Author's Greatest Years, Ranked

When was the golden age of Author? We ranked every year by the accumulated weighted rating of its best Author titles — a year rises when it delivered many strongly-rated entries, not just a lone classic. Data from 3eyedraven's catalog.

1. #1 2007 9 great titles Best: Atonement
2. #2 2017 7 great titles Best: The Wife
3. #3 2004 6 great titles Best: Before Sunset
4. #4 2018 6 great titles Best: The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair
5. #5 2006 6 great titles Best: Stranger Than Fiction
6. #6 2005 6 great titles Best: Capote
7. #7 2003 6 great titles Best: Reconstruction
8. #8 2014 5 great titles Best: The Grand Budapest Hotel
9. #9 1989 5 great titles Best: My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown
10. #10 2011 5 great titles Best: One Day
11. #11 2009 5 great titles Best: Killing Is My Business, Honey
12. #12 2020 5 great titles Best: My Salinger Year