1937 in books

NYT Hardcover Fiction

Author of the Year 1937

Margaret Mitchell

8 crowns · 32 weeks among the top five authors · Era Power 382

Top authors of 1937

#	Author	Era Power	Crowns	Top-five weeks
1	Margaret Mitchell	382	8	32
2	Kenneth Roberts	344	15	25
3	WEWalter D. Edmonds	258	4	18
4	Virginia Woolf	226	4	18
5	A. J. Cronin	205	9	15
6	Somerset Maugham	196	5	12
7	MBMillen Brand	189	7	13
8	VWVaughan Wilkins	187	0	14
9	MFMichael Foster	136	0	12
10	JMJohn P. Marquand	125	0	8

Every #1 bestseller of 19377 books reached #1 on the NYT Hardcover Fiction list

First week at #1	Title	Author	Weeks at #1
Jan 4, 1937	Gone with the Wind	Margaret Mitchell	8
Feb 22, 1937	Drums Along the Mohawk	Walter D. Edmonds	4
Mar 22, 1937	Theatre	Somerset Maugham	5
May 3, 1937	The Years	Virginia Woolf	4
May 17, 1937	The Outward Room	Millen Brand	7
Jul 19, 1937	Northwest Passage	Kenneth Roberts	15
Oct 4, 1937	The Citadel	A. J. Cronin	9

Biggest books of 1937Titles that entered the list in 1937, by Book Power

#	Title	Author	Peak	Weeks	Book Power
1	The Citadel	A. J. Cronin	#1	60	718.7
2	Northwest Passage	Kenneth Roberts	#1	53	613.0
3	The Rains Came	Louis Bromfield	#3	28	263.5
4	The Years	Virginia Woolf	#1	19	225.9
5	And So - Victoria	Vaughan Wilkins	#2	20	199.2
6	Theatre	Somerset Maugham	#1	19	196.1
7	The Outward Room	Millen Brand	#1	17	189.0
8	American Dream	Michael Foster	#2	13	136.2
9	The Late George Apley	John P. Marquand	#2	15	134.2
10	Of Mice and Men	John Steinbeck	#4	16	121.3

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