 million
📖 Books Published: 430+
📈 Most Famous Title: The Goosebumps series
Dean Koontz (@deankoontzofficial)
https://www.instagram.com/p/BVhp-OEA6GV/?hl=en&taken-by=deankoontzofficial
📚 Books Sold: 400 million
📖 Books Published: 91
📈 Most Famous Titles: Odd Thomas, Demon Seed, Watchers
Nora Roberts (@norarobertsauthor)
https://www.instagram.com/p/BnycaAsFyGZ/?taken-by=norarobertsauthor
📚 Books Sold: 400 million
📖 Books Published: Over 200
📈 Most Famous Titles: Vision in White, Blue Dahlia, The Next Always
Akira Toriyama (@akira.toriyama)
https://www.instagram.com/p/BW93Ii8guYY/?hl=en&taken-by=akira.toriyama
📚 Books Sold: 396 million
📖 Books Published: 66
📈 Most Famous Title: Dragon Ball
Stephen King (@stephenking)
https://www.instagram.com/p/BfO6SGMlHGT/?taken-by=stephenking
📚 Books Sold: 350 million
📖 Books Published: 70
📈 Most Famous Title: Too many to list: It, Carrie, The Shining…
Paulo Coelho (@paulocoelho)
https://www.instagram.com/p/BpFYmt-FX9B/?hl=en&taken-by=paulocoelho
📚 Books Sold: 350 million
📖 Books Published: 28
📈 Most Famous Title: The Alchemist
James Patterson (@jamespattersonbooks)
https://www.instagram.com/p/BpUlW7lnLSC/?hl=en&taken-by=jamespattersonbooks
📚 Books Sold: 275 million
📖 Books Published: 98
📈 Most Famous Titles: First to Die, The Midnight Club, Along Came a Spider, Kiss the Girls
John Grisham (@johngrishamauthor)
https://www.instagram.com/p/BpXhRZgFX0i/?hl=en&taken-by=johngrishamauthor
📚 Books Sold: 250 million
📖 Books Published: 22
📈 Most Famous Title: The Reckoning, The Firm, A Time to Kill
Kishimoto Masashi (@kishimoto_masashi)
https://www.instagram.com/p/XzZthhHus-/?hl=en&taken-by=kishimoto_masashi
📚 Books Sold: 235 million
📖 Books Published: 72
📈 Most Famous Title: Naruto
Dan Brown (@authordanbrown)
https://www.instagram.com/p/BSRTkLmDGna/?hl=en&taken-by=authordanbrown
📚 Books Sold: 200 million
📖 Books Published: 7
📈 Most Famous Title: The Da Vinci Code
Clive Cussler (@theclivecussler)
https://www.instagram.com/p/BNPSpLmFYEU/?hl=en&taken-by=theclivecussler
📚 Books Sold: 150 million
📖 Books Published: 37
📈 Most Famous Title: White Death, Havana Storm, Arctic Drift
Ken Follett (@kenfollettauthor)
https://www.instagram.com/p/BnqMfXvlAo7/?hl=en&taken-by=kenfollettauthor
📚 Books Sold: 150 million
📖 Books Published: 30
📈 Most Famous Title: The Pillars of the Earth, Fall of Giants
Debbie Macomber (@debbiemacomber)
https://www.instagram.com/p/Bo928xYlzeW/?hl=en&taken-by=debbiemacomber
📚 Books Sold: 140 million
📖 Books Published: 30
📈 Most Famous Title: Cedar Cove series
EL James (@erikaljames)
https://www.instagram.com/p/BnxYTJRBOXt/?hl=en&taken-by=erikaljames
📚 Books Sold: 125 million
📖 Books Published: 3
📈 Most Famous Titles: The Fifty Shades series
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