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)
📚 Books Sold: 440 million
📖 Books Published: 90
📈 Most Famous Title: One Piece
R.L. Stine (@rl_stine1)
📚 Books Sold: 400 million
📖 Books Published: 430+
📈 Most Famous Title: The Goosebumps series
Dean Koontz (@deankoontzofficial)
📚 Books Sold: 400 million
📖 Books Published: 91
📈 Most Famous Titles: Odd Thomas, Demon Seed, Watchers
Nora Roberts (@norarobertsauthor)
📚 Books Sold: 400 million
📖 Books Published: Over 200
📈 Most Famous Titles: Vision in White, Blue Dahlia, The Next Always
Akira Toriyama (@akira.toriyama)
📚 Books Sold: 396 million
📖 Books Published: 66
📈 Most Famous Title: Dragon Ball
Stephen King (@stephenking)
📚 Books Sold: 350 million
📖 Books Published: 70
📈 Most Famous Title: Too many to list: It, Carrie, The Shining…
Paulo Coelho (@paulocoelho)
📚 Books Sold: 350 million
📖 Books Published: 28
📈 Most Famous Title: The Alchemist
James Patterson (@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)
📚 Books Sold: 250 million
📖 Books Published: 22
📈 Most Famous Title: The Reckoning, The Firm, A Time to Kill
Kishimoto Masashi (@kishimoto_masashi)
📚 Books Sold: 235 million
📖 Books Published: 72
📈 Most Famous Title: Naruto
Dan Brown (@authordanbrown)
📚 Books Sold: 200 million
📖 Books Published: 7
📈 Most Famous Title: The Da Vinci Code
Clive Cussler (@theclivecussler)
📚 Books Sold: 150 million
📖 Books Published: 37
📈 Most Famous Title: White Death, Havana Storm, Arctic Drift
Ken Follett (@kenfollettauthor)
📚 Books Sold: 150 million
📖 Books Published: 30
📈 Most Famous Title: The Pillars of the Earth, Fall of Giants
Debbie Macomber (@debbiemacomber)
📚 Books Sold: 140 million
📖 Books Published: 30
📈 Most Famous Title: Cedar Cove series
EL James (@erikaljames)
📚 Books Sold: 125 million
📖 Books Published: 3
📈 Most Famous Titles: The Fifty Shades series