Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Cameron Hawley
Charting Jan 4, 1953 → Mar 23, 1969 · 89 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 7.62%
- week of Feb 26, 1956
- Career Power
- 540
- share-weeks
- Weeks at #1
- 0
- weeks as the top author
- Peak Year
- 195
- August 1955 – August 1956
- Peak Five Years
- 338
- August 1955 – August 1960
- Top-five weeks
- 29
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 89
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 11.01%
- week of Jan 8, 1956
- Comebacks
- 3
- December 1955, April 1960, November 1968
| Kind | Trough began | Returned | Trough weeks | Longest absence | Prior peak | Return share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| After absence | Jul 5, 1953 | Dec 4, 1955 | 125 | 124 | 2.37% | 1.33% |
| After absence | Jul 29, 1956 | Apr 17, 1960 | 192 | 185 | 7.62% | 2.86% |
| After absence | Oct 16, 1960 | Nov 17, 1968 | 418 | 414 | 7.62% | 2.90% |
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
4 books · 540 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CASH McCALL | #3 | 29 | 195.5 | ||
| The Hurricane Years | #5 | 23 | 157.4 | ||
| The Lincoln Lords | #4 | 22 | 142.5 | ||
| Executive Suite | #10 | 15 | 44.5 |