Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction

Arthur Hailey

Charting Feb 28, 1965 → Jun 10, 1990 · 229 weeks with chart power

Peak Power: 14.12%; week of Nov 3, 1968
Career Power: 2,305; share-weeks
Weeks at #1: 53; weeks as the top author

Peak Year: 667; April 1968 – March 1969
Peak Five Years: 1,165; June 1964 – June 1969
Top-five weeks: 171; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 229; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 14.53%; week of Apr 7, 1968
Comebacks: 5; April 1968, November 1971, April 1975, March 1979, November 1984

Comebacks (thresholds from `config/scoring.json`)
Kind	Trough began	Returned	Trough weeks	Longest absence	Prior peak	Return share
After decline	Apr 17, 1966	Apr 14, 1968	104	102	9.56%	3.54%
After absence	Aug 10, 1969	Nov 7, 1971	117	112	14.11%	5.76%
After absence	Jul 23, 1972	Apr 27, 1975	144	140	14.11%	5.13%
After absence	Jan 25, 1976	Mar 4, 1979	149	144	14.11%	5.56%
After absence	Jul 15, 1979	Nov 18, 1984	279	272	14.11%	5.33%

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

7 books · 2,305 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
Airport	#1April 1968	64	March 1968 – June 1969	761.1	761.1
Hotel	#3April 1965	46	February 1965 – January 1966	404.2	404.2
The Moneychangers	#1May 1975	37	March 1975 – January 1976	403.5	403.5
Wheels	#1November 1971	33	October 1971 – May 1972	391.9	391.9
Overload	#1February 1979	19	January 1979 – June 1979	177.0	177.0
Strong Medicine	#3October 1984	21	September 1984 – February 1985	120.1	120.1
The Evening News	#5April 1990	9	April 1990 – June 1990	47.8	47.8