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Author | Min. estimated sales | Number of books |
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William Shakespeare | 2 billion | 42 |
Agatha Christie | 2 billion | 85 |
Barbara Cartland | 500 million | 723 |
Danielle Steel | 500 million | 179 |
Author | Min. estimated sales | Number of books |
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William Shakespeare | 2 billion | 42 |
Agatha Christie | 2 billion | 85 |
Barbara Cartland | 500 million | 723 |
Danielle Steel | 500 million | 179 |
According to Guinness World Records, Agatha Christie has the title of “world’s best-selling fiction writer,” with estimated sales of over 2 billion. UNESCO also lists Christie as the most translated author in history.
Harry Potter/Authors
J.K. Rowling first had the idea for Harry Potter while delayed on a train travelling from Manchester to London King’s Cross in 1990. Over the next five years, she began to plan out the seven books of the series. She wrote mostly in longhand and amassed a mountain of notes, many of which were on scraps of paper.
Meyer later wrote Twilight in 2003, when she only was 29 years old. The three Twilight films have grossed $1.8 billion at the global box office. As of 2021, Stephenie Meyer’s net worth is approximately $125 million.
Brazilian author Ryoki Inoue holds the Guinness World Record for being the most prolific author with 1,075 books published under many pseudonyms. Inoue would write all day and all night until he finished a book.
1 J.K. Rowling – $1 Billion
The richest author in the world and the first author to ever achieve this level of financial success owes it all to the mega-hit Harry Potter series.
Authors don’t get a salary, and once an author has written a book it can be traditionally published – or the author can self-publish. … Traditionally under the contract the author will be paid an up-front sum, known as an ‘advance’ (advances are generally modest these days).
J.K. Rowling’s pay for each Harry Potter book sold is not a matter of public record. However, if she receives the industry standard 15% per book, she might have made approximately $1.15 billion, based on the series total revenue of about $7.7 billion. Each new paperback sold at $7 would be mean about $1 for Rowling.
Rank | Title | Genre |
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1 | Da Vinci Code,The | Crime, Thriller & Adventure |
2 | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows | Children’s Fiction |
3 | Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone | Children’s Fiction |
4 | Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix | Children’s Fiction |
17-year-old
Twilight. Bella, who first appears in Twilight, is a young 17-year-old human girl, who moves from her mother’s home in Phoenix, Arizona, to live with her father, Charlie Swan, a police chief, in her birthplace of Forks, Washington.
After it was leaked, Meyer posted a good chunk of the novel on her site. Sure, it took 12 years, but fans finally got the full, finished version of Midnight Sun this past August. But Robert Pattinson actually got it while filming the first movie.
Name. Although she writes under the pen name J. K. Rowling, before her remarriage, her name was Joanne Rowling. Her publishers asked that she use two initials rather than her full name, anticipating the possibility of the target audience of young boys not wanting to read a book written by a woman.
As of 2021, J.K Rowling has a net worth of $1 billion dollars. Although Rowling has made millions off of her books, the main source of revenue now comes from amusement park deals. Additionally, she has made great money from a long series of Hollywood blockbuster films. J.K Rowling serves as a true rag to riches story.
Net Worth: | $400 Million |
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Profession: | Novelist, Writer, Author |
Nationality: | United States of America |
74 years (September 21, 1947)
Book | The Godfather |
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Author(s) | Mario Puzo |
Original language | English |
First published | 1969 |
Approximate sales | 21 million |
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