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The Biggest Names in Books

This is a serious challenge with an odd rationale. It is taken from "Nabokov's Favorite Word Is Mauve". Below are all 26 authors with at least 3 bestsellers in 2005-2014, ranked by the size of their names on book covers. They are ranked by the typical percentage of the cover their name takes up. I have chosen 3 works of each author for this challenge (the specific works used in the 'study' are not detailed in the book).
Median size of the author's name as % of the cover.
37%: Nora Roberts (aka J.D. Robb) - the BIG winner
34%: Harlan Coben
34%: J.D. Robb
32%: Mary Higgins Clark
28%: Patricia Cornwell
27%: Daniel Silva
26%: John Sandford
26%: Michael Connelly
24%: Janet Evanovich
22%: Vince Flynn
22%: Laurell Hamilton
22%: David Baldacci
17%: John Grisham
17%: J. R. Ward
17%: Lee Child
16%: Ken Follett
16%: Danielle Steel
16%: Stephen King
16%: Charlaine Harris
14%: Dean Koontz
13%: Jodi Picoult
12%: Sue Grafton
12%: James Patterson
9%: Jim Butcher
5%: Nicholas Sparks
3%: Mitch Albom
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Black Hills by Nora Roberts
Black Hills by Nora Roberts
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Whiskey Beach by Nora Roberts
Whiskey Beach by Nora Roberts
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The Witness (Nora Roberts)
The Witness (Nora Roberts)
4
Six Years (Harlan Coben)
Six Years (Harlan Coben)
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Fool Me Once (Harlan Coben)
Fool Me Once (Harlan Coben)
6
The Stranger (Harlin Coben)
The Stranger (Harlin Coben)
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Naked in Death (J.D. Robb)
Naked in Death (J.D. Robb)
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Glory in Death (J.D. Robb)
Glory in Death (J.D. Robb)
9
Promises in Death
Promises in Death
10
Loves Music, Loves to Dance (Mary Higgins Clark)
Loves Music, Loves to Dance (Mary Higgins Clark)
11
TWO LITTLE GIRLS IN BLUE
TWO LITTLE GIRLS IN BLUE
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Where Are the Children? (Mary Higgins Clark)
Where Are the Children? (Mary Higgins Clark)
13
Postmortem (Patricia Cornwell)
Postmortem (Patricia Cornwell)
14
Cruel and Unusual
Cruel and Unusual
15
Point of Origin (Patricia Cornwell)
Point of Origin (Patricia Cornwell)
16
The Kill Artist (Daniel Silva)
The Kill Artist (Daniel Silva)
17
The Black Widow (Daniel Silva)
The Black Widow (Daniel Silva)
18
The English Girl (Daniel Silva)
The English Girl (Daniel Silva)
19
Rules of Prey (John Sandford)
Rules of Prey (John Sandford)
20
Winter Prey (John Sandford)
Winter Prey (John Sandford)
21
Buried Prey
Buried Prey
22
The Black Echo (Michael Connelly)
The Black Echo (Michael Connelly)
23
The Lincoln Lawyer
The Lincoln Lawyer
24
Connelly, Michael: The Poet
Connelly, Michael: The Poet
25
One for the Money
One for the Money
26
Two for the Dough (Janet Evanovich)
Two for the Dough (Janet Evanovich)
27
Three to Get Deadly (Janet Evanovich)
Three to Get Deadly (Janet Evanovich)
28
American Assassin (Vince Flynn)
American Assassin (Vince Flynn)
29
Extreme Measures (Vince Flynn)
Extreme Measures (Vince Flynn)
30
Act of Treason
Act of Treason
31
Guilty Pleasures (Laurell K. Hamilton)
Guilty Pleasures (Laurell K. Hamilton)
32
The Laughing Corpse (Laurell K. Hamilton)
The Laughing Corpse (Laurell K. Hamilton)
33
Circus of the Damned (Laurell K. Hamilton)
Circus of the Damned (Laurell K. Hamilton)
34
Memory Man (David Baldacci)
Memory Man (David Baldacci)
35
The Innocent (David Baldacci)
The Innocent (David Baldacci)
36
Absolute Power (David Baldacci)
Absolute Power (David Baldacci)
37
A Time to Kill
A Time to Kill
38
The Firm (John Grisham)
The Firm (John Grisham)
39
The Client (John Grisham)
The Client (John Grisham)
40
Dark Lover (JR Ward)
Dark Lover (JR Ward)
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