Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Agatha Christie
Charting Mar 12, 1934 → Mar 20, 1977 · 126 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 13.60%
- week of Apr 4, 1976
- Career Power
- 1,142
- share-weeks
- Weeks at #1
- 26
- weeks as the top author
- Peak Year
- 427
- November 1975 – November 1976
- Peak Five Years
- 854
- April 1972 – March 1977
- Top-five weeks
- 71
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 126
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 14.53%
- week of Nov 30, 1975
- Comebacks
- 2
- December 1970, October 1975
| Kind | Trough began | Returned | Trough weeks | Longest absence | Prior peak | Return share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| After absence | Sep 17, 1934 | Dec 20, 1970 | 1885 | 1758 | 2.24% | 1.74% |
| After decline | Jun 9, 1974 | Oct 26, 1975 | 72 | 69 | 7.61% | 2.98% |
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
10 books · 1,142 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Curtain | #1 | 33 | 400.0 | ||
| Sleeping Murder | #1 | 26 | 300.3 | ||
| Passenger to Frankfurt | #3 | 25 | 185.8 | ||
| Postern of Fate | #4 | 14 | 106.1 | ||
| Nemesis | #8 | 11 | 52.9 | ||
| Elephants Can Remember | #7 | 10 | 47.7 | ||
| Murder in the Calais Coach | #4 | 3 | 23.4 | ||
| Mr. Parker Pyne, Detective | #7 | 2 | 11.8 | ||
| Death in the Air | #5 | 1 | 8.3 | ||
| By the Pricking of My Thumbs | #8 | 1 | 5.5 |