2021 in books
Who ruled 2021? Matt Haig was Author of the Year on the NYT Hardcover Fiction list. Every #1 bestseller of 2021, the biggest books and the top authors.
NYT Hardcover Fiction
| # | Author | Era Power | Crowns | Top-five weeks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Matt Haig | 338 | 0 | 18 |
| 2 | John Grisham | 270 | 7 | 18 |
| 3 | Laura Dave | 256 | 4 | 16 |
| 4 | Kristin Hannah | 214 | 4 | 14 |
| 5 | James Patterson | 179 | 0 | 8 |
| 6 | Nicholas Sparks | 176 | 2 | 13 |
| 7 | V. E. Schwab | 175 | 0 | 4 |
| 8 | Brit Bennett | 161 | 4 | 11 |
| 9 | Stephen King | 143 | 3 | 8 |
| 10 | Danielle Steel | 136 | 0 | 6 |
| # | Title | Author | Peak | Weeks | Book Power |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Last Thing He Told Me | Laura Dave | #1 | 65 | 423.5 |
| 2 | The Lincoln Highway | Amor Towles | #1 | 30 | 224.2 |
| 3 | The Four Winds | Kristin Hannah | #1 | 27 | 214.3 |
| 4 | The Judge's List | John Grisham | #1 | 20 | 194.1 |
| 5 | The Wish | Nicholas Sparks | #1 | 17 | 143.7 |
| 6 | Billy Summers | Stephen King | #1 | 20 | 140.6 |
| 7 | The Stranger in the Lifeboat | Mitch Albom | #1 | 18 | 135.6 |
| 8 | Malibu Rising | Taylor Jenkins Reid | #2 | 16 | 122.7 |
| 9 | The Hill We Climb | Amanda Gorman | #1 | 14 | 117.5 |
| 10 | Cloud Cuckoo Land | Anthony Doerr | #2 | 21 | 113.9 |
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