Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
B.J. Chute
Charting Aug 5, 1956 → Oct 29, 1961 · 2 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 0.26%
- week of Oct 29, 1961
- Career Power
- 4
- share-weeks
- Crowns
- 0
- weeks crowned Author of the Week
- Peak Year
- 2
- November 1960 – October 1961
- Peak Five Years
- 2
- October 1956 – October 1961
- Top-five weeks
- 0
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 2
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 2.40%
- week of Oct 29, 1961
- Comebacks
- 0
- none detected
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 · 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Moon and the Thorn | #14 | 1 | 2.4 | ||
| Greenwillow | #15 | 1 | 2.1 |
At their peak
1960 in books →B.J. Chute's best twelve months on the NYT Hardcover Fiction list ran from November 1960 to October 1961. The most powerful authors over those weeks:
- 1Harper Lee566
- 2James A. Michener450
- 3Irving Stone425
- 4Andre Schwarz-Bart373
- 5Allen Drury347
- 6Leon Uris199
- 7Graham Greene191
- 8Edwin O'Connor164
- 9Elizabeth Goudge153
- 10Helen MacInnes140
Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.