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Top 74 Novelists in United States

This curated ranking covers the 74 largest novelists in United States, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Nathaniel Hawthorne, Barbara Kingsolver and Carl Hiaasen lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 1M people. Across all 74 entries the average audience size is 59k, and the largest, Nathaniel Hawthorne, reaches around 364k people in United States. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in United States who actively engage with each novelist, derived from search demand signals. Rankings reflect search-behavior signals collected across United States and are refreshed weekly.

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Rank

Position in the Top 74, sorted by audience size from largest to smallest. Updated weekly.

Audience size

Estimated number of unique people in United States who actively engage with this audience, derived from anonymized search-behavior signals.

Country share

Share of the global audience that is active in United States. A higher value means the audience is more locally concentrated here.

Avg age

Average age in years across the people who engage with this audience in United States, derived from anonymized search-behavior signals. A dash means demographic data is not yet available.

Female share

Share of women among the people who engage with this audience in United States. 50% is gender-balanced; values above mean female-skewed, below mean male-skewed.

Ranking

Rank Audience Audience size Avg age Female share Subtype
26 Terri Blackstock 36k 51.2 86.2% Novelist
27 J. G. Ballard 35k 30.8 34.4% Novelist
28 Dorothea Benton Frank 35k 51.8 100.0% Novelist
29 Mike Peterson 34k 43.2 30.6% Novelist
30 Molly Harper 32k 44.8 82.5% Novelist
31 Jasper Fforde 30k 49.5 52.9% Novelist
32 Luanne Rice 30k 39.0 72.1% Novelist
33 Beverly Lewis 29k 51.4 93.1% Novelist
34 Helen Fielding 26k 40.7 75.9% Novelist
35 Jacqueline Carey 24k 38.2 66.3% Novelist
36 J. A. Jance 23k 57.0 100.0% Novelist
37 Seth Grahame-Smith 22k Novelist
38 Tracie Peterson 18k 38.9 66.2% Novelist
39 Megan Hart 17k 41.2 58.8% Novelist
40 Robert T. Bakker 17k 47.9 79.6% Novelist
41 Roddy Doyle 17k 49.5 58.2% Novelist
42 Priya Sharma 16k 47.5 10.0% Novelist
43 Siri Hustvedt 16k 54.7 79.7% Novelist
44 Marguerite Yourcenar 12k 40.3 100.0% Novelist
45 Christine Dwyer 12k 36.4 96.6% Novelist
46 Kimberla Lawson Roby 11k 43.0 100.0% Novelist
47 Steve Alten 9.2k Novelist
48 Melissa Schroeder 9.2k 46.3 81.0% Novelist
49 Gilbert Morris 7.4k Novelist
50 Jay Baer 7.2k Novelist

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Frequently asked questions

How is this Top 74 list compiled?

Rascasse aggregates anonymized search-behavior signals across United States and ranks each novelist by its estimated audience size. Only entries with at least 5 measured entities are listed.

How often is the list updated?

The ranking is refreshed weekly from the latest search-behavior data and re-published as a static page.

What is the largest novelist in United States?

Nathaniel Hawthorne currently leads with an estimated audience of 364k people in United States.

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