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NYT Hardcover Fiction

Author of the Year 1973

Frederick Forsyth

6 crowns · 29 weeks among the top five authors · Era Power 421

Top authors of 1973

#	Author	Era Power	Crowns	Top-five weeks
1	Frederick Forsyth	421	6	29
2	Jacqueline Susann	378	8	26
3	RBRichard Bach	377	11	26
4	Kurt Vonnegut	328	10	23
5	MSMary Stewart	303	11	23
6	PEPaul Emil Erdman	184	0	12
7	Anya Seton	182	0	12
8	DJDan Jenkins	161	0	15
9	TWTom Wicker	153	0	13
10	Graham Greene	151	2	11

Every #1 bestseller of 19737 books reached #1 on the NYT Hardcover Fiction list

First week at #1	Title	Author	Weeks at #1
Jan 7, 1973	Jonathan Livingston Seagull	Richard Bach	11
Mar 25, 1973	The Odessa File	Frederick Forsyth	6
May 6, 1973	Once Is Not Enough	Jacqueline Susann	8
Jul 1, 1973	Breakfast of Champions	Kurt Vonnegut	10
Sep 9, 1973	The Hollow Hills	Mary Stewart	11
Nov 25, 1973	The Honorary Consul	Graham Greene	2
Dec 9, 1973	Burr	Gore Vidal	4

Biggest books of 1973Titles that entered the list in 1973, by Book Power

#	Title	Author	Peak	Weeks	Book Power
1	Burr	Gore Vidal	#1	39	452.7
2	The Hollow Hills	Mary Stewart	#1	35	386.7
3	Once Is Not Enough	Jacqueline Susann	#1	36	377.6
4	Breakfast of Champions	Kurt Vonnegut	#1	28	327.7
5	The Honorary Consul	Graham Greene	#1	27	295.8
6	Come Nineveh, Come Tyre	Allen Drury	#2	26	238.7
7	The Billion Dollar Sure Thing	Paul Emil Erdman	#3	23	188.6
8	Theophilus North	Thornton Wilder	#4	21	157.8
9	The First Deadly Sin	Lawrence Sanders	#4	24	155.9
10	Facing the Lions	Tom Wicker	#3	18	153.5

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