Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Bel Kaufman
Charting Mar 14, 1965 → May 22, 1966 · 61 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 12.45%
- week of Nov 28, 1965
- Career Power
- 658
- share-weeks
- Weeks at #1
- 8
- weeks as the top author
- Peak Year
- 611
- March 1965 – March 1966
- Peak Five Years
- 658
- May 1961 – May 1966
- Top-five weeks
- 47
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 61
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 14.53%
- week of May 16, 1965
- Comebacks
- 0
- none detected
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
1 book · 658 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Up the Down Staircase | #1 | 61 | 658.3 |