JK Rowling is the bestselling author of the decade
JK Rowling is the bestselling author of the decade To the surprise of no Harry Potter fan, The Telegraph has published a list of the bestselling authors of the decade and JK Rowling sits at the top:

The top 100 authors dominate sales. As The Bookseller has explained, some 100,000 titles are published every year, but these authors account for 1 pound in every 6 pound spent on books and a fifth of revenue. J K Rowling, who has seven of the decade’s top 10 bestsellers, sold 29 million books with a sales value of 215 pound million, but Dan Brown’s The Da Vinci Code was the bestselling book of the decade, selling 5.2 million copies to 4.4 million for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.

To view the full list of bestselling authors, click here.

On a related note, The Guardian recently published a list of this decade's icons. Harry Potter, of course, is on the list.
Posted by Andrew on Dec 22nd | 13 Comments
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Posted by merrymarge Dec 22nd 2009

Way to to go! Of course she is the bestselling author of the decade! Jo, we salute you as a wonderful author who kept us entertained for the past ten years.


Posted by HeRonfan Dec 22nd 2009

Was there a doubt?


Posted by jocke_91 Dec 22nd 2009

Ehm, she has sold more than 29 million books...?


Posted by Harry_Potter4life Dec 22nd 2009

OMG!!!! YAY J.K. Rowling!!!!! I totally agree with her getting the title. She earned it even before she received it in my mind. :D


Posted by susan_cc Dec 22nd 2009

JK Rowling forever always!!! HP FTW! :D


Posted by puuts14 Dec 22nd 2009

i think this is just the U.K right? cuz she's way over 29 million copies


Posted by kooldude10694 Dec 22nd 2009

I'm guessing this is for the UK? Because Deathly Hallows sold over 11 million copies on the day it came out, so that last part can't be true for the US...anyways, CONGRATS, JO!


Posted by krazykobra29 Dec 22nd 2009

da vinci code beat DH? hmm?


Posted by Leslie33 Dec 22nd 2009

Congratulations ! This is great to see!!! Jo, if by chance you read these comments, you deserve all the recognition in the World. Thank you for igniting the joys of reading to many Children and re-igniting that joy in many Adults.


Posted by iwantorlando05 Dec 22nd 2009

No surprises there. There's no way Deathly Hallows only sold 4.4 million copies for the whole decade. It sold 8 million copies in it's first 24 hours. I'm assuming this article is just focusing on the total for the UK because if it was for the worldwide total Harry Potter definitely sold the most copies for the past ten years.


Posted by elvaldo Dec 22nd 2009

An idiot would be shocked to see her, lol She deserves every bit of it. However, an actual shocker is how low Stephanie Meyer is. Britain, I salute you!


Posted by SiriusSnuffles Dec 23rd 2009

Duh she earned it!!! Good for Jo!!!!! THX for entertaining us for the past 10 years!


Posted by alexxx Dec 25th 2009

Wel duhhhh :)) yayy jo




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