According to an industry report published by Russia's Ministry of Digital Development, Anna Jane (Anna Potapkina) was the most printed fiction author in Russia in 2025.
The report titled 'Russian Book Market', accessed by RIA Novosti, stated: "The most printed fiction author in our country in 2025 remained the Russian writer Anna Jane (A. N. Potapkina). The total print run of the author's 79 books was 2.167 million copies."
Stephen King Falls to Fourth Place
The report noted that American author Stephen King, long a leader in print run rankings, fell to fourth place based on 2025 results. The total print run of King's 143 books reached 588.2 thousand copies, a 60.9% increase compared to 2024. In 2024, 79 of his works were printed in 365.5 thousand copies.
Dontsova Falls Outside the Top 10
Darya Dontsova, who had long been on the list of most printed authors, did not even make the top 10 in 2025. By year's end, Dontsova ranked 19th, falling behind classics such as Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Mikhail Bulgakov, Leo Tolstoy, Alexander Pushkin, Erich Maria Remarque, Alexander Dumas, Haruki Murakami, and Nikolai Gogol.
The total print run of Dontsova's 69 books published in 2025 was 276 thousand copies. This figure represents a 15.9% decline compared to the 328 thousand copy print run in 2024.