Kwa chaka, Patterson adalandira madola 70 miliyoni. Monga momwe wolemba magaziniyo, wolembayo angabwezeredwe kwambiri pofika mu 2012. Kwa zaka ziwiri, wolemba ayenera kulemba 11 amagwira ntchito kwa akulu ndi mabuku asanu ndi limodzi kwa ana.
M'malo achiwiri mu mphanda, a Stephanie Meyer adayamba kukhala otchuka chifukwa cha ma vampire ma vampires angapo. Mabuku ake anali chitchingira katatu ndipo anamasulira zinenelo zoposa 30. Makope oposa 100 miliyoni a mitundu yake amagulitsidwa padziko lapansi. Mkhalidwe wa Meier wa chaka chinabwezeretsa madola 40 miliyoni. Atsogoleri a Troika amatseka Stephen King ($ 34 miliyoni), adalandira ndalama zogulitsa zogulitsa zawo. Mabuku onena za Harry Potter adabweretsa wolemba wa ku Britain Joan Rowors miliyoni miliyoni. Zinapezeka mwakhumi za gawo lankhondo.
Olemba 10 apamwamba kwambiri malinga ndi zoletsa akuwoneka motere:
1. James Patterson (madola 70 miliyoni)
2. Stephanie Meyer (40 miliyoni madola)
3. Mfumu ya Stephen (madola 34 miliyoni)
4. Daniel Stil (32 miliyoni)
5. Ken Follert (madola 20 miliyoni)
6. Dang Kunz (madola 18 miliyoni)
7. Janet Ivanovich (madola 17 miliyoni)
8. John Grisham (madola 15 miliyoni)
9. Nicholas Sparks (madola 14 miliyoni)
10. Joan Rowling (madola mamiliyoni 10).