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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
51 Marie Ferrarella 6k 36.9 71.8% Novelist
52 Paul Levine 5.9k Novelist
53 Molly McAdams 5.6k 36.1 43.5% Novelist
54 Judith Arnold 5.5k 44.8 85.7% Novelist
55 Susan Donovan 4k 38.9 52.0% Novelist
56 J. A. Konrath 3.9k 52.2 43.6% Novelist
57 Christian Kracht 3.8k 41.0 66.3% Novelist
58 Claire Cook 3.7k Novelist
59 Vicki Lewis Thompson 3.6k 45.7 86.4% Novelist
60 Rose Tremain 3.6k 43.6 100.0% Novelist
61 Benedict Wells 2.3k 41.2 66.0% Novelist
62 Kathleen Eagle 1.4k 31.4 59.4% Novelist
63 Ellen Glasgow 1.2k 52.4 99.7% Novelist
64 Jillian Hunter 1k Novelist
65 Hakan Günday 671 Novelist
66 Libby Fischer Hellmann 649 Novelist
67 Nguyễn Minh Châu (footballer) 356 33.1 94.2% Novelist
68 Thea Dorn 271 41.7 67.1% Novelist
69 Uwe Tellkamp 271 38.4 59.9% Novelist
70 Leonardo Padura Fuentes 227 57.0 75.7% Novelist
71 Anne B. Ragde 198 Novelist
72 J.A. Redmerski 193 43.4 87.9% Novelist
73 Sumrit Shahi 154 Novelist
74 Christie Ridgway 97 46.6 93.5% 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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