1967 in books
Who ruled 1967? Elia Kazan was Author of the Year on the NYT Hardcover Fiction list. Every #1 bestseller of 1967, the biggest books and the top authors.
NYT Hardcover Fiction
| # | Author | Era Power | Crowns | Top-five weeks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Elia Kazan | 521 | 23 | 36 |
| 2 | Robert Crichton | 360 | 12 | 24 |
| 3 | Chaim Potok | 326 | 3 | 26 |
| 4 | Thornton Wilder | 320 | 4 | 24 |
| 5 | Allen Drury | 278 | 0 | 21 |
| 6 | Jacqueline Susann | 214 | 0 | 19 |
| 7 | Gore Vidal | 198 | 0 | 18 |
| 8 | Ira Levin | 196 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | Leon Uris | 154 | 1 | 12 |
| 10 | Mary Stewart | 151 | 1 | 13 |
| First week at #1 | Title | Author | Weeks at #1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 1, 1967 | The Secret of Santa Vittoria | Robert Crichton | 12 |
| Mar 26, 1967 | The Arrangement | Elia Kazan | 23 |
| Jun 4, 1967 | The Eighth Day | Thornton Wilder | 4 |
| Oct 1, 1967 | The Chosen | Chaim Potok | 3 |
| Oct 15, 1967 | Topaz | Leon Uris | 1 |
| Oct 29, 1967 | The Gabriel Hounds | Mary Stewart | 1 |
| Nov 5, 1967 | The Confessions of Nat Turner | William Styron | 9 |
| # | Title | Author | Peak | Weeks | Book Power |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Arrangement | Elia Kazan | #1 | 42 | 520.9 |
| 2 | Topaz | Leon Uris | #1 | 52 | 508.1 |
| 3 | The Confessions of Nat Turner | William Styron | #1 | 44 | 452.9 |
| 4 | The Chosen | Chaim Potok | #1 | 39 | 367.2 |
| 5 | The Eighth Day | Thornton Wilder | #1 | 28 | 319.6 |
| 6 | Christy | Catherine Marshall | #2 | 38 | 302.2 |
| 7 | Rosemary's Baby | Ira Levin | #3 | 43 | 260.5 |
| 8 | The Gabriel Hounds | Mary Stewart | #1 | 25 | 239.4 |
| 9 | Washington, D.C. | Gore Vidal | #2 | 21 | 197.6 |
| 10 | The Exhibitionist | Henry Sutton | #4 | 20 | 135.5 |
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