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The Most Popular Contemporary Fiction Writers (Q3 2021)
popularity
is the % of people who have a positive opinion of a contemporary fiction writer.
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Popularity
1
Stephen King
94%
64%
2
Stan Lee
76%
54%
3
J. K. Rowling
87%
51%
4
John Grisham
76%
50%
5
James Patterson
69%
42%
6
R. L. Stine
64%
38%
7
Anne Rice
62%
37%
8
Mary Higgins Clark
60%
35%
9
Danielle Steel
71%
35%
10
Dean Koontz
64%
34%
11
Nora Roberts
66%
33%
12
George R. R. Martin
53%
32%
13
Clive Barker
53%
31%
14
Margaret Atwood
52%
31%
15
Lemony Snicket
55%
31%
16
Patricia Cornwell
47%
30%
17
Toni Morrison
51%
30%
18
Nicholas Sparks
55%
29%
19
John Irving
50%
29%
20
Dan Brown
53%
29%
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