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
- Weeks at #1
- 0
- weeks as the top author
- 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
- April 1979
| Kind | Trough began | Returned | Trough weeks | Longest absence | Prior peak | Return share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| After absence | Jun 11, 1967 | Apr 15, 1979 | 605 | 372 | 5.25% | 2.04% |
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 |