1958 in books
Who ruled 1958? Robert Traver was Author of the Year on the NYT Hardcover Fiction list. Every #1 bestseller of 1958, the biggest books and the top authors.
NYT Hardcover Fiction
| # | Author | Era Power | Crowns | Top-five weeks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Robert Traver | 592 | 29 | 44 |
| 2 | Anya Seton | 297 | 0 | 22 |
| 3 | Edna Ferber | 266 | 0 | 21 |
| 4 | James Gould Cozzens | 248 | 9 | 17 |
| 5 | Max Schulman | 244 | 0 | 16 |
| 6 | Jerome Weidman | 208 | 0 | 15 |
| 7 | Vladimir Nabokov | 191 | 7 | 14 |
| 8 | Patrick Dennis | 174 | 0 | 14 |
| 9 | Helen MacInnes | 154 | 0 | 11 |
| 10 | Boris Pasternak | 143 | 5 | 11 |
| First week at #1 | Title | Author | Weeks at #1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 5, 1958 | By Love Possessed | James Gould Cozzens | 9 |
| Mar 9, 1958 | Anatomy of a Murder | Robert Traver | 29 |
| Sep 28, 1958 | Lolita | Vladimir Nabokov | 7 |
| Nov 16, 1958 | Doctor Zhivago | Boris Pasternak | 5 |
| # | Title | Author | Peak | Weeks | Book Power |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Exodus | Leon Uris | #1 | 78 | 800.6 |
| 2 | Doctor Zhivago | Boris Pasternak | #1 | 57 | 642.0 |
| 3 | Anatomy of a Murder | Robert Traver | #1 | 59 | 640.8 |
| 4 | The Ugly American | William J. Lederer & Eugene Burdick | #2 | 76 | 609.8 |
| 5 | Lolita | Vladimir Nabokov | #1 | 54 | 507.9 |
| 6 | The Winthrop Woman | Anya Seton | #2 | 31 | 296.5 |
| 7 | Ice Palace | Edna Ferber | #2 | 28 | 266.0 |
| 8 | Around the World with Auntie Mame | Patrick Dennis | #2 | 29 | 256.1 |
| 9 | The Enemy Camp | Jerome Weidman | #2 | 23 | 208.2 |
| 10 | From the Terrace | John O'Hara | #3 | 27 | 198.0 |
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