Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
A.B. Guthrie Jr
Charting May 25, 1947 → Feb 17, 1957 · 50 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 7.14%
- week of Jan 22, 1950
- Career Power
- 290
- share-weeks
- Weeks at #1
- 0
- weeks as the top author
- Peak Year
- 147
- June 1949 – June 1950
- Peak Five Years
- 264
- July 1945 – June 1950
- Top-five weeks
- 17
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 50
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 9.58%
- week of Jun 8, 1947
- Comebacks
- 1
- November 1949
| Kind | Trough began | Returned | Trough weeks | Longest absence | Prior peak | Return share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| After decline | Dec 21, 1947 | Nov 13, 1949 | 99 | 94 | 5.37% | 2.27% |
Ranked by weekly Power Share, part of the ChartReign Power model — not the list's own positions (config version 4, Sep 22, 2026). How it works →
Exponentially smoothed share of the week's total power (the primary metric).
Titles on the NYT Hardcover Fiction
3 books · 290 share-weeks of Career Power
Power contributed is what each book earned this author: their weekly Power Share, split across their books (a featured credit takes its reduced share). Book Power is the book's own figure, the same for every author on it. Bar length compares books within this list.
| Title | Peak | Weeks | On chart | Power contributedPower | Book Power |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Way West | #4 | 20 | 146.6 | ||
| The Big Sky | #4 | 21 | 117.2 | ||
| These Thousand Hills | #10 | 9 | 25.7 |