1932 in books
Who ruled 1932? Charles Morgan was Author of the Year on the NYT Hardcover Fiction list. Every #1 bestseller of 1932, the biggest books and the top authors.
NYT Hardcover Fiction
Author of the Year 1932
10 crowns · 18 weeks among the top five authors · Era Power 245
| # | Author | Era Power | Crowns | Top-five weeks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Charles Morgan | 245 | 10 | 18 |
| 2 | Pearl S. Buck | 202 | 9 | 15 |
| 3 | Booth Tarkington | 127 | 7 | 9 |
| 4 | John Galsworthy | 125 | 7 | 9 |
| 5 | Louis Golding | 94 | 4 | 7 |
| 6 | Ellen Glasgow | 94 | 3 | 7 |
| 7 | W. Someset Maugham | 74 | 0 | 6 |
| 8 | Julia Peterkin | 60 | 1 | 5 |
| 9 | Phyllis Bentley | 55 | 0 | 5 |
| 10 | William McFee | 54 | 2 | 4 |
| First week at #1 | Title | Author | Weeks at #1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 4, 1932 | Maid in Waiting | John Galsworthy | 1 |
| Jan 11, 1932 | The Harbourmaster | William McFee | 2 |
| Jan 25, 1932 | Mr. and Mrs. Pennington | Francis Brett Young | 2 |
| Feb 8, 1932 | The End of Desire | Robert Herrick | 1 |
| Feb 15, 1932 | Mary's Neck | Booth Tarkington | 7 |
| Apr 4, 1932 | Magnolia Street | Louis Golding | 4 |
| May 2, 1932 | Bright Skin | Julia Peterkin | 1 |
| May 9, 1932 | A Modern Hero | Louis Bromfield | 1 |
| May 16, 1932 | The Good Earth | Pearl S. Buck | 3 |
| Jun 6, 1932 | District Nurse | Faith Baldwin | 1 |
| Jun 13, 1932 | The Fountain | Charles Morgan | 10 |
| Aug 15, 1932 | Faraway | J. B. Priestley | 1 |
| Aug 22, 1932 | Lark Ascending | Mazo de la Roche | 1 |
| Sep 5, 1932 | A New York Tempest | Manuel Komroff | 1 |
| Sep 12, 1932 | The Sheltered Life | Ellen Glasgow | 3 |
| Oct 3, 1932 | Sons | Pearl S. Buck | 6 |
| Nov 14, 1932 | Invitation to the Waltz | Rosamond Lehmann | 1 |
| Nov 21, 1932 | Flowering Wilderness | John Galsworthy | 6 |
| # | Title | Author | Peak | Weeks | Book Power |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Fountain | Charles Morgan | #1 | 18 | 244.8 |
| 2 | Mary's Neck | Booth Tarkington | #1 | 9 | 127.0 |
| 3 | Flowering Wilderness | John Galsworthy | #1 | 8 | 116.2 |
| 4 | The Narrow Corner | W. Someset Maugham | #2 | 8 | 99.5 |
| 5 | Magnolia Street | Louis Golding | #1 | 7 | 94.4 |
| 6 | The Sheltered Life | Ellen Glasgow | #1 | 7 | 94.2 |
| 7 | Sons | Pearl S. Buck | #1 | 6 | 87.2 |
| 8 | Bright Skin | Julia Peterkin | #1 | 5 | 60.2 |
| 9 | The Bishop's Jaegers | Thorne Smith | #2 | 5 | 56.7 |
| 10 | Inheritance | Phyllis Bentley | #3 | 5 | 55.0 |
Author of the Year and the rankings are the ChartReign Power model: the author with the most chart power over the year, not the most #1s. Crowns are weeks crowned Author of the Week. How it works