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NYT Hardcover Fiction

Author of the Year 1936

Margaret Mitchell

25 crowns · 26 weeks among the top five authors · Era Power 371

Top authors of 1936

#	Author	Era Power	Crowns	Top-five weeks
1	Margaret Mitchell	371	25	26
2	George Santayana	330	11	25
3	WEWalter D. Edmonds	256	0	21
4	Sinclair Lewis	214	2	18
5	CMCharles Morgan	179	5	13
6	MRMary Roberts Rinehart	151	4	12
7	Aldous Huxley	149	0	12
8	Hervey Allen	128	0	12
9	LDLloyd C. Douglas	117	0	12
10	RWRebecca West	112	0	8

Every #1 bestseller of 19368 books reached #1 on the NYT Hardcover Fiction list

First week at #1	Title	Author	Weeks at #1
Jan 6, 1936	It Can't Happen Here	Sinclair Lewis	2
Jan 20, 1936	If I Have Four Apples	Josephine Lawrence	3
Feb 10, 1936	The Last Puritan	George Santayana	11
Apr 27, 1936	Sparkenbroke	Charles Morgan	5
Jun 1, 1936	The Weather in the Streets	Rosamond Lehmann	1
Jun 8, 1936	The Doctor	Mary Roberts Rinehart	4
Jul 6, 1936	Sanfelice	Vincent Sheean	1
Jul 13, 1936	Gone with the Wind	Margaret Mitchell	25

Biggest books of 1936Titles that entered the list in 1936, by Book Power

#	Title	Author	Peak	Weeks	Book Power
1	Gone with the Wind	Margaret Mitchell	#1	78	819.2
2	Drums Along the Mohawk	Walter D. Edmonds	#1	46	513.6
3	The Last Puritan	George Santayana	#1	29	329.5
4	Sparkenbroke	Charles Morgan	#1	15	178.7
5	The Doctor	Mary Roberts Rinehart	#1	13	151.2
6	Eyeglass in Gaza	Aldous Huxley	#2	14	149.1
7	White Banners	Lloyd C. Douglas	#3	15	142.5
8	Yang and Yin	Alice Tisdale Hobart	#3	16	140.6
9	The Hurricane	Charles Nordloff & James Norman Hall	#2	12	133.9
10	The Thinking Reed	Rebecca West	#2	11	111.6

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