Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Bernard Malamud
Charting Dec 3, 1961 → May 20, 1979 · 38 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 5.25%
- week of Feb 19, 1967
- Career Power
- 198
- share-weeks
- Crowns
- 0
- weeks crowned Author of the Week
- Peak Year
- 139
- April 1966 – April 1967
- Peak Five Years
- 139
- March 1962 – April 1967
- Top-five weeks
- 0
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 38
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 7.26%
- week of Nov 6, 1966
- Comebacks
- 1
- Apr 1979, after 12 quiet years
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
4 books · 198 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 Fixer | #6 | 24 | 139.1 | ||
| Dubin's Lives | #8 | 9 | 46.2 | ||
| A New Life | #13 | 4 | 8.5 | ||
| The Tenants | #10 | 1 | 4.2 |
At their peak
1966 in books →Bernard Malamud's best twelve months on the NYT Hardcover Fiction list ran from April 1966 to April 1967. The most powerful authors over those weeks:
- 1Jacqueline Susann668
- 2Harold Robbins393
- 3Robert Crichton381
- 4James Clavell345
- 5Allen Drury300
- 6James Michener290
- 7Rebecca West200
- 8Helen MacInnes199
- 9Adela Rogers St. Johns182
- 10Mary Renault153
Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.