The series of novels published by Crown included Violent Sandstorm by Szuma Chung-yuan, Twilight by Feng Feng, and Outside the Window and Six Dreams by Chiung Yao, all of which were bestsellers.
皇冠在這個時期，的確推出了不少叫好又叫座的小說，像司馬中原的「狂風沙」、馮馮的「微曦」、瓊瑤的「窗外」、「六個夢」… … 等，都轟動了當時的文壇。皇冠也把這些小說以叢書方式出版單行本，銷路極佳，皇冠因此得以徹底擺脫了長期的經濟困窘。