2020 in books
Who ruled 2020? Delia Owens was Author of the Year on the NYT Hardcover Fiction list. Every #1 bestseller of 2020, the biggest books and the top authors.
NYT Hardcover Fiction
| # | Author | Era Power | Crowns | Top-five weeks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Delia Owens | 568 | 25 | 37 |
| 2 | John Grisham | 340 | 5 | 25 |
| 3 | Jeanine Cummins | 251 | 3 | 14 |
| 4 | Brit Bennett | 246 | 2 | 19 |
| 5 | James Patterson | 188 | 0 | 7 |
| 6 | Stephen King | 160 | 1 | 9 |
| 7 | Alex Michaelides | 156 | 0 | 9 |
| 8 | David Baldacci | 129 | 0 | 8 |
| 9 | Nicholas Sparks | 123 | 2 | 11 |
| 10 | Elin Hilderbrand | 121 | 1 | 9 |
| # | Title | Author | Peak | Weeks | Book Power |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Midnight Library | Matt Haig | #1 | 106 | 648.5 |
| 2 | The Vanishing Half | Brit Bennett | #1 | 50 | 406.3 |
| 3 | American Dirt | Jeanine Cummins | #1 | 35 | 252.9 |
| 4 | The Invisible Life of Addie Larue | V. E. Schwab | #2 | 44 | 229.5 |
| 5 | The Return | Nicholas Sparks | #1 | 22 | 186.2 |
| 6 | A Time for Mercy | John Grisham | #1 | 19 | 171.7 |
| 7 | Camino Winds | John Grisham | #1 | 17 | 146.9 |
| 8 | If It Bleeds | Stephen King | #1 | 20 | 126.9 |
| 9 | The Guest List | Lucy Foley | #3 | 25 | 125.6 |
| 10 | Anxious People | Fredrik Backman | #1 | 24 | 102.8 |
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