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The SFF All-Time Sales List - Edit 30

Before modification by Werthead at 18/09/2013 05:08:52 PM

Full details at the link, but the quick version is as follows:

If an author is not present, that's likely because official sales figures have not been released yet. Brandon Sanderson and Patrick Rothfuss, for example, should definitely be on here but as they have no official figures, I can't place them. That's also true for older authors like Philip K. Dick.

Authors listed in [] are writers who have mostly published non-SFF, and where it is impossible to extract their non-SFF sales from their SFF ones. Their total sales are listed for comparison purposes.

1) J.K. Rowling (c. 450 million)
2) Stephen King (c. 350 million)
[Dean Koontz (c. 350 million)]
3) JRR Tolkien (c. 300 million)
[Michael Crichton (200 million)]
4) CS Lewis (120 million+)
5) Stephanie Meyer (116 million)
6) Sir Arthur C. Clarke (100 million+)
7) Anne Rice (100 million)
8 ) Andre Norton (90 million+)
9) Sir Terry Pratchett 5 million+)
10 ) Robert Jordan 0 million+)
11) James Herbert (54 million+)
12) Richard Adams (50 million+)
13) Suzanne Collins (50 million+)
[Dennis Wheatley (50 million)]
[Jean M. Auel (45 million)]
[Morgan Llywelyn (40 million)]
14) Christopher Paolini (39 million)
15) Michael Ende (35 million)
16) Stanislaw Lem (30 million+)
17) R.A. Salvatore (30 million+)
18 ) Charlaine Harris (30 million+)
19) Sherrilyn Kenyon (30 million+)
20 ) Robert Heinelin (30 million+)
21) George R.R. Martin (28 million+)
22) Kaoru Kurimoto (28 million)
23) Terry Brooks (26.5 million)
24) George Orwell (25 million+)
25) Marion Zimmer Bradley (25 million+)
26) Terry Goodkind (25 million+)
27) Diana Gabaldon (25 million)
28 ) Cassandra Clare (24 million)
29) Kevin J. Anderson (23 million)
30 ) Eoin Colfer (21 million)
31) Isaac Asimov (20 million+)
32) Margaret Weis & Tracy Hickman (c. 20 million)
33) Brian Jacques (c. 20 million)
34) Kazumasa Hirai (c. 20 million)
35) Raymond E. Feist (20 million+)
36) Michael Moorcock (20 million)
37) Mercedes Lackey (20 million)
38 ) Frank Herbert (18 million)
39) Hideyuki Kikuchi (18 million)
40 ) Anne McCaffrey (18 million+)
41) Tad Williams (17 million)
42) Douglas Adams (16 million)
43) Rick Riordan (15 million)
44) Philip Pullman (15 million)
45) Yoshiki Tanaka (15 million)
46) Timothy Zahn (15 million)
47) Diana Wynne Jones (10 million+)
48 ) Robert E. Howard (10 million+)
49) Stephen Donaldson (10 million)
50 ) Neil Gaiman (10 million + )
51) Alice Sebold (10 million+)
52) Madeline L'Engle (10 million+)
53) Larryn Niven (10 million+)
54) Jerry Pournell (10 million+)
55) Chris Bunch (10 million+)
56) Allan Cole (10 million+)
57) Peter Straub (10 million+)
58 ) Frederik Pohl (10 million+)
59) Cyril M. Kornbluth (10 million+)
60 ) David Eddings .5 million+)
61) Ray Bradbury million+)
62) Christopher Golden million+)
63) David Weber (7 million)
64) Orson Scott Card (7 million+)
65) William Gibson (6.5 million+)
66) Peter S. Beagle (6 million+)
67) Laurell K. Hamilton (6 million+)
68 ) Jim Butcher (6 million+)
69) L. Frank Baum (5 million+)
70 ) Garth Nix (5 million)
71) Robert R. McCammon (5 million+)
72) Frank Schatzing (4.2 million+)
73) Fritz Leiber (4 million+)
74) Vonda N. McIntyre (4 million)
75) Lian Hearn (4 million)
76) David Drake (4 million)
77) Veronica Roth (4 million)
78 ) Roger Zelazny (3.5 million+)
79) Ursula K. Le Guin (3 million+)
80 ) Guy Gavriel Kay (3 million)
81) Lloyd Alexander (3 million)
82) John Ringo (3 million)
83) Joe Abercrombie (3 million)
84) Margaret Atwood (3 million+) (SF only)
85) Robert Silverberg (3 million+)
86) Eric Flint (3 million)
87) Scott Westerfield (3 million+)
88 ) Robert Asprin (3 million)
89) Rick Hautala (3 million+)
90 ) Harry Turtledove (2.5 million)
91) Audrey Niffenegger (2.5 million+)
92) Michelle Paver (2.5 million+)
93) Max Brooks (2.4 million+)
94) James Dashner (2.3 million+)
95) Susan Cooper (2 million+)
96) Sergei Lukyanenko (2 million+)
97) Hans Dominik (2 million+)
98 ) Peter F. Hamilton (2 million+)
99) Brent Weeks (2 million)
100 ) Andrzej Sapkowski (2 million+)
101) Lois McMaster Bujold (2 million)
102) Katherine Kurtz (2 million)
103) Trudi Canavan (2 million+)
104) Stephen Lawhead (2 million+)
105) Robert Rankin (2 million+)
106) Maggie Stiefvater (2 million+)
107) Gregory Benford (2 million+)
108 ) Greg Bear (2 million+)
109) Gordon R. Dickson (2 million+)
110 ) Piers Anthony (2 million+)
111) Melanie Rawn (1.8 million+)
112) Jennifer Roberson (1.7 million)
113) Susanna Clarke (1.5 million+)
114) Seth Grahame-Smith (1.4 million+)
115) Dan Abnett (1.2 million+)
116) Naomi Novik (1.2 million+)
117) Iain M. Banks (1.1 million+) (SF only)
118 ) Samuel R. Delany (1 million+)
119) Ed Greenwood (1 million+)
120 ) Paul S. Kemp (1 million+)
121) L.E. Modesitt, Jr. (1 million+)
122) Connie Willis (1 million)
123) Sara Douglass (1 million)
124) Robin Hobb (1 million+)
125) David Gemmell (1 million+)
126) Steven Erikson (1 million+)
127) Alastair Reynolds (1 million+)
128 ) Ian Irvine (1 million+)
129) Richard A. Knaak (1 million+)
130 ) Katherine Kerr (1 million+)
131) Dave Duncan (1 million+)
132) A.C. Crispin (1 million+)
133) Hugh Howey (1 million+)
134) Joe Haldeman (1 million+)
135) Chris Wooding (750,000+)
136) Alison Croggon (500,000+)
137) Michael Gerber (500,000+)
138 ) Gail Carriger (400,000+)
139) Lynn Flewelling (350,000)
140 ) Peter V. Brett (310,000+)
141) Kate Elliott (300,000+)
142) Ernest Cline (300,000)
143) J.V. Jones (250,000+)
144) Mark Lawrence (250,000+)
145) Michael J. Sullivan (250,000+)
146) Karen Miller (250,000+)
147) James Barclay (200,000+)
148 ) Gail Z. Martin (180,000+)
149) Daniel H. Wilson (160,000+)
150 ) Scott Lynch (145,000+)
151) R. Scott Bakker (125,000+)
152) Glenda Larke (120,000+)
153) Elizabeth Moon (100,000+)
154) Adam Roberts (100,000+)

The List with Commentary

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