2019 in books
Who ruled 2019? Delia Owens was Author of the Year on the NYT Hardcover Fiction list. Every #1 bestseller of 2019, the biggest books and the top authors.
NYT Hardcover Fiction
| # | Author | Era Power | Crowns | Top-five weeks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Delia Owens | 662 | 32 | 50 |
| 2 | James Patterson | 233 | 0 | 12 |
| 3 | David Baldacci | 214 | 3 | 17 |
| 4 | John Grisham | 199 | 3 | 15 |
| 5 | Alex Michaelides | 145 | 1 | 6 |
| 6 | Danielle Steel | 138 | 0 | 8 |
| 7 | Stephen King | 125 | 1 | 7 |
| 8 | George R. R. Martin | 118 | 0 | 6 |
| 9 | Elin Hilderbrand | 91 | 1 | 6 |
| 10 | Elizabeth Gilbert | 78 | 0 | 6 |
| First week at #1 | Title | Author | Weeks at #1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 6, 2019 | The Reckoning | John Grisham | 2 |
| Jan 20, 2019 | Where the Crawdads Sing | Delia Owens | 30 |
| Jan 27, 2019 | An Anonymous Girl | Greer Hendricks & Sarah Pekkanen | 1 |
| Feb 24, 2019 | The Silent Patient | Alex Michaelides | 1 |
| May 5, 2019 | Redemption | David Baldacci | 1 |
| Jul 7, 2019 | Summer of '69 | Elin Hilderbrand | 1 |
| Aug 4, 2019 | The New Girl | Daniel Silva | 1 |
| Aug 11, 2019 | One Good Deed | David Baldacci | 1 |
| Sep 15, 2019 | A Better Man | Louise Penny | 1 |
| Sep 29, 2019 | The Testaments | Margaret Atwood | 1 |
| Oct 6, 2019 | The Institute | Stephen King | 1 |
| Oct 13, 2019 | The Water Dancer | Ta-Nehisi Coates | 2 |
| Oct 27, 2019 | The 19th Christmas | James Patterson & Maxine Paetro | 1 |
| Nov 10, 2019 | The Night Fire | Michael Connelly | 1 |
| Nov 24, 2019 | Blue Moon | Lee Child | 1 |
| Dec 1, 2019 | Twisted Twenty-Six | Janet Evanovich | 1 |
| Dec 8, 2019 | A Minute to Midnight | David Baldacci | 1 |
| Dec 15, 2019 | The Rise of Magicks | Nora Roberts | 1 |
| Dec 22, 2019 | The Guardians | John Grisham | 1 |
| # | Title | Author | Peak | Weeks | Book Power |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Silent Patient | Alex Michaelides | #1 | 56 | 301.1 |
| 2 | The Guardians | John Grisham | #1 | 18 | 170.9 |
| 3 | The Dutch House | Ann Patchett | #4 | 30 | 155.5 |
| 4 | The Institute | Stephen King | #1 | 20 | 151.0 |
| 5 | The Giver of Stars | Jojo Moyes | #6 | 31 | 113.2 |
| 6 | The Testaments | Margaret Atwood | #1 | 14 | 90.6 |
| 7 | An Anonymous Girl | Greer Hendricks & Sarah Pekkanen | #1 | 11 | 89.4 |
| 8 | Redemption | David Baldacci | #1 | 10 | 86.0 |
| 9 | Summer of '69 | Elin Hilderbrand | #1 | 9 | 79.6 |
| 10 | Blue Moon | Lee Child | #1 | 11 | 77.9 |
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