Telegraph: J. K. Rowling Bestselling Author of the Decade

The Telegraph has ranked Harry Potter author J. K. Rowling in the number one spot of their list compiling the top 100 bestselling authors of the decade. With over twenty-nine million copies sold, Miss Rowling’s novels beat out books by such other authors as Dan Brown, John Grisham, J. R. R. Tolkien, William Shakespeare, and Frank McCourt. According to the paper, sales figures the Harry Potter novels released from the year 2000 to 2009 total 225.9 million pounds. The top ten bestselling authors are as follows:

Author Volume sold Value

1. J K Rowling 29,084,999 £225.9m
2. Roger Hargreaves 14,163,141 £26.6m
3. Dan Brown 13,372,007 £74.1m
4. Jacqueline Wilson 12,673,148 £69.9m
5. Terry Pratchett 10,455,397 £77.2m
6. John Grisham 9,862,998 £65.9m
7. Richard Parsons 9,561,776 £49.2m
8. Danielle Steel 9,119,149 £51m
9. James Patterson 8,172,647 £53.8m
10. Enid Blyton 7,910,758 £31.2m