1943 in books
Who ruled 1943? Lloyd C. Douglas was Author of the Year on the NYT Hardcover Fiction list. Every #1 bestseller of 1943, the biggest books and the top authors.
NYT Hardcover Fiction
Author of the Year 1943
31 crowns · 52 weeks among the top five authors · Era Power 685
| # | Author | Era Power | Crowns | Top-five weeks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lloyd C. Douglas | 685 | 31 | 52 |
| 2 | Marcia Davenport | 452 | 4 | 40 |
| 3 | Betty Smith | 250 | 13 | 18 |
| 4 | John P. Marquand | 235 | 4 | 18 |
| 5 | Daphne Du Maurier | 168 | 0 | 15 |
| 6 | William Saroyan | 160 | 0 | 15 |
| 7 | Louis Bromfield | 143 | 0 | 14 |
| 8 | Sholem Asch | 111 | 0 | 12 |
| 9 | Xavier Herbert | 96 | 0 | 10 |
| 10 | Howard Fast | 93 | 0 | 10 |
| First week at #1 | Title | Author | Weeks at #1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 4, 1943 | The Robe | Lloyd C. Douglas | 31 |
| Feb 1, 1943 | The Valley of Decision | Marcia Davenport | 4 |
| Sep 6, 1943 | So Little Time | John P. Marquand | 4 |
| Sep 20, 1943 | A Tree Grows in Brooklyn | Betty Smith | 13 |
| # | Title | Author | Peak | Weeks | Book Power |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A Tree Grows in Brooklyn | Betty Smith | #1 | 51 | 655.2 |
| 2 | So Little Time | John P. Marquand | #1 | 28 | 343.2 |
| 3 | The Apostle | Sholem Asch | #3 | 20 | 183.2 |
| 4 | Hungry Hill | Daphne Du Maurier | #2 | 15 | 168.0 |
| 5 | The Human Comedy | William Saroyan | #2 | 15 | 159.6 |
| 6 | Mrs. Parkington | Louis Bromfield | #2 | 14 | 143.5 |
| 7 | In Bed We Cry | Ilka Chase | #3 | 12 | 109.2 |
| 8 | Capricornia | Xavier Herbert | #3 | 10 | 96.4 |
| 9 | Citizen Tom Paine | Howard Fast | #2 | 10 | 92.9 |
| 10 | Gideon Planish | Sinclair Lewis | #2 | 7 | 74.4 |
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