Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Alec Waugh
Charting Aug 20, 1934 → Apr 3, 1960 · 31 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 5.42%
- week of Apr 15, 1956
- Career Power
- 150
- share-weeks
- Weeks at #1
- 0
- weeks as the top author
- Peak Year
- 114
- June 1955 – June 1956
- Peak Five Years
- 145
- April 1955 – April 1960
- Top-five weeks
- 1
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 31
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 8.34%
- week of Apr 8, 1956
- Comebacks
- 1
- March 1960
| Kind | Trough began | Returned | Trough weeks | Longest absence | Prior peak | Return share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| After absence | Aug 19, 1956 | Mar 27, 1960 | 186 | 178 | 5.43% | 1.92% |
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 · 150 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Island in the Sun | #5 | 20 | 113.9 | ||
| Fuel for the Flame | #10 | 10 | 30.8 | ||
| The Balliois | #8 | 1 | 5.5 |