Domin shekara, Patterson ya sami dala miliyan 70. Kamar yadda bayanan mujallar mujallu, jihar marubucin zai iya sake gina wannan ta 2012. Shekaru biyu, marubucin dole ya rubuta ayyuka 11 don manya da littattafai shida na yara.
A wuri na biyu a cikin ranking, Steethanie Meyer ya juya ya zama sananne ga godiya ga jerin litattafan almara na Twilight vampire. Littattafanta sun kare sau uku kuma sun fassara fiye da yaruka 30. Fiye da kwafin miliyan 100 na litattafan da aka sayar a duniya. Yanayin Meier na shekarar da aka gama dala miliyan 40. Shugabannin Troika ya rufe sarkin Stephone ($ 34 miliyan), kudade sun sami kuɗi daga sayar da farkon ayyukansu. Littattafai game da tukwane potter ya kawo mashahurin marubucin British Joan Rowling miliyan goma. Ya zama kawai a cikin goma na ranking.
Manyan marubutan 10 da suka yi nasara bisa ga cewa Forbes yayi kama da wannan:
1. James Patterson (dala miliyan 70)
2. Texhanie Meyer (dala miliyan 40)
3. Stephen King (dala miliyan 34)
4. Daniel Skill (dala miliyan 32)
5. Ken follett (dala miliyan 20)
6. Ding Kunz (dala miliyan 18)
7. Janet Ivanovich (Miliyan 17)
8. John Grisham (dala miliyan 15)
9. Nicholas Sparks (dala miliyan 14)
10. JOAN YAYI (dala miliyan 10).