Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Al Dewlen
Charting Feb 11, 1962 → Apr 8, 1962 · 9 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 1.58%
- week of Apr 8, 1962
- Career Power
- 22
- share-weeks
- Crowns
- 0
- weeks crowned Author of the Week
- Peak Year
- 22
- April 1961 – April 1962
- Peak Five Years
- 22
- April 1957 – April 1962
- Top-five weeks
- 0
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 9
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 3.16%
- week of Mar 11, 1962
- Comebacks
- 0
- none detected
Ranked by weekly Power Share, part of the ChartReign Power model — not the list's own positions. How it works →
Exponentially smoothed share of the week's total power (the primary metric).
Titles on the NYT Hardcover Fiction
1 book · 22 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Twilight of Honor | #12 | 9 | 22.3 |
At their peak
1961 in books →Al Dewlen's best twelve months on the NYT Hardcover Fiction list ran from April 1961 to April 1962. The most powerful authors over those weeks:
- 1Irving Stone702
- 2Harper Lee575
- 3J.D. Salinger395
- 4Harold Robbins265
- 5Leon Uris251
- 6Edwin O'Connor192
- 7Andre Schwarz-Bart181
- 8Henry Miller146
- 9Taylor Caldwell146
- 10Edward Streeter145
Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.
Their decade: the 1960s.