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The Top 15 Authors of Our Time, According to Goodreads Stats

I looked at the list of authors who are the most followed on Goodreads. From there, I cross-referenced this list with the list of books that are most read and the most shelved on any given year, starting in 2021 and going back to 2016, just to keep the list current to what people have been reading the most over the past five years or so.
From there, what I got was this scientifically proven (disclaimer: none of this is scientifically proven) list of the top authors of our time (disclaimer again: our time being 2016–2021)
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Angie Thomas
Angie Thomas
1
The Hate U Give (Angie Thomas)
The Hate U Give
2
Angie Thomas
Concrete Rose (Angie Thomas)
Concrete Rose
3
Angie Thomas
On the Come Up (Angie Thomas)
On the Come Up
4
Angie Thomas
Colleen Hoover
Colleen Hoover
5
Hopeless (Colleen Hoover)
Hopeless
6
Colleen Hoover
Verity (Colleen Hoover)
Verity
7
Colleen Hoover
It Ends With Us (Colleen Hoover)
It Ends With Us
8
Colleen Hoover
Neil Gaiman
Neil Gaiman
9
The Graveyard Book (Neil Gaiman)
The Graveyard Book
10
Neil Gaiman
American Gods (Neil Gaiman)
American Gods
11
Neil Gaiman
The Ocean at the End of the Lane (Neil Gaiman)
The Ocean at the End of the Lane
12
Neil Gaiman
Dan Brown
Dan Brown
13
The Da Vinci Code (Dan Brown)
The Da Vinci Code
14
Dan Brown
Angels and Demons (Dan Brown)
Angels and Demons
15
Dan Brown
Inferno (Dan Brown)
Inferno
16
Dan Brown
Colson Whitehead
Colson Whitehead
17
The Underground Railroad (Colson Whitehead)
The Underground Railroad
18
Colson Whitehead
The Nickel Boys (Colson Whitehead)
The Nickel Boys
19
Colson Whitehead
Harlem Shuffle (Colson Whitehead)
Harlem Shuffle
20
Colson Whitehead
Ocean Vuong
Ocean Vuong
21
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous (Ocean Vuong)
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
22
Ocean Vuong
Night Sky With Exit Wounds (Ocean Vuong)
Night Sky With Exit Wounds
23
Ocean Vuong
Burnings (Ocean Vuong)
Burnings
24
Ocean Vuong
Taylor Jenkins Reid
Taylor Jenkins Reid
25
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo (Taylor Jenkins Reid)
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
26
Taylor Jenkins Reid
Daisy Jones & the Six (Taylor Jenkins Reid)
Daisy Jones & the Six
27
Taylor Jenkins Reid
Malibu Rising (Taylor Jenkins Reid)
Malibu Rising
28
Taylor Jenkins Reid
Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Silvia Moreno-Garcia
29
Mexican Gothic (Silvia Moreno-Garcia)
Mexican Gothic
30
Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Gods of Jade and Shadow (Silvia Moreno-Garcia)
Gods of Jade and Shadow
31
Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Signal to Noise (Silvia Moreno-Garcia)
Signal to Noise
32
Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Brit Bennett
Brit Bennett
33
The Mothers (Brit Bennett)
The Mothers
34
Brit Bennett
The Vanishing Half (Brit Bennett)
The Vanishing Half
35
Brit Bennett
Can We All Be Feminists? (June Eric-Udorie)
Can We All Be Feminists?
36
June Eric-Udorie
Leigh Bardugo
Leigh Bardugo
37
Shadow and Bone (Leigh Bardugo)
Shadow and Bone
38
Leigh Bardugo
Six of Crows (Leigh Bardugo)
Six of Crows
39
Leigh Bardugo
Crooked Kingdom (Leigh Bardugo)
Crooked Kingdom
40
Leigh Bardugo
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