Top 200 YA Authors of 2010

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On Thursday I posted the top 200 YA  novels of 2010. Today I’m happy to share the top 200 authors. You might be wondering: if we already have a top 200, why post this? Because yesterday was about individual titles. Today’s post is about authors. Some authors might not have any books that are checked out in huge numbers. But because they have a lot of books available, the numbers of checkouts they do have add up. Yesterday’s list showed you the volume for individual books. Today’s list shows you the volume for each author. You’ll see it does result in a different ranking.

This list is based on the same dataset as the previous list. And so while I can’t claim it represents the top YA authors for the whole United States, it does show who is being read in this neck of the woods. It’s a great list for those wanting to find YA authors to try.  Please be aware that these are YA books as defined by the library, which takes its cue from places like Booklist and School Library Journal. Other books like the first three Harry Potters, Brandon Mull’s Fablehaven series, and some of Dashner’s stuff are considered Middle Grade and so do not appear on this list. Later, I might do a combined list.

There were 1,283 authors on the list. “Times Checked Out” is the sum of all the times any of the author’s books were checked out. “Number of Titles” is the number of different titles the author has that were checked out. “Avg Check Outs per Title” is the average number of times each title was checked out. “%” is percentage of total checkouts. Rank is rank. Another way to sort this would be by the Avg Check Outs per Title to see who’s getting the highest number of readers per book. But I’ll let you fiddle with that on your own. Again, I’m very happy to see a number of Utahans on the list. Kudos to the following (ranking in parentheses):

  • Stephenie Meyer (4)
  • Shannon Hale (5)
  • Jessica Day George (10)
  • Chris Heimerdinger (18)
  • Jack Weyland (38)
  • Lisa Mangum (55)
  • Mette Ivie Harrison (56)
  • Aprilynne Pike (71)
  • Brandon Sanderson (73)
  • Ally Condie (82)
  • James Dashner (94)
  • Bree Despain (110)

EDIT: 1/15/2011 12:57 AM. Okay, okay here’s the list by average checkout: Top 200 YA Authors of 2010, Part 2. A number of people drop off, new names appear, and positions shuffle.

EDIT: 1/16/2011 9:32 AM: Informed that Bree Despain is also a Utah author.

The List

Author Times Checked Out Number of Titles Avg Check Outs per Title % Rank
Rick Riordan 989 8 124 2.68% 1
Suzanne Collins 888 3 296 2.98% 2
Tamora Pierce 634 26 24 1.60% 3
Stephenie Meyer 529 5 106 1.56% 4
Shannon Hale 517 6 86 0.96% 5
John Flanagan 413 9 46 0.93% 6
Meg Cabot 396 37 11 0.58% 7
P.C. Cast and Kristin Cast 393 7 56 0.37% 8
Scott Westerfeld 354 12 30 1.19% 9
Jessica Day George 328 6 55 0.99% 10
D.J. MacHale 328 15 22 0.32% 11
L.J. Smith 326 22 15 0.15% 12
J.K. Rowling 318 4 80 0.30% 13
Darren Shan 313 24 13 0.14% 14
Cassandra Clare 309 4 77 1.25% 15
Lisi Harrison 304 23 13 0.40% 16
Eoin Colfer 302 11 27 0.13% 17
Chris Heimerdinger 280 16 18 0.50% 18
Cameron Dokey 271 9 30 0.74% 19
Anthony Horowitz 260 24 11 0.46% 20
James Patterson 257 8 32 0.23% 21
Angie Sage 246 6 41 0.11% 22
Joseph Delaney 240 9 27 0.33% 23
Richelle Mead 202 6 34 0.21% 24
Christopher Paolini 191 3 64 0.10% 25
Alyson Noel 188 9 21 0.10% 26
Garth Nix 182 11 17 0.21% 27
Sara Shepard 181 8 23 0.41% 28
Hilari Bell 178 12 15 0.10% 29
Michael Scott 165 4 41 0.61% 30
Gary Paulsen 163 26 6 0.20% 31
Ellen Schreiber 160 9 18 0.20% 32
Patricia C. Wrede 158 9 18 0.78% 33
Frewin Jones 155 8 19 0.19% 34
Melissa de la Cruz 154 7 22 0.28% 35
Maggie Stiefvater 153 4 38 0.09% 36
Ally Carter 152 5 30 0.37% 37
Jack Weyland 151 11 14 0.09% 38
Suzanne Weyn 150 8 19 0.09% 39
Sarah Dessen 150 9 17 0.37% 40
Margaret Peterson Haddix 144 8 18 0.46% 41
Libba Bray 136 4 34 0.82% 42
Rachel Caine 134 9 15 0.09% 43
R.L. Stine 132 43 3 0.09% 44
Caroline B. Cooney 132 30 4 1.07% 45
Kelley Armstrong 131 3 44 0.27% 46
Gerald Morris 129 10 13 0.09% 47
Diana Wynne Jones 128 6 21 0.26% 48
Jean Ferris 127 13 10 0.17% 49
Anna Godbersen 127 5 25 0.17% 50
Cecily von Ziegesar 126 24 5 0.17% 51
Janette Rallison 125 10 13 0.08% 52
Markus Zusak 124 4 31 0.08% 53
Lurlene McDaniel 124 47 3 0.17% 54
Lisa Mangum 124 2 62 0.91% 55
Mette Ivie Harrison 123 4 31 0.08% 56
Ann Rinaldi 119 31 4 0.72% 57
Kate Brian 118 21 6 0.08% 58
Carolyn Meyer 115 12 10 0.08% 59
Cinda Williams Chima 113 5 23 0.38% 60
Amelia Atwater-Rhodes 112 11 10 0.08% 61
Frank Beddor 110 3 37 0.08% 62
Heather Brewer 108 5 22 0.08% 63
Laurie Halse Anderson 108 8 14 0.30% 64
Herbie Brennan 106 5 21 0.30% 65
Kristin Cashore 105 2 53 1.91% 66
Robin McKinley 105 6 18 0.07% 67
R.D. Henham 104 7 15 0.21% 68
Donna Jo Napoli 104 15 7 0.14% 69
Catherine Jinks 101 10 10 0.21% 70
Aprilynne Pike 101 2 51 0.21% 71
Louise Rennison 101 10 10 0.55% 72
Brandon Sanderson 100 4 25 0.34% 73
Debbie Viguie 100 6 17 0.46% 74
Melissa Marr 99 4 25 0.07% 75
Catherine Fisher 98 8 12 0.13% 76
Jonathan Stroud 97 6 16 0.99% 77
Lauren Brooke 95 26 4 0.33% 78
L.A. Meyer 95 8 12 0.13% 79
Lisa McMann 94 3 31 0.13% 80
Simone Elkeles 93 7 13 0.39% 81
Ally Condie 93 6 16 0.32% 82
Lynne Ewing 91 18 5 0.06% 83
Donita K. Paul 90 6 15 0.06% 84
Carrie Jones 88 3 29 0.06% 85
Lois Lowry 86 3 29 0.06% 86
Kenneth Oppel 80 4 20 0.19% 87
Mary Hoffman 79 7 11 0.06% 88
Philip Reeve 78 9 9 0.57% 89
Jen Calonita 78 6 13 0.12% 90
Holly Black 78 5 16 0.12% 91
Laurie Faria Stolarz 76 7 11 0.06% 92
Catherine Gilbert Murdock 76 4 19 0.24% 93
James Dashner 75 2 38 0.06% 94
Diane Duane 75 9 8 0.06% 95
Philip Pullman 73 9 8 0.18% 96
Gordon Korman 72 16 5 0.18% 97
Neal Shusterman 72 9 8 0.47% 98
Jerry Spinelli 72 8 9 0.17% 99
Jane Yolen 71 14 5 0.06% 100
N.D. Wilson 70 3 23 0.23% 101
Ellen Hopkins 70 6 12 0.06% 102
Carrie Ryan 69 2 35 0.45% 103
Becca Fitzpatrick 68 2 34 0.05% 104
Lesley Livingston 68 3 23 0.05% 105
Esther Friesner 68 6 11 0.05% 106
Megan Whalen Turner 68 4 17 0.43% 107
Alex Flinn 68 3 23 0.48% 108
Elizabeth Knox 67 2 34 0.48% 109
Bree Despain 66 2 33 0.32% 110
Bryan Davis 66 8 8 0.11% 111
Patrick Carman 66 5 13 0.84% 112
Nancy Werlin 65 6 11 0.05% 113
Ann Brashares 64 4 16 0.05% 114
K.A. Applegate 64 18 4 0.05% 115
Rachel Cohn 64 9 7 0.05% 116
Linda Buckley-Archer 63 3 21 0.05% 117
Cornelia Funke 63 2 32 0.05% 118
Ted Dekker 62 7 9 0.05% 119
Vivian Vande Velde 62 13 5 0.21% 120
Nancy Springer 62 7 9 0.05% 121
Carolyn Keene 61 49 1 0.15% 122
Kieran Scott 60 6 10 0.10% 123
Robin Palmer 59 3 20 0.45% 124
Claudia Gray 59 3 20 0.30% 125
Victoria Hanley 58 4 15 0.55% 126
Carl Hiaasen 58 3 19 0.15% 127
Philip Pullman  57 2 29 0.15% 128
Lauren Kate 57 2 29 0.29% 129
Marilyn Kaye 57 29 2 0.05% 130
Lili St. Crow 56 2 28 0.14% 131
Sharon Shinn 56 5 11 0.05% 132
T.A. Barron 55 6 9 0.05% 133
Marissa Doyle 55 2 28 0.05% 134
Celia Rees 54 6 9 0.05% 135
Alane Ferguson 54 6 9 0.05% 136
Ridley Pearson 54 4 14 0.05% 137
Elizabeth Scott 54 4 14 0.05% 138
Clare B. Dunkle 53 6 9 0.05% 139
Jaclyn Moriarty 52 4 13 0.05% 140
James A. Owen 52 4 13 0.05% 141
Justin Somper 52 5 10 0.05% 142
David Klass 52 11 5 0.19% 143
E. Lockhart 51 6 9 0.24% 144
Cornelia Funke  51 1 51 0.09% 145
Rachel Vail 51 3 17 0.28% 146
Susan Beth Pfeffer 49 4 12 0.09% 147
Rachel Vincent 49 3 16 0.14% 148
K.M. Grant 49 7 7 0.27% 149
Michael Grant 49 3 16 0.14% 150
Maureen Johnson 48 4 12 0.05% 151
Terry Pratchett 48 5 10 0.05% 152
Kay Lynn Mangum 48 3 16 0.05% 153
Sarah Mlynowski 48 5 10 0.05% 154
Judy Blundell 48 1 48 0.05% 155
Wayne Thomas Batson 48 7 7 0.05% 156
Christopher Pike 47 19 2 0.05% 157
David Lubar 47 8 6 0.05% 158
Janet Lee Carey 46 3 15 0.40% 159
Kami Garcia & Margaret Stohl 46 2 23 0.31% 160
Lene Kaaberbol 45 4 11 0.54% 161
Alison Croggon 45 4 11 0.98% 162
Tera Lynn Childs 45 3 15 0.13% 163
Lois Duncan 45 13 3 0.13% 164
Carol Lynch Williams 44 3 15 0.09% 165
Louis Sachar 44 2 22 0.17% 166
Laini Taylor 44 3 15 0.13% 167
Martha Finley 44 14 3 0.08% 168
Kimberly Pauley 43 2 22 0.04% 169
John Grisham  43 1 43 0.04% 170
Beth Fantaskey 43 2 22 0.04% 171
Guillaume Prevost 43 3 14 0.08% 172
Margaret Mahy 43 5 9 0.04% 173
A.J. Butcher 42 5 8 0.04% 174
Lauren Conrad 42 3 14 0.04% 175
Justine Larbalestier 42 5 8 0.04% 176
Deb Caletti 42 4 11 0.13% 177
Joan Lowery Nixon 42 16 3 0.04% 178
Aimee Friedman 42 3 14 0.04% 179
Gloria Whelan 41 10 4 0.04% 180
Anne Osterlund 41 2 21 0.04% 181
Philip Caveney 41 3 14 0.04% 182
Eva Ibbotson 41 2 21 0.04% 183
Michael Carroll 41 3 14 0.04% 184
Francine Pascal 40 14 3 0.04% 185
Walter Dean Myers 40 11 4 0.13% 186
Gillian Shields 40 3 13 0.08% 187
Isobelle Carmody 40 7 6 0.46% 188
Fuyumi Ono  40 4 10 0.12% 189
Stuart Hill 39 3 13 0.12% 190
William Sleator 39 14 3 0.08% 191
Michael Cadnum 38 11 3 0.08% 192
Timothy Zahn 38 6 6 0.16% 193
Sharon M. Draper 38 9 4 0.16% 194
Peter Abrahams 37 5 7 0.33% 195
Madeline L’Engle 37 11 3 0.12% 196
Jenny B. Jones 37 3 12 0.28% 197
Kimberly Derting 37 1 37 0.92% 198
William Nicholson 37 3 12 0.20% 199
Susane Colasanti 36 3 12 0.94% 200
Ben Mikaelsen 36 5 7 0.08% 201
Jacquelyn Mitchard 36 5 7 0.08% 202
Richard Peck 36 9 4 0.04% 203
Tim Green 36 6 6 0.04% 204
Marilyn Reynolds 36 8 5 0.04% 205
Sarah Miller 36 3 12 0.04% 206
Sara Zarr 36 3 12 0.04% 207
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