1971 in books
Who ruled 1971? Leon Uris was Author of the Year on the NYT Hardcover Fiction list. Every #1 bestseller of 1971, the biggest books and the top authors.
NYT Hardcover Fiction
| # | Author | Era Power | Crowns | Top-five weeks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Leon Uris | 406 | 9 | 30 |
| 2 | Irving Stone | 351 | 13 | 23 |
| 3 | William Peter Blatty | 347 | 12 | 27 |
| 4 | Joseph Wambaugh | 261 | 0 | 18 |
| 5 | Thomas Tryon | 225 | 0 | 15 |
| 6 | Frederick Forsyth | 218 | 7 | 16 |
| 7 | Erich Segal | 199 | 7 | 13 |
| 8 | Sylvia Plath | 165 | 0 | 7 |
| 9 | Victoria Holt | 164 | 0 | 12 |
| 10 | Agatha Christie | 162 | 0 | 9 |
| First week at #1 | Title | Author | Weeks at #1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 3, 1971 | Love Story | Erich Segal | 7 |
| Feb 21, 1971 | QB VII | Leon Uris | 9 |
| Apr 25, 1971 | The Passions of the Mind | Irving Stone | 13 |
| Jul 25, 1971 | The Exorcist | William Peter Blatty | 12 |
| Oct 17, 1971 | The Day of the Jackal | Frederick Forsyth | 7 |
| Nov 7, 1971 | Wheels | Arthur Hailey | 4 |
| # | Title | Author | Peak | Weeks | Book Power |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Winds of War | Herman Wouk | #1 | 65 | 727.8 |
| 2 | The Exorcist | William Peter Blatty | #1 | 55 | 582.1 |
| 3 | The Day of the Jackal | Frederick Forsyth | #1 | 36 | 409.4 |
| 4 | Wheels | Arthur Hailey | #1 | 33 | 391.9 |
| 5 | The Passions of the Mind | Irving Stone | #1 | 31 | 351.4 |
| 6 | The New Centurions | Joseph Wambaugh | #2 | 32 | 260.7 |
| 7 | The Other | Thomas Tryon | #2 | 24 | 224.9 |
| 8 | Message from Malaga | Helen MacInnes | #4 | 28 | 218.7 |
| 9 | The Bell Jar | Sylvia Plath | #4 | 24 | 164.8 |
| 10 | The Drifters | James A. Michener | #4 | 22 | 157.1 |
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