Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Alan Paton
Charting Feb 29, 1948 → May 21, 1961 · 48 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 7.57%
- week of Nov 22, 1953
- Career Power
- 220
- share-weeks
- Weeks at #1
- 0
- weeks as the top author
- Peak Year
- 157
- February 1953 – February 1954
- Peak Five Years
- 171
- February 1949 – January 1954
- Top-five weeks
- 10
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 48
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 12.64%
- week of Oct 18, 1953
- Comebacks
- 2
- January 1950, September 1953
| Kind | Trough began | Returned | Trough weeks | Longest absence | Prior peak | Return share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| After decline | Oct 17, 1948 | Jan 8, 1950 | 64 | 42 | 1.85% | 1.04% |
| After absence | Mar 5, 1950 | Sep 13, 1953 | 184 | 183 | 1.85% | 1.20% |
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 · 220 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Too Late the Phalarope | #2 | 22 | 157.1 | ||
| Cry, the Beloved Country | #11 | 25 | 60.6 | ||
| Tales from a Troubled Land | #16 | 1 | 1.8 |