1935 in books
Who ruled 1935? Lloyd C. Douglas was Author of the Year on the NYT Hardcover Fiction list. Every #1 bestseller of 1935, the biggest books and the top authors.
NYT Hardcover Fiction
Author of the Year 1935
3 crowns · 25 weeks among the top five authors · Era Power 336
| # | Author | Era Power | Crowns | Top-five weeks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lloyd C. Douglas | 336 | 3 | 25 |
| 2 | Thomas Wolfe | 267 | 7 | 19 |
| 3 | Robert Briffault | 219 | 9 | 16 |
| 4 | James Hilton | 219 | 4 | 16 |
| 5 | Ellen Glasgow | 179 | 2 | 12 |
| 6 | Franz Werfel | 177 | 1 | 13 |
| 7 | Humphrey Cobb | 168 | 6 | 12 |
| 8 | Edna Ferber | 156 | 3 | 12 |
| 9 | Thornton Wilder | 148 | 3 | 10 |
| 10 | Mazo de la Roche | 143 | 1 | 12 |
| First week at #1 | Title | Author | Weeks at #1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 7, 1935 | The Forty Days of Musa Dagh | Franz Werfel | 3 |
| Jan 21, 1935 | Heaven's My Destination | Thornton Wilder | 5 |
| Mar 4, 1935 | Come and Get It | Edna Ferber | 3 |
| Mar 18, 1935 | Of Time and the River | Thomas Wolfe | 7 |
| Apr 29, 1935 | Green Light | Lloyd C. Douglas | 3 |
| May 20, 1935 | Now in November | Josephine Johnson | 3 |
| Jun 10, 1935 | Young Renny | Mazo de la Roche | 1 |
| Jun 17, 1935 | Paths of Glory | Humphrey Cobb | 6 |
| Aug 12, 1935 | Lucy Gayheart | Willa Cather | 4 |
| Sep 9, 1935 | Vein of Iron | Ellen Glasgow | 2 |
| Sep 23, 1935 | Europa | Robert Briffault | 9 |
| Nov 4, 1935 | It Can't Happen Here | Sinclair Lewis | 6 |
| # | Title | Author | Peak | Weeks | Book Power |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It Can't Happen Here | Sinclair Lewis | #1 | 31 | 350.2 |
| 2 | Green Light | Lloyd C. Douglas | #1 | 31 | 334.5 |
| 3 | Of Time and the River | Thomas Wolfe | #1 | 25 | 265.9 |
| 4 | Europa | Robert Briffault | #1 | 21 | 261.5 |
| 5 | Vein of Iron | Ellen Glasgow | #1 | 17 | 179.4 |
| 6 | Paths of Glory | Humphrey Cobb | #1 | 14 | 168.2 |
| 7 | Come and Get It | Edna Ferber | #1 | 14 | 153.4 |
| 8 | Heaven's My Destination | Thornton Wilder | #1 | 12 | 144.3 |
| 9 | Young Renny | Mazo de la Roche | #1 | 13 | 142.8 |
| 10 | Time Out of Mind | Rachel Field | #2 | 17 | 133.3 |
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