Meyer, the author of the famed "Twilight" series, didn't actually publish anything this year, but she still managed to make $21 million. The "Twilight" series is still selling copy after copy of the four books in the series: "Twilight," "Eclipse," "New Moon," and "Breaking Dawn," along with a companion book to the series, "The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner." The popularity of the books has been boosted immensely by the series of films based on "Twilight" – films to which you've probably been dragged by any teenage girl you're related to.

Twilight, by Stephenie Meyer, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, 544 pp.