Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
C.P. Snow
Charting May 29, 1960 → Nov 20, 1960 · 23 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 5.34%
- week of Aug 21, 1960
- Career Power
- 125
- share-weeks
- Crowns
- 0
- weeks crowned Author of the Week
- Peak Year
- 125
- November 1959 – November 1960
- Peak Five Years
- 125
- November 1955 – November 1960
- Top-five weeks
- 2
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 23
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 8.34%
- week of Jul 17, 1960
- 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
1 book · 125 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 Affair | #5 | 23 | 125.4 |
At their peak
1959 in books →C.P. Snow's best twelve months on the NYT Hardcover Fiction list ran from November 1959 to November 1960. The most powerful authors over those weeks:
- 1James A. Michener704
- 2Allen Drury693
- 3Guiseppe di Lampedusa296
- 4Taylor Caldwell232
- 5Marcia Davenport230
- 6Irving Wallace205
- 7Robert Ruark184
- 8Morris L. West162
- 9John Hersey151
- 10Cameron Hawley142
Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.
Their decade: the 1960s.