Rau lub xyoo, Patterson khwv tau 70 lab las. Raws li cov ntawv xov xwm tseem ceeb, lub xeev ntawm tus kws sau ntawv tuaj yeem ua tau los ntawm xyoo 2012. Tau ob xyoos, tus sau yuav tsum sau 11 ua haujlwm rau cov neeg laus thiab rau phau ntawv rau cov menyuam.
Hauv qib thib ob nyob rau hauv qeb duas, Stephanie Meyer tau muab nrov ua tsaug rau Twilight Vampire Novels cov lus tshiab. Nws phau ntawv tau muab khi rau peb zaug thiab txhais ntau dua 30 yam lus. Ntau tshaj 100 lab daim ntawv luam ntawm nws cov ntawv muag hauv lub ntiaj teb. Meier tus mob rau lub xyoo rov ua dua 40 lab las. Troika cov thawj coj kaw Stephen King ($ 34 lab), khwv tau los ntawm kev muag ntawm lawv cov haujlwm thaum ntxov. Cov phau ntawv hais txog Harry Potter coj ib tug nrov British tus sau Joan Rowling kaum lab las. Nws muab tawm kom tsuas yog nyob hauv feem kaum ntawm qeb duas.
TOP 10 cov kws sau ntawv zoo tshaj plaws raws li Forbes zoo li qhov no:
1. James Patterson (70 lab las)
2. Stephanie Meyer (40 lab daus las)
3. Stephen King (34 lab daus las)
4. Daniel Stil (32 lab las)
5. Ken Follett (20 lab daus las)
6. Ding Kunz (18 lab daus las)
7. Janet Ivanovich (17 lab las)
8. John Greeram (15 lab daus las)
9. Nicholas Sparks (14 lab daus las)
10. Joan Rowling (10 lab daus las).