Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Arthur Koestler
Charting Nov 24, 1946 → Jun 3, 1951 · 27 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 4.74%
- week of Feb 16, 1947
- Career Power
- 160
- share-weeks
- Weeks at #1
- 0
- weeks as the top author
- Peak Year
- 94
- March 1946 – March 1947
- Peak Five Years
- 160
- June 1946 – June 1951
- Top-five weeks
- 6
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 27
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 8.34%
- week of Dec 8, 1946
- Comebacks
- 1
- April 1951
| Kind | Trough began | Returned | Trough weeks | Longest absence | Prior peak | Return share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| After absence | Jun 1, 1947 | Apr 1, 1951 | 200 | 198 | 4.74% | 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
2 books · 160 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thieves in the Night | #5 | 16 | 94.0 | ||
| The Age of Longing | #5 | 11 | 65.6 |