Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Budd Schulberg
Charting Jul 14, 1941 → Jul 1, 1951 · 47 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 11.75%
- week of Mar 25, 1951
- Career Power
- 420
- share-weeks
- Weeks at #1
- 8
- weeks as the top author
- Peak Year
- 357
- July 1950 – July 1951
- Peak Five Years
- 385
- July 1946 – July 1951
- Top-five weeks
- 30
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 47
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 14.53%
- week of Dec 3, 1950
- Comebacks
- 2
- September 1947, November 1950
| Kind | Trough began | Returned | Trough weeks | Longest absence | Prior peak | Return share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| After absence | Nov 10, 1941 | Sep 21, 1947 | 306 | 303 | 3.09% | 1.33% |
| After absence | Dec 21, 1947 | Nov 19, 1950 | 152 | 150 | 3.09% | 1.56% |
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
3 books · 420 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 Disenchanted | #1 | 35 | 357.2 | ||
| What Makes Sammy Run? | #4 | 4 | 34.6 | ||
| The Harder They Fall | #9 | 8 | 27.9 |