2003 in books
Who ruled 2003? Dan Brown was Author of the Year on the NYT Hardcover Fiction list. Every #1 bestseller of 2003, the biggest books and the top authors.
NYT Hardcover Fiction
| # | Author | Era Power | Crowns | Top-five weeks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dan Brown | 510 | 21 | 39 |
| 2 | John Grisham | 360 | 8 | 22 |
| 3 | Alice Sebold | 315 | 4 | 18 |
| 4 | James Patterson | 235 | 1 | 17 |
| 5 | Nicholas Sparks | 200 | 2 | 13 |
| 6 | Danielle Steel | 168 | 1 | 11 |
| 7 | Mitch Albom | 157 | 4 | 12 |
| 8 | Lauren Weisberger | 142 | 0 | 4 |
| 9 | Dean Koontz | 111 | 0 | 8 |
| 10 | Tom Clancy | 105 | 2 | 6 |
| First week at #1 | Title | Author | Weeks at #1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 5, 2003 | Prey | Michael Crichton | 1 |
| Jan 12, 2003 | The Lovely Bones | Alice Sebold | 4 |
| Jan 26, 2003 | Crossroads of Twilight | Robert Jordan | 2 |
| Feb 23, 2003 | The King of Torts | John Grisham | 5 |
| Mar 23, 2003 | The Jester | James Patterson & Andrew Gross | 1 |
| Apr 6, 2003 | The Da Vinci Code | Dan Brown | 20 |
| Apr 20, 2003 | Birthright | Nora Roberts | 1 |
| Apr 27, 2003 | Armageddon | Tim LaHaye & Jerry B. Jenkins | 5 |
| Jun 1, 2003 | Naked Prey | John Sandford | 1 |
| Jun 29, 2003 | The Lake House | James Patterson | 1 |
| Jul 20, 2003 | Johnny Angel | Danielle Steel | 1 |
| Aug 3, 2003 | To the Nines | Janet Evanovich | 1 |
| Aug 31, 2003 | The Teeth of the Tiger | Tom Clancy | 2 |
| Sep 28, 2003 | Bleachers | John Grisham | 2 |
| Oct 12, 2003 | The Five People You Meet in Heaven | Mitch Albom | 4 |
| Nov 2, 2003 | Blow Fly | Patricia Cornwell | 1 |
| # | Title | Author | Peak | Weeks | Book Power |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Da Vinci Code | Dan Brown | #1 | 165 | 1,946.4 |
| 2 | The Five People You Meet in Heaven | Mitch Albom | #1 | 100 | 888.6 |
| 3 | The King of Torts | John Grisham | #1 | 23 | 194.9 |
| 4 | Bleachers | John Grisham | #1 | 18 | 144.5 |
| 5 | The Devil Wears Prada | Lauren Weisberger | #4 | 24 | 141.6 |
| 6 | The Guardian | Nicholas Sparks | #2 | 14 | 119.2 |
| 7 | Armageddon | Tim LaHaye & Jerry B. Jenkins | #1 | 12 | 114.5 |
| 8 | Crossroads of Twilight | Robert Jordan | #1 | 12 | 100.5 |
| 9 | The Teeth of the Tiger | Tom Clancy | #1 | 13 | 96.9 |
| 10 | The Big Bad Wolf | James Patterson | #2 | 10 | 95.4 |
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