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Whitcoulls Top 20 Authors List 2014-2015

When Whitcoulls canvassed New Zealanders to find out what their Top 100 books for 2014-2015 were they also published a list of New Zealand's Top 20 Authors. To find out which authors were selected read on.

Jodi Picoult, author of such compelling books as My Sister's Keeper, The Pact and The Storyteller was voted New Zealand's favourite author for 2014-2015. In an interesting twist she narrowly edged out J. K. Rowling, author of the Harry Potter series. These results may reflect the age of the voters as Jodi Picoult is most popular among women who are by far the largest demographic of book buyers.

Whitcoulls Top 20 Authors for 2014-2015 - Jodi Picoult - My Sister's Keeper book
Whitcoulls Top 20 Authors for 2014-2015 - Jodi Picoult - The Pact book
Whitcoulls Top 20 Authors for 2014-2015 - Jodi Picoult - The Storyteller book

Other fiction writers who made it to the list in the crime and thriller genre were Lee Child, Dan Brown and James Patterson. Most popular Sci-Fi & Fantasy authors were George R. R. Martin, J R. R. Tolkien and Terry Pratchett. Find out what other authors featured on the list below:

Whitcoulls 20 Top Authors List 2014-2015

  1. Jodi Picoult 
  2. J. K. Rowling 
  3. John Green 
  4. Diana Gabaldon 
  5. Stephen King 
  6. Jane Austen 
  7. Bryce Courtenay 
  8. George R. R. Martin 
  9. Lee Child 
  10. J. R. R. Tolkien 


    11. Paullina Simons 11th place in NZ Whitcoulls Top 20 Favourite Authors List 2014-2015
    Suzanne Collins placegetter in NZ Whitcoulls Top 20 Favourite Authors List 2014-2015
    Jojo Moyes one of New Zealand's best loved authors as voted in NZ Whitcoulls Top 20 Favourite Authors List 2014-2015

  11. Paullina Simons 
  12. Suzanne Collins 
  13. Dan Brown 
  14. Veronica Roth 
  15. Marian Keyes 
  16. James Patterson 
  17. Philippa Gregory 
  18. Jojo Moyes 
  19. Nicholas Sparks 
  20. Terry Pratchett


To download a list of Whitcoulls Top 100 books for 2014-2015 in pdf format follow this link.


The top authors in New Zealand list is not all that surprising with all the big names featuring as you might expect. No real surprises but comforting to know that book tastes in New Zealand mirror overeseas trends. It will interesting to watch how this list of top authors voted for by New Zealanders changes in the years to come.


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Whitcoulls Top 100 Books List 2021-2022
Whitcoulls Top 100 Books List 2017-2018
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