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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
2
The Witness (Nora Roberts)
The Witness
3
Nora Roberts
Six Years (Harlan Coben)
Six Years
4
Harlan Coben
Fool Me Once (Harlan Coben)
Fool Me Once
5
Harlan Coben
The Stranger (Harlin Coben)
The Stranger
6
Harlin Coben
Naked in Death (J.D. Robb)
Naked in Death
7
J.D. Robb
Glory in Death (J.D. Robb)
Glory in Death
8
J.D. Robb
Promises in Death
Promises in Death
9
Loves Music, Loves to Dance (Mary Higgins Clark)
Loves Music, Loves to Dance
10
Mary Higgins Clark
TWO LITTLE GIRLS IN BLUE
TWO LITTLE GIRLS IN BLUE
11
Where Are the Children? (Mary Higgins Clark)
Where Are the Children?
12
Mary Higgins Clark
Postmortem (Patricia Cornwell)
Postmortem
13
Patricia Cornwell
Cruel and Unusual
Cruel and Unusual
14
Point of Origin (Patricia Cornwell)
Point of Origin
15
Patricia Cornwell
The Kill Artist (Daniel Silva)
The Kill Artist
16
Daniel Silva
The Black Widow (Daniel Silva)
The Black Widow
17
Daniel Silva
The English Girl (Daniel Silva)
The English Girl
18
Daniel Silva
Rules of Prey (John Sandford)
Rules of Prey
19
John Sandford
Winter Prey (John Sandford)
Winter Prey
20
John Sandford
Buried Prey
Buried Prey
21
The Black Echo (Michael Connelly)
The Black Echo
22
Michael Connelly
The Lincoln Lawyer
The Lincoln Lawyer
23
Connelly, Michael: The Poet
Connelly, Michael: The Poet
24
One for the Money (Janet Evanovich)
One for the Money
25
Janet Evanovich
Two for the Dough (Janet Evanovich)
Two for the Dough
26
Janet Evanovich
Three to Get Deadly (Janet Evanovich)
Three to Get Deadly
27
Janet Evanovich
American Assassin (Vince Flynn)
American Assassin
28
Vince Flynn
Extreme Measures (Vince Flynn)
Extreme Measures
29
Vince Flynn
Act of Treason
Act of Treason
30
Guilty Pleasures (Laurell K. Hamilton)
Guilty Pleasures
31
Laurell K. Hamilton
The Laughing Corpse (Laurell K. Hamilton)
The Laughing Corpse
32
Laurell K. Hamilton
Circus of the Damned (Laurell K. Hamilton)
Circus of the Damned
33
Laurell K. Hamilton
Memory Man (David Baldacci)
Memory Man
34
David Baldacci
The Innocent (David Baldacci)
The Innocent
35
David Baldacci
Absolute Power (David Baldacci)
Absolute Power
36
David Baldacci
A Time to Kill (John Grisham)
A Time to Kill
37
John Grisham
The Firm (John Grisham)
The Firm
38
John Grisham
The Client (John Grisham)
The Client
39
John Grisham
Dark Lover (JR Ward)
Dark Lover
40
JR Ward
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