1998 in books
Who ruled 1998? Danielle Steel was Author of the Year on the NYT Hardcover Fiction list. Every #1 bestseller of 1998, the biggest books and the top authors.
NYT Hardcover Fiction
| # | Author | Era Power | Crowns | Top-five weeks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Danielle Steel | 288 | 3 | 20 |
| 2 | Charles Frazier | 272 | 4 | 16 |
| 3 | Arthur Golden | 255 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | John Grisham | 224 | 9 | 11 |
| 5 | Wally Lamb | 202 | 3 | 16 |
| 6 | Tom Clancy | 196 | 7 | 12 |
| 7 | Mary Higgins Clark | 185 | 4 | 14 |
| 8 | Nicholas Sparks | 184 | 0 | 9 |
| 9 | Toni Morrison | 175 | 3 | 13 |
| 10 | Anne Rice | 174 | 0 | 9 |
| First week at #1 | Title | Author | Weeks at #1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 4, 1998 | Cold Mountain | Charles Frazier | 4 |
| Feb 1, 1998 | Paradise | Toni Morrison | 3 |
| Feb 22, 1998 | The Street Lawyer | John Grisham | 9 |
| Apr 26, 1998 | The Long Road Home | Danielle Steel | 2 |
| May 10, 1998 | You Belong to Me | Mary Higgins Clark | 4 |
| May 31, 1998 | ''N'' Is for Noose | Sue Grafton | 1 |
| Jun 14, 1998 | A Widow for One Year | John Irving | 3 |
| Jul 5, 1998 | I Know This Much Is True | Wally Lamb | 3 |
| Jul 12, 1998 | The Klone and I | Danielle Steel | 1 |
| Jul 26, 1998 | Point of Origin | Patricia Cornwell | 3 |
| Aug 23, 1998 | Rainbow Six | Tom Clancy | 7 |
| Oct 11, 1998 | Bag of Bones | Stephen King | 4 |
| Nov 8, 1998 | The Path of Daggers | Robert Jordan | 2 |
| Nov 22, 1998 | A Man in Full | Tom Wolfe | 6 |
| # | Title | Author | Peak | Weeks | Book Power |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone | J. K. Rowling | #1 | 82 | 630.8 |
| 2 | Rainbow Six | Tom Clancy | #1 | 25 | 229.3 |
| 3 | The Street Lawyer | John Grisham | #1 | 27 | 224.4 |
| 4 | A Man in Full | Tom Wolfe | #1 | 19 | 213.2 |
| 5 | I Know This Much Is True | Wally Lamb | #1 | 19 | 201.8 |
| 6 | Message in a Bottle | Nicholas Sparks | #4 | 29 | 186.3 |
| 7 | Bag of Bones | Stephen King | #1 | 20 | 179.6 |
| 8 | The Poisonwood Bible | Barbara Kingsolver | #2 | 29 | 177.7 |
| 9 | Paradise | Toni Morrison | #1 | 18 | 175.0 |
| 10 | Summer Sisters | Judy Blume | #2 | 22 | 172.0 |
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