Okay, I’ve really got to get some writing done. But since I posted the idea of seeing which authors have the highest average checkouts per book, I now feel obligated to share it because some of those on the top 200 authors list drop off while others appear. So this one shows the authors getting the most readers per book. For more information on the lists and source of the data, please see the previous two posts.
BTW, a number of Utahans made this list that we hadn’t seen on the others.
- Stephenie Meyer (3)
- Shannon Hale (4)
- Lisa Mangum (8)
- Jessica Day George (10)
- Aprilynne Pike (13)
- James Dashner (21)
- Bree Despain (32)
- Mette Ivie Harrison (40)
- M.L. Forman (52)
- Brandon Sanderson (64)
- Chris Heimerdinger (112)
- Julie Wright (145)
- Ally Condie (146)
- Kiersten White (151)
- Jack Weyland (188)
If I’ve missed any Utah (or former Utah) authors, please let me know. Holy schnitzel, look at them all.
EDIT: 1/16/2011 9:32 AM: Informed that Bree Despain is also a Utah author.
EDIT: 1/18/2011 6:21 PM: Turns out Kiersten White grew up in Utah, but moved to San Diego after she married. I’m still claiming her, although I often wish I could trade subzero land for beaches and 70 degrees
EDIT: 1/18/2011 10:20 PM: just informed that M.L. Forman is a Utah author.
The List
| Author | Times Checked Out | Number of Titles | Avg Check Outs per Title | % | Rank |
| Suzanne Collins | 888 | 3 | 296 | 2.68% | 1 |
| Rick Riordan | 989 | 8 | 124 | 2.98% | 2 |
| Stephenie Meyer | 529 | 5 | 106 | 1.60% | 3 |
| Shannon Hale | 517 | 6 | 86 | 1.56% | 4 |
| J.K. Rowling | 318 | 4 | 80 | 0.96% | 5 |
| Cassandra Clare | 309 | 4 | 77 | 0.93% | 6 |
| Christopher Paolini | 191 | 3 | 64 | 0.58% | 7 |
| Lisa Mangum | 124 | 2 | 62 | 0.37% | 8 |
| P.C. Cast and Kristin Cast | 393 | 7 | 56 | 1.19% | 9 |
| Jessica Day George | 328 | 6 | 55 | 0.99% | 10 |
| Kristin Cashore | 105 | 2 | 53 | 0.32% | 11 |
| Cornelia Funke | 51 | 1 | 51 | 0.15% | 12 |
| Aprilynne Pike | 101 | 2 | 51 | 0.30% | 13 |
| Judy Blundell | 48 | 1 | 48 | 0.14% | 14 |
| John Flanagan | 413 | 9 | 46 | 1.25% | 15 |
| Kelley Armstrong | 131 | 3 | 44 | 0.40% | 16 |
| John Grisham | 43 | 1 | 43 | 0.13% | 17 |
| Michael Scott | 165 | 4 | 41 | 0.50% | 18 |
| Angie Sage | 246 | 6 | 41 | 0.74% | 19 |
| Maggie Stiefvater | 153 | 4 | 38 | 0.46% | 20 |
| James Dashner | 75 | 2 | 38 | 0.23% | 21 |
| Kimberly Derting | 37 | 1 | 37 | 0.11% | 22 |
| Frank Beddor | 110 | 3 | 37 | 0.33% | 23 |
| Carrie Ryan | 69 | 2 | 35 | 0.21% | 24 |
| Gail Carson Levine | 34 | 1 | 34 | 0.10% | 25 |
| Jay Asher | 34 | 1 | 34 | 0.10% | 26 |
| Becca Fitzpatrick | 68 | 2 | 34 | 0.21% | 27 |
| Libba Bray | 136 | 4 | 34 | 0.41% | 28 |
| Julie Berry | 34 | 1 | 34 | 0.10% | 29 |
| Richelle Mead | 202 | 6 | 34 | 0.61% | 30 |
| Elizabeth Knox | 67 | 2 | 34 | 0.20% | 31 |
| Bree Despain | 66 | 2 | 33 | 0.20% | 32 |
| James Patterson | 257 | 8 | 32 | 0.78% | 33 |
| Cornelia Funke | 63 | 2 | 32 | 0.19% | 34 |
| Lisa McMann | 94 | 3 | 31 | 0.28% | 35 |
| Carolyn MacCullough | 31 | 1 | 31 | 0.09% | 36 |
| Markus Zusak | 124 | 4 | 31 | 0.37% | 37 |
| Lauren Oliver | 31 | 1 | 31 | 0.09% | 38 |
| Emily Whitman | 31 | 1 | 31 | 0.09% | 39 |
| Mette Ivie Harrison | 123 | 4 | 31 | 0.37% | 40 |
| Ally Carter | 152 | 5 | 30 | 0.46% | 41 |
| Cameron Dokey | 271 | 9 | 30 | 0.82% | 42 |
| Jason Henderson | 30 | 1 | 30 | 0.09% | 43 |
| Caragh M. O’Brien | 30 | 1 | 30 | 0.09% | 44 |
| Scott Westerfeld | 354 | 12 | 30 | 1.07% | 45 |
| Carrie Jones | 88 | 3 | 29 | 0.27% | 46 |
| Lindsey Leavitt | 29 | 1 | 29 | 0.09% | 47 |
| Lois Lowry | 86 | 3 | 29 | 0.26% | 48 |
| Philip Pullman | 57 | 2 | 29 | 0.17% | 49 |
| Lauren Kate | 57 | 2 | 29 | 0.17% | 50 |
| Lili St. Crow | 56 | 2 | 28 | 0.17% | 51 |
| M.L. Forman | 28 | 1 | 28 | 0.08% | 52 |
| Alison Goodman | 28 | 1 | 28 | 0.08% | 53 |
| Marissa Doyle | 55 | 2 | 28 | 0.17% | 54 |
| Eoin Colfer | 302 | 11 | 27 | 0.91% | 55 |
| Rachel Hawkins | 27 | 1 | 27 | 0.08% | 56 |
| Joseph Delaney | 240 | 9 | 27 | 0.72% | 57 |
| Cyn Balog | 26 | 1 | 26 | 0.08% | 58 |
| Christine Johnson | 26 | 1 | 26 | 0.08% | 59 |
| Anna Godbersen | 127 | 5 | 25 | 0.38% | 60 |
| Shauna Cross | 25 | 1 | 25 | 0.08% | 61 |
| Veronica Bennett | 25 | 1 | 25 | 0.08% | 62 |
| Betty Smith | 25 | 1 | 25 | 0.08% | 63 |
| Brandon Sanderson | 100 | 4 | 25 | 0.30% | 64 |
| Melissa Marr | 99 | 4 | 25 | 0.30% | 65 |
| Tamora Pierce | 634 | 26 | 24 | 1.91% | 66 |
| Aubrey Mace | 24 | 1 | 24 | 0.07% | 67 |
| N.D. Wilson | 70 | 3 | 23 | 0.21% | 68 |
| Kami Garcia & Margaret Stohl | 46 | 2 | 23 | 0.14% | 69 |
| Lesley Livingston | 68 | 3 | 23 | 0.21% | 70 |
| Alex Flinn | 68 | 3 | 23 | 0.21% | 71 |
| Sara Shepard | 181 | 8 | 23 | 0.55% | 72 |
| Cinda Williams Chima | 113 | 5 | 23 | 0.34% | 73 |
| Melissa de la Cruz | 154 | 7 | 22 | 0.46% | 74 |
| Kay Cassidy | 22 | 1 | 22 | 0.07% | 75 |
| Louis Sachar | 44 | 2 | 22 | 0.13% | 76 |
| D.J. MacHale | 328 | 15 | 22 | 0.99% | 77 |
| Heather Brewer | 108 | 5 | 22 | 0.33% | 78 |
| Beth Fantaskey | 43 | 2 | 22 | 0.13% | 79 |
| Kimberly Pauley | 43 | 2 | 22 | 0.13% | 80 |
| Diana Wynne Jones | 128 | 6 | 21 | 0.39% | 81 |
| Herbie Brennan | 106 | 5 | 21 | 0.32% | 82 |
| Dia Reeves | 21 | 1 | 21 | 0.06% | 83 |
| Heather Hepler | 21 | 1 | 21 | 0.06% | 84 |
| Susanne Dunlap | 21 | 1 | 21 | 0.06% | 85 |
| Erica S. Perl | 21 | 1 | 21 | 0.06% | 86 |
| Linda Buckley-Archer | 63 | 3 | 21 | 0.19% | 87 |
| Lise Haines | 21 | 1 | 21 | 0.06% | 88 |
| Alyson Noel | 188 | 9 | 21 | 0.57% | 89 |
| Eva Ibbotson | 41 | 2 | 21 | 0.12% | 90 |
| Anne Osterlund | 41 | 2 | 21 | 0.12% | 91 |
| Sherrilyn Kenyon | 20 | 1 | 20 | 0.06% | 92 |
| Kenneth Oppel | 80 | 4 | 20 | 0.24% | 93 |
| story by Tohru Kai | 20 | 1 | 20 | 0.06% | 94 |
| M.R. Bunderson | 20 | 1 | 20 | 0.06% | 95 |
| Robin Palmer | 59 | 3 | 20 | 0.18% | 96 |
| Claudia Gray | 59 | 3 | 20 | 0.18% | 97 |
| Frewin Jones | 155 | 8 | 19 | 0.47% | 98 |
| Carl Hiaasen | 58 | 3 | 19 | 0.17% | 99 |
| Lisa Greenwald | 19 | 1 | 19 | 0.06% | 100 |
| Catherine Gilbert Murdock | 76 | 4 | 19 | 0.23% | 101 |
| Suzanne Harper | 19 | 1 | 19 | 0.06% | 102 |
| Suzanne Weyn | 150 | 8 | 19 | 0.45% | 103 |
| Rosalind Wiseman | 18 | 1 | 18 | 0.05% | 104 |
| Jen Nadol | 18 | 1 | 18 | 0.05% | 105 |
| Thomas W harton | 18 | 1 | 18 | 0.05% | 106 |
| Margaret Peterson Haddix | 144 | 8 | 18 | 0.43% | 107 |
| Ellen Schreiber | 160 | 9 | 18 | 0.48% | 108 |
| Patricia C. Wrede | 158 | 9 | 18 | 0.48% | 109 |
| Robin McKinley | 105 | 6 | 18 | 0.32% | 110 |
| Zoèe Marriott | 35 | 2 | 18 | 0.11% | 111 |
| Chris Heimerdinger | 280 | 16 | 18 | 0.84% | 112 |
| Amy Huntley | 17 | 1 | 17 | 0.05% | 113 |
| Rachel Ward | 17 | 1 | 17 | 0.05% | 114 |
| Sarwat Chadda | 17 | 1 | 17 | 0.05% | 115 |
| Nina Malkin | 17 | 1 | 17 | 0.05% | 116 |
| Chris Heimerd | 17 | 1 | 17 | 0.05% | 117 |
| Elizabeth Eulberg | 17 | 1 | 17 | 0.05% | 118 |
| Kathi Oram Peterson | 17 | 1 | 17 | 0.05% | 119 |
| Megan Whalen Turner | 68 | 4 | 17 | 0.21% | 120 |
| Chelsea M. Campbell | 17 | 1 | 17 | 0.05% | 121 |
| Rachel Vail | 51 | 3 | 17 | 0.15% | 122 |
| Becca Wilhite | 34 | 2 | 17 | 0.10% | 123 |
| Sarah Dessen | 150 | 9 | 17 | 0.45% | 124 |
| Debbie Viguie | 100 | 6 | 17 | 0.30% | 125 |
| Garth Nix | 182 | 11 | 17 | 0.55% | 126 |
| Michael Grant | 49 | 3 | 16 | 0.15% | 127 |
| Rachel Vincent | 49 | 3 | 16 | 0.15% | 128 |
| Jonathan Stroud | 97 | 6 | 16 | 0.29% | 129 |
| Lucy Christopher | 16 | 1 | 16 | 0.05% | 130 |
| Kay Lynn Mangum | 48 | 3 | 16 | 0.14% | 131 |
| Anna Jarzab | 16 | 1 | 16 | 0.05% | 132 |
| Sarah MacLean | 16 | 1 | 16 | 0.05% | 133 |
| Josh Berk | 16 | 1 | 16 | 0.05% | 134 |
| Lisa Klein | 16 | 1 | 16 | 0.05% | 135 |
| Jackson Pearce | 16 | 1 | 16 | 0.05% | 136 |
| Jacqueline Kelly | 16 | 1 | 16 | 0.05% | 137 |
| Caroline Goode | 16 | 1 | 16 | 0.05% | 138 |
| Kirby Larson | 16 | 1 | 16 | 0.05% | 139 |
| Lisa Shanahan | 16 | 1 | 16 | 0.05% | 140 |
| Katherine Applegate | 16 | 1 | 16 | 0.05% | 141 |
| Marthe Jocelyn | 16 | 1 | 16 | 0.05% | 142 |
| Ann Brashares | 64 | 4 | 16 | 0.19% | 143 |
| Holly Black | 78 | 5 | 16 | 0.24% | 144 |
| Julie Wright | 31 | 2 | 16 | 0.09% | 145 |
| Ally Condie | 93 | 6 | 16 | 0.28% | 146 |
| Juliet Marillier | 31 | 2 | 16 | 0.09% | 147 |
| Janet Lee Carey | 46 | 3 | 15 | 0.14% | 148 |
| Donita K. Paul | 90 | 6 | 15 | 0.27% | 149 |
| Tera Lynn Childs | 45 | 3 | 15 | 0.14% | 150 |
| Kiersten White | 15 | 1 | 15 | 0.05% | 151 |
| Jane Eagland | 15 | 1 | 15 | 0.05% | 152 |
| Sophie Jordan | 15 | 1 | 15 | 0.05% | 153 |
| Maureen Daly | 15 | 1 | 15 | 0.05% | 154 |
| Debbie Vguie | 15 | 1 | 15 | 0.05% | 155 |
| Leah Cypess | 15 | 1 | 15 | 0.05% | 156 |
| Jessica Brody | 15 | 1 | 15 | 0.05% | 157 |
| Rosie Rushton | 15 | 1 | 15 | 0.05% | 158 |
| Rachel Caine | 134 | 9 | 15 | 0.40% | 159 |
| R.D. Henham | 104 | 7 | 15 | 0.31% | 160 |
| Hilari Bell | 178 | 12 | 15 | 0.54% | 161 |
| L.J. Smith | 326 | 22 | 15 | 0.98% | 162 |
| Carol Lynch Williams | 44 | 3 | 15 | 0.13% | 163 |
| Laini Taylor | 44 | 3 | 15 | 0.13% | 164 |
| John Boyne | 29 | 2 | 15 | 0.09% | 165 |
| Victoria Hanley | 58 | 4 | 15 | 0.17% | 166 |
| Guillaume Prevost | 43 | 3 | 14 | 0.13% | 167 |
| Michelle Zink | 28 | 2 | 14 | 0.08% | 168 |
| Andrea R. Cremer | 14 | 1 | 14 | 0.04% | 169 |
| Lynn Weingarten | 14 | 1 | 14 | 0.04% | 170 |
| Kristopher Reisz | 14 | 1 | 14 | 0.04% | 171 |
| Andrew Klavan | 28 | 2 | 14 | 0.08% | 172 |
| Jessica Verday | 14 | 1 | 14 | 0.04% | 173 |
| Kim Harrison | 14 | 1 | 14 | 0.04% | 174 |
| L.K. Madigan | 14 | 1 | 14 | 0.04% | 175 |
| Heather Davis | 14 | 1 | 14 | 0.04% | 176 |
| Lauren Conrad | 42 | 3 | 14 | 0.13% | 177 |
| Sherman Ale | 14 | 1 | 14 | 0.04% | 178 |
| Alexandra Adornetto | 14 | 1 | 14 | 0.04% | 179 |
| Martine Leavitt | 14 | 1 | 14 | 0.04% | 180 |
| Morris Gleitzman | 14 | 1 | 14 | 0.04% | 181 |
| Charmian Hussey | 14 | 1 | 14 | 0.04% | 182 |
| Douglas Rees | 14 | 1 | 14 | 0.04% | 183 |
| Stephanie Hem | 14 | 1 | 14 | 0.04% | 184 |
| C.J. Omololu | 14 | 1 | 14 | 0.04% | 185 |
| Aimee Friedman | 42 | 3 | 14 | 0.13% | 186 |
| Kate Coombs | 28 | 2 | 14 | 0.08% | 187 |
| Jack Weyland | 151 | 11 | 14 | 0.46% | 188 |
| Michael Carroll | 41 | 3 | 14 | 0.12% | 189 |
| Philip Caveney | 41 | 3 | 14 | 0.12% | 190 |
| Pamela Wells | 27 | 2 | 14 | 0.08% | 191 |
| Grace Cavendish | 27 | 2 | 14 | 0.08% | 192 |
| Elizabeth Scott | 54 | 4 | 14 | 0.16% | 193 |
| Ridley Pearson | 54 | 4 | 14 | 0.16% | 194 |
| Laurie Halse Anderson | 108 | 8 | 14 | 0.33% | 195 |
| Gillian Shields | 40 | 3 | 13 | 0.12% | 196 |
| Simone Elkeles | 93 | 7 | 13 | 0.28% | 197 |
| Lisi Harrison | 304 | 23 | 13 | 0.92% | 198 |
| Patrick Carman | 66 | 5 | 13 | 0.20% | 199 |
| Darren Shan | 313 | 24 | 13 | 0.94% | 200 |
| Gary D. Schmidt | 26 | 2 | 13 | 0.08% | 201 |
| Gena Showalter | 26 | 2 | 13 | 0.08% | 202 |
| Michael Young | 13 | 1 | 13 | 0.04% | 203 |
| Miyuki Miyabe | 13 | 1 | 13 | 0.04% | 204 |
| J.V. Hart | 13 | 1 | 13 | 0.04% | 205 |
| Dandi Daley Mackall | 13 | 1 | 13 | 0.04% | 206 |
| Beatrice Gormley | 13 | 1 | 13 | 0.04% | 207 |
| Dodie Smith | 13 | 1 | 13 | 0.04% | 208 |
| Jaclyn Moriarty | 52 | 4 | 13 | 0.16% | 209 |
| Angela Morrison | 26 | 2 | 13 | 0.08% | 210 |
| James A. Owen | 52 | 4 | 13 | 0.16% | 211 |
| Nick Lake | 13 | 1 | 13 | 0.04% | 212 |
| E.E. Richardson | 13 | 1 | 13 | 0.04% | 213 |
| Fern Schumer Chapman | 13 | 1 | 13 | 0.04% | 214 |
| Priscilla Cummings | 13 | 1 | 13 | 0.04% | 215 |
| Stuart Hill | 39 | 3 | 13 | 0.12% | 216 |
| Jen Calonita | 78 | 6 | 13 | 0.24% | 217 |
| Valerie O. Patterson | 13 | 1 | 13 | 0.04% | 218 |
| Julie Kagawa | 26 | 2 | 13 | 0.08% | 219 |
| William golding | 13 | 1 | 13 | 0.04% | 220 |
| Lisa M. Klein | 13 | 1 | 13 | 0.04% | 221 |
| Lisa Mantchev | 26 | 2 | 13 | 0.08% | 222 |
| Gerald Morris | 129 | 10 | 13 | 0.39% | 223 |
| Cory Doctorow | 25 | 2 | 13 | 0.08% | 224 |
| Janette Rallison | 125 | 10 | 13 | 0.38% | 225 |
Doesn’t Stephanie Meyer live in Arizona?
Yes, she does. So does Pike. But Meyer was here for a while, going to BYU, taking English classes, so I’m counting her. Pike was a Spanish Forkian, at least when she got her book deal. So it’s Utahans and recently (sort of) former Utahans. 😀