Dan Brown vs. John Grisham vs. Mitch Albom vs. Khaled Hosseini vs. Tim LaHaye or Jerry B. Jenkins

Publishers Weekly publishes a weekly bestseller list of novels. At the end of the year, an annual list is computed. I compared the authors who were number one in the years 2000-2007:

• John Grisham (The Brethren, 2000; The Summons, 2002; The Broker, 2005)


• Jerry B. Jenkins & Tim LaHaye (Desecration, 2001)


• Dan Brown (The Da Vinci Code, 2003-2004)


• Mitch Albom (For One More Day, 2006)


• Khaled Hosseini (A Thousand Splendid Suns, 2007).

Scale is based on the average worldwide traffic of "john grisham" in all years
"dan brown" 3.60
"john grisham" 1.00
"mitch albom" 0.30
"khaled hosseini" 0.20
"tim lahaye" | "jerr..." 0.10

It is even more clear how phenomenal The Da Vinci Code has been. Also, Grisham may not have that kind of peak but is a steady performer (three no. ones!).