Most known authors of mystery novels and thrillers

Our Heroes

Stephen

King

Dan Brown Rex Stout Harlan Coben Wilbur Smith

Stephanie

Meyer

Laurell

Hamilton

Douglas Preston,

Lincoln Child

Jean-

Christophe

Grangé

James

Rollins

At first, let’s compare the

Giants - Stephen King and

Dan Brown. Just recall that

Dan Brown has written six

books, but Stephen King -

more than fifty ...

Dan Brown and Stephen King

They have about the same level of popularity. The peaks of the popularity

Dan Brown coincide with the time of release movies on its books

Let's see how much Dan

Brown took off on the rest

Dan Brown, Wilbur Smith, Harlan Coben, Laurell Hamilton, Douglas Preston

Dan Brown is in front of rest with enormous breakdown. In the second line (among

«rest») leads Laurell Hamilton.

Now we group authors

according their genres

Thrillers

Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child, James Rollins, Wilbur Smith

Novels about vampires

Laurell Hamilton

and Stephanie Meyer

Mystery and crime novels

Rex Stout and Harlan Coben

Now let's see how popular

these authors in different

countries

Stephen King

Dan Brown

Laurell Hamilton

Wilbur Smith

Stephanie Meyer

Harlan Coben

Rex Stout

Duglas Preston

and Lincoln Child

James Rollins

Jean-Christophe Grangé

It seems that horror and vampire novels

are more popular in Hungary, the mystery

novels – in Poland, and both - in Italy,

which generally populated by fans these genres.