Writer's Greatest Years, Ranked

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

  1. #1 2017 16 great titles Best: Chicago Typewriter
  2. #2 2011 12 great titles Best: The Help
  3. #3 2014 12 great titles Best: Winter Sleep
  4. #4 2016 11 great titles Best: Nocturnal Animals
  5. #5 2020 10 great titles Best: Summerland
  6. #6 2021 9 great titles Best: Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy
  7. #7 2022 9 great titles Best: Something from Tiffany's
  8. #8 2009 8 great titles Best: Castle
  9. #9 2024 8 great titles Best: A Balloon's Landing
  10. #10 2015 8 great titles Best: Trumbo
  11. #11 2007 8 great titles Best: Californication
  12. #12 2018 7 great titles Best: You
  13. #13 2005 7 great titles Best: Caché
  14. #14 2010 7 great titles Best: I Spit on Your Grave
  15. #15 2025 6 great titles Best: I Am Frankelda
  16. #16 2019 6 great titles Best: Dickinson
  17. #17 2008 6 great titles Best: Synecdoche, New York
  18. #18 2003 6 great titles Best: Under the Tuscan Sun
  19. #19 2013 5 great titles Best: Before Midnight
  20. #20 2004 5 great titles Best: Sideways
  21. #21 1998 5 great titles Best: Eternity and a Day
  22. #22 2023 5 great titles Best: Pinball: The Man Who Saved the Game
  23. #23 2012 5 great titles Best: In the House