Which Best Book Author Consistently Tops YA Bestseller Lists?

Okay, quick and candid: if someone asks me who 'consistently' tops YA bestseller lists, I’ll say Colleen Hoover right now, but only if we mean the modern viral-era definition of consistent. Her contemporary romances keep coming back thanks to social buzz and emotional word-of-mouth. Still, the YA landscape is a mosaic — Sarah J. Maas, Rick Riordan, and the big franchises like 'The Hunger Games' or 'Six of Crows' also claim top spots depending on the month and the metric.

For a reader trying to follow who’s actually leading: check the New York Times YA list for prestige, Amazon and Bookshop charts for sales trends, and TikTok/BookTok for cultural momentum. If you love serialized fantasy, prioritize names like Maas or Leigh Bardugo; if you want emotionally charged contemporary, Hoover and Angie Thomas are safer bets. Personally, I chase lists the way I chase new releases — with curiosity and the occasional guilty pleasure — and it's more fun that way.

If I had to pick one author who currently and consistently pops up at the top of YA bestseller lists, I'd point to Colleen Hoover — but with a big caveat about what “consistently” actually means. In the last few years she’s dominated not just YA but crossover lists because of how viral reads travel on social platforms; titles like 'It Ends with Us' and others keep resurfacing, pulling her back onto bestseller lists again and again. I still get a kick out of seeing stacks of her books by the register and friends swapping blurbs like hot gossip.

That said, the YA scene isn’t a one-person show. If you look at fantasy-heavy charts, Sarah J. Maas is almost always near the top thanks to massive series momentum from 'Throne of Glass' to 'A Court of Thorns and Roses'. And then there are perennial names like Rick Riordan — 'Percy Jackson' keeps selling because new generations discover it — and legacy titans like Suzanne Collins whose 'The Hunger Games' still influences lists whenever screen adaptations or anniversaries hit.

So I read bestseller lists like a weather map: Colleen Hoover often brings the heat right now, but the wind shifts by genre, format, and platform. If you want to follow what’s topping YA this month, peek at social feeds, bookstore displays, and the NYT YA lists, and expect a mix of viral contemporary, long-running fantasy series, and classics that refuse to go away — it’s what keeps the scene fun.

I'm the kind of person who judges a bookstore by the YA display and then goes down a rabbit hole tracking who turns up most weeks. If you measure consistency by weeks-on-list and sheer ubiquity across retailers, Colleen Hoover is a standout in recent seasons — her books keep re-entering bestseller lists because of powerful word-of-mouth and platform-driven resurgences. Titles like 'It Ends with Us' have become cultural touchstones that pull both new and returning readers.

But if you split lists by subgenre, other writers are equally “consistent.” Sarah J. Maas routinely tops fantasy YA charts with sprawling series that keep readers hooked between volumes. Rick Riordan is a different kind of steady: the 'Percy Jackson' universe sells continuously to younger readers migrating into YA. Then there are names like John Green whose backlist classics such as 'The Fault in Our Stars' still drive sales when themes or anniversaries resurface. In short, the author who tops a YA list depends on which list you check — YA paperback, hardcover, e-book, or a specific retailer’s chart — so my practical tip is to follow multiple sources and watch trends rather than expect one permanent ruler of the lists.