2025 in books
Who ruled 2025? Rebecca Yarros was Author of the Year on the NYT Hardcover Fiction list. Every #1 bestseller of 2025, the biggest books and the top authors.
NYT Hardcover Fiction
Author of the Year 2025
18 crowns · 24 weeks among the top five authors · Era Power 586
| # | Author | Era Power | Crowns | Top-five weeks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rebecca Yarros | 586 | 18 | 24 |
| 2 | Percival Everett | 199 | 2 | 13 |
| 3 | Kristin Hannah | 178 | 0 | 13 |
| 4 | Taylor Jenkins Reid | 171 | 4 | 13 |
| 5 | Dan Brown | 158 | 2 | 14 |
| 6 | Alison Espach | 149 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | Emily Henry | 140 | 2 | 9 |
| 8 | Clare Leslie Hall | 137 | 0 | 7 |
| 9 | Fredrik Backman | 123 | 0 | 4 |
| 10 | James Patterson | 123 | 0 | 2 |
| # | Title | Author | Peak | Weeks | Book Power |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Correspondent | Virginia Evans | #1 | 45 | 418.1 |
| 2 | Onyx Storm | Rebecca Yarros | #1 | 40 | 312.3 |
| 3 | The Secret of Secrets | Dan Brown | #1 | 22 | 221.8 |
| 4 | The Widow | John Grisham | #1 | 23 | 208.5 |
| 5 | Alchemised | SenLinYu | #1 | 27 | 206.4 |
| 6 | Atmosphere | Taylor Jenkins Reid | #1 | 18 | 176.5 |
| 7 | Broken Country | Clare Leslie Hall | #3 | 26 | 132.4 |
| 8 | Great Big Beautiful Life | Emily Henry | #1 | 17 | 129.1 |
| 9 | My Friends | Fredrik Backman | #3 | 20 | 122.9 |
| 10 | Never Flinch | Stephen King | #1 | 13 | 99.3 |
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