Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Ayn Rand
Charting Jul 15, 1945 → Mar 9, 1958 · 52 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 7.72%
- week of Jan 26, 1958
- Career Power
- 283
- share-weeks
- Weeks at #1
- 0
- weeks as the top author
- Peak Year
- 171
- March 1957 – March 1958
- Peak Five Years
- 171
- March 1953 – March 1958
- Top-five weeks
- 14
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 52
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 11.01%
- week of Dec 1, 1957
- Comebacks
- 1
- October 1957
| Kind | Trough began | Returned | Trough weeks | Longest absence | Prior peak | Return share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| After absence | May 26, 1946 | Oct 27, 1957 | 595 | 421 | 3.82% | 1.46% |
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
2 books · 283 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlas Shrugged | #3 | 22 | 170.7 | ||
| The Fountainhead | #5 | 30 | 112.2 |