2013 in books
Who ruled 2013? Gillian Flynn was Author of the Year on the NYT Hardcover Fiction list. Every #1 bestseller of 2013, the biggest books and the top authors.
NYT Hardcover Fiction
| # | Author | Era Power | Crowns | Top-five weeks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gillian Flynn | 324 | 5 | 19 |
| 2 | Dan Brown | 253 | 8 | 18 |
| 3 | James Patterson | 232 | 2 | 12 |
| 4 | Khaled Hosseini | 187 | 0 | 15 |
| 5 | John Grisham | 173 | 6 | 11 |
| 6 | David Baldacci | 137 | 2 | 9 |
| 7 | Robert Galbraith | 127 | 5 | 9 |
| 8 | Stephen King | 121 | 3 | 9 |
| 9 | Nicholas Sparks | 104 | 1 | 6 |
| 10 | Neil Gaiman | 78 | 1 | 4 |
| # | Title | Author | Peak | Weeks | Book Power |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Goldfinch | Donna Tartt | #1 | 60 | 502.3 |
| 2 | Inferno | Dan Brown | #1 | 29 | 266.2 |
| 3 | Sycamore Row | John Grisham | #1 | 22 | 217.5 |
| 4 | And the Mountains Echoed | Khaled Hosseini | #2 | 24 | 192.5 |
| 5 | Doctor Sleep | Stephen King | #1 | 21 | 162.4 |
| 6 | The First Phone Call from Heaven | Mitch Albom | #1 | 15 | 130.2 |
| 7 | The Cuckoo's Calling | Robert Galbraith | #1 | 11 | 126.7 |
| 8 | The Longest Ride | Nicholas Sparks | #1 | 16 | 118.8 |
| 9 | A Memory of Light | Robert Jordan & Brandon Sanderson | #1 | 12 | 97.8 |
| 10 | The Ocean at the End of the Lane | Neil Gaiman | #1 | 10 | 78.1 |
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