2002 in books
Who ruled 2002? John Grisham was Author of the Year on the NYT Hardcover Fiction list. Every #1 bestseller of 2002, the biggest books and the top authors.
NYT Hardcover Fiction
| # | Author | Era Power | Crowns | Top-five weeks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | John Grisham | 347 | 8 | 22 |
| 2 | Alice Sebold | 282 | 7 | 22 |
| 3 | James Patterson | 206 | 1 | 13 |
| 4 | Danielle Steel | 183 | 4 | 12 |
| 5 | Stephen King | 164 | 4 | 10 |
| 6 | Mattie J.T. Stepanek | 142 | 2 | 8 |
| 7 | Tom Clancy | 129 | 3 | 8 |
| 8 | Emma McLaughlin | 119 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Nicola Kraus | 119 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Mary Higgins Clark | 118 | 2 | 6 |
| # | Title | Author | Peak | Weeks | Book Power |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Lovely Bones | Alice Sebold | #1 | 65 | 597.4 |
| 2 | The Nanny Diaries | Emma McLaughlin & Nicola Kraus | #1 | 30 | 238.5 |
| 3 | The Summons | John Grisham | #1 | 23 | 193.0 |
| 4 | Red Rabbit | Tom Clancy | #1 | 17 | 141.2 |
| 5 | The Beach House | James Patterson & Peter de Jonge | #1 | 14 | 127.4 |
| 6 | Prey | Michael Crichton | #1 | 15 | 127.4 |
| 7 | Four Blind Mice | James Patterson | #1 | 13 | 118.4 |
| 8 | The Shelters of Stone | Jean M. Auel | #1 | 12 | 116.0 |
| 9 | The Remnant | Tim LaHaye & Jerry B. Jenkins | #1 | 11 | 106.6 |
| 10 | Everything's Eventual | Stephen King | #1 | 11 | 93.2 |
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