1941 in books
Who ruled 1941? James Hilton was Author of the Year on the NYT Hardcover Fiction list. Every #1 bestseller of 1941, the biggest books and the top authors.
NYT Hardcover Fiction
| # | Author | Era Power | Crowns | Top-five weeks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | James Hilton | 357 | 10 | 28 |
| 2 | Eric Knight | 345 | 14 | 27 |
| 3 | A. J. Cronin | 323 | 17 | 23 |
| 4 | Marguerite Steen | 220 | 0 | 19 |
| 5 | Kenneth Roberts | 196 | 4 | 17 |
| 6 | Ernest Hemingway | 155 | 2 | 13 |
| 7 | Helen McInnes | 151 | 0 | 13 |
| 8 | J. P. Marquand | 140 | 0 | 13 |
| 9 | Ellen Glasgow | 135 | 0 | 11 |
| 10 | Marcus Goodrich | 103 | 0 | 10 |
| First week at #1 | Title | Author | Weeks at #1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 6, 1941 | Oliver Wiswell | Kenneth Roberts | 4 |
| Jan 20, 1941 | For Whom the Bell Tolls | Ernest Hemingway | 2 |
| Feb 17, 1941 | Random Harvest | James Hilton | 10 |
| Apr 28, 1941 | This Above All | Eric Knight | 14 |
| Aug 4, 1941 | The Keys of the Kingdom | A. J. Cronin | 17 |
| Nov 17, 1941 | Saratoga Trunk | Edna Ferber | 3 |
| Dec 15, 1941 | Windswept | Mary Ellen Chase | 2 |
| # | Title | Author | Peak | Weeks | Book Power |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Keys of the Kingdom | A. J. Cronin | #1 | 31 | 410.3 |
| 2 | Random Harvest | James Hilton | #1 | 29 | 357.2 |
| 3 | This Above All | Eric Knight | #1 | 27 | 345.4 |
| 4 | The Sun Is My Undoing | Marguerite Steen | #2 | 31 | 328.9 |
| 5 | Windswept | Mary Ellen Chase | #1 | 20 | 248.0 |
| 6 | Saratoga Trunk | Edna Ferber | #1 | 14 | 159.2 |
| 7 | Above Suspicion | Helen McInnes | #3 | 15 | 150.7 |
| 8 | H. M. Pulham, Esquire | J. P. Marquand | #2 | 13 | 140.5 |
| 9 | In This Our Life | Ellen Glasgow | #2 | 13 | 134.8 |
| 10 | Delilah | Marcus Goodrich | #3 | 11 | 103.3 |
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