Can you name the authors with the most #1 N.Y. Times fiction bestsellers?

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N.Y. Times #1 Fiction Authors Quiz

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Published: December 25th, 2008
Category: Literature
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Tags: Book Quizzes, Novel Quizzes, fiction, num, New York Times, Best Selling, author

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	KK:	Dec 25th, 2008 at 04:32 GMT	2 points
	The last name of the 2nd to last author is misspelled.

	Kicking222:	Dec 25th, 2008 at 04:39 GMT	2 points
	Well, I got four. Go me. Serves me right for never, ever reading.

	tobinw:	Dec 25th, 2008 at 04:45 GMT	5 points
	I wonder how many of these authors will still be read 200 years from now.

	sactoshc:	Dec 25th, 2008 at 04:52 GMT	2 points
	Thanks for another fun one, Sporcle!

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	EmilyRose1982:	Dec 25th, 2008 at 05:37 GMT	12 points
	It's StePHen King, not SteVen King.

	estivator:	Dec 25th, 2008 at 12:41 GMT	-2 points
	would have been helpful to have specified a time period. had no idea how far back we were going.

	jessek:	Dec 25th, 2008 at 16:52 GMT	-2 points
	"Steven King" should be spelled "Stephen King" or at least accept both spellings.

	goharshindali:	Dec 26th, 2008 at 05:02 GMT	4 points
	Not J. K. Rowling?? Or is that Children's Fiction?

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	lyttmabatr:	Dec 27th, 2008 at 23:42 GMT	0 points
	I read a lot (and I mean a LOT) and I only got 4, i knew the type of author i was looking for but couldn't think of their names coz i never read them. Could see the covers of the books in my head though... can we have a UK times version??? Might get a few more.

	Catherine_F:	Dec 28th, 2008 at 20:35 GMT	-1 points
	Clair: I got 5, even though I guess I don't read as much as you :) I've only read two authors on the list, le Carré (Only the one book though) and du Maurier (several books, but didn't consider her as an answer!)

	blue canary:	Feb 16th, 2009 at 16:58 GMT	1 point
	I only got eight, but considering the caliber of some of the authors on the list (Nicholas Sparks? Ugh.) I'm not feeling too bad. VERY surprised Rowling's not on the list, is there a separate list for Young Adult lit? And before I get flamed for being a snob, I got Nora Roberts because her books are a total guilty pleasure of mine.

	y2jdilemma:	Jun 10th, 2009 at 00:44 GMT	0 points
	12/21 and I dont think, other than #1, Ive ever read anything by any of them.

	JimKatz:	Jun 18th, 2009 at 19:53 GMT	7 points
	Quantity and quality. Not same.

	ashman:	Jan 10th, 2010 at 22:58 GMT	0 points
	That's one sad, sad list.

	Visimore:	Mar 27th, 2010 at 21:14 GMT	1 point
	I only got 9; perhaps I shouldn't say "only" since I haven't read any of the authors except for King and du Maurier (I actually didn't guess du Maurier; I never would have thought of her). The woman I used to work as a nanny for had various books by Sparks, Roberts, Steel, and some of the authors on the list, otherwise I probably wouldn't have known them. I'm also very surprised by Rowling's absence.

	Azazello:	Aug 5th, 2010 at 19:43 GMT	1 point
	@estivator: A time period is specified. 1942 to 12/25/08.

	PK9:	Oct 7th, 2010 at 23:41 GMT	1 point
	The NYTimes broke up its list to specifically keep Rowling from monopolizing the top 10. =P

	Hreathemus:	Jul 20th, 2011 at 16:17 GMT	1 point
	An alarming number of chick lit authors. And the rest seem to be detective novels and three horrors. And the %&¤/ing religious fiction duo... I have to agree with JimKatz: quantity and quality just are not the same thing, but must they be so mutually exclusive?

	luke78:	Jan 16th, 2012 at 23:06 GMT	1 point
	surprised not to see rowling or ken follett on here...