1948 in books
Who ruled 1948? Norman Mailer was Author of the Year on the NYT Hardcover Fiction list. Every #1 bestseller of 1948, the biggest books and the top authors.
NYT Hardcover Fiction
| # | Author | Era Power | Crowns | Top-five weeks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norman Mailer | 410 | 19 | 30 |
| 2 | Ross Lockridge | 301 | 4 | 23 |
| 3 | Ben Ames Williams | 244 | 7 | 18 |
| 4 | Elizabeth Goudge | 235 | 4 | 16 |
| 5 | F. Van Wyck Mason | 212 | 5 | 13 |
| 6 | A. J. Cronin | 197 | 3 | 13 |
| 7 | Marcia Davenport | 195 | 2 | 14 |
| 8 | Agnes Sligh Turnbull | 184 | 0 | 7 |
| 9 | Frances Parkinson Keyes | 180 | 0 | 13 |
| 10 | Frank Yerby | 180 | 0 | 12 |
| First week at #1 | Title | Author | Weeks at #1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 4, 1948 | House Divided | Ben Ames Williams | 7 |
| Feb 8, 1948 | East Side, West Side | Marcia Davenport | 2 |
| Mar 7, 1948 | Eagle in the Sky | F. Van Wyck Mason | 5 |
| Apr 4, 1948 | The Ides of March | Thornton Wilder | 2 |
| Apr 25, 1948 | Raintree County | Ross Lockridge | 4 |
| May 9, 1948 | Pilgrim's Inn | Elizabeth Goudge | 4 |
| Jun 20, 1948 | The Naked and the Dead | Norman Mailer | 19 |
| Sep 5, 1948 | Shannon's Way | A. J. Cronin | 3 |
| Nov 7, 1948 | The Young Lions | Irwin Shaw | 4 |
| Dec 19, 1948 | The Big Fisherman | Lloyd C. Douglas | 2 |
| # | Title | Author | Peak | Weeks | Book Power |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Naked and the Dead | Norman Mailer | #1 | 62 | 603.6 |
| 2 | The Big Fisherman | Lloyd C. Douglas | #1 | 62 | 590.1 |
| 3 | Dinner at Antoine's | Frances Parkinson Keyes | #2 | 37 | 343.8 |
| 4 | The Young Lions | Irwin Shaw | #1 | 34 | 303.5 |
| 5 | Raintree County | Ross Lockridge | #1 | 29 | 301.2 |
| 6 | Pilgrim's Inn | Elizabeth Goudge | #1 | 24 | 234.7 |
| 7 | Eagle in the Sky | F. Van Wyck Mason | #1 | 23 | 211.9 |
| 8 | Shannon's Way | A. J. Cronin | #1 | 23 | 203.2 |
| 9 | The Golden Hawk | Frank Yerby | #2 | 24 | 179.7 |
| 10 | Remembrance Rock | Carl Sandburg | #3 | 21 | 165.3 |
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