1945 in books
Who ruled 1945? Samuel Shellaburger was Author of the Year on the NYT Hardcover Fiction list. Every #1 bestseller of 1945, the biggest books and the top authors.
NYT Hardcover Fiction
Author of the Year 1945
4 crowns · 29 weeks among the top five authors · Era Power 370
| # | Author | Era Power | Crowns | Top-five weeks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Samuel Shellaburger | 370 | 4 | 29 |
| 2 | A. J. Cronin | 326 | 17 | 24 |
| 3 | Adria Locke Langley | 291 | 10 | 19 |
| 4 | Gwenthalyn Graham | 269 | 1 | 24 |
| 5 | Kathleen Winsor | 265 | 1 | 18 |
| 6 | Thomas B. Costain | 220 | 13 | 15 |
| 7 | James Hilton | 187 | 2 | 12 |
| 8 | James Ramsey Ullman | 163 | 0 | 14 |
| 9 | Upton Sinclair | 143 | 0 | 10 |
| 10 | Rosamond Lehmann | 128 | 4 | 11 |
| First week at #1 | Title | Author | Weeks at #1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 7, 1945 | The Green Years | A. J. Cronin | 17 |
| Apr 22, 1945 | Earth and High Heaven | Gwenthalyn Graham | 1 |
| Apr 29, 1945 | The Ballad and the Source | Rosamond Lehmann | 4 |
| Jun 3, 1945 | Forever Amber | Kathleen Winsor | 1 |
| Jun 10, 1945 | Captain from Castille | Samuel Shellaburger | 4 |
| Jul 8, 1945 | A Lion Is in the Streets | Adria Locke Langley | 10 |
| Sep 23, 1945 | So Well Remembered | James Hilton | 2 |
| Oct 7, 1945 | The Black Rose | Thomas B. Costain | 13 |
| # | Title | Author | Peak | Weeks | Book Power |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Black Rose | Thomas B. Costain | #1 | 39 | 449.5 |
| 2 | Captain from Castille | Samuel Shellaburger | #1 | 43 | 374.0 |
| 3 | A Lion Is in the Streets | Adria Locke Langley | #1 | 30 | 294.6 |
| 4 | The White Tower | James Ramsey Ullman | #2 | 26 | 244.5 |
| 5 | So Well Remembered | James Hilton | #1 | 23 | 204.4 |
| 6 | Cass Timberlane | Sinclair Lewis | #2 | 19 | 175.5 |
| 7 | The Peacock Sheds His Tail | Alice Tisdale Hobart | #4 | 21 | 152.2 |
| 8 | Dragon Harvest | Upton Sinclair | #2 | 18 | 143.4 |
| 9 | The River Road | Frances Parkinson Keyes | #3 | 21 | 139.5 |
| 10 | The Ballad and the Source | Rosamond Lehmann | #1 | 12 | 127.8 |
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