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NYT Hardcover Fiction

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Author of the Year 1950

Henry Morton Robinson

24 crowns · 38 weeks among the top five authors · Era Power 523

Top authors of 1950

#	Author	Era Power	Crowns	Top-five weeks
1	HRHenry Morton Robinson	523	24	38
2	Mika Waltari	483	7	37
3	John Hersey	352	5	26
4	GBGwen Bristow	347	0	27
5	DMDaphne Du Maurier	201	5	14
6	Ernest Hemingway	193	7	14
7	RWRobert Penn Warren	175	0	12
8	KWKathleen Winsor	171	0	12
9	SSSamuel Shellabarger	151	0	10
10	Sholem Asch	146	0	9

Every #1 bestseller of 19506 books reached #1 on the NYT Hardcover Fiction list

First week at #1	Title	Author	Weeks at #1
Jan 1, 1950	The Egyptian	Mika Waltari	7
Feb 19, 1950	The Parasites	Daphne Du Maurier	5
Mar 26, 1950	The Wall	John Hersey	5
Apr 30, 1950	The Cardinal	Henry Morton Robinson	24
Oct 15, 1950	Across the River and Into the Trees	Ernest Hemingway	7
Dec 3, 1950	The Disenchanted	Budd Schulberg	5

Biggest books of 1950Titles that entered the list in 1950, by Book Power

#	Title	Author	Peak	Weeks	Book Power
1	The Cardinal	Henry Morton Robinson	#1	56	631.9
2	The Disenchanted	Budd Schulberg	#1	35	357.2
3	Joy Street	Frances Parkinson Keyes	#1	34	354.0
4	Jubilee Trail	Gwen Bristow	#3	46	352.7
5	The Wall	John Hersey	#1	34	351.5
6	Across the River and Into the Trees	Ernest Hemingway	#1	21	226.1
7	The Parasites	Daphne Du Maurier	#1	21	200.7
8	World and Enough Time	Robert Penn Warren	#2	18	174.6
9	The Adventurer	Mika Waltari	#3	22	174.5
10	Star Money	Kathleen Winsor	#3	22	171.1

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