Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Chaim Potok
Charting May 28, 1967 → Jan 24, 1982 · 99 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 11.27%
- week of Oct 29, 1967
- Career Power
- 785
- share-weeks
- Weeks at #1
- 3
- weeks as the top author
- Peak Year
- 367
- February 1967 – February 1968
- Peak Five Years
- 437
- June 1967 – May 1972
- Top-five weeks
- 57
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 99
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 14.53%
- week of Oct 1, 1967
- Comebacks
- 2
- June 1972, January 1976
| Kind | Trough began | Returned | Trough weeks | Longest absence | Prior peak | Return share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| After absence | Apr 21, 1968 | Jun 18, 1972 | 217 | 125 | 11.27% | 4.19% |
| After absence | Dec 31, 1972 | Jan 4, 1976 | 157 | 151 | 11.27% | 3.98% |
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
5 books · 785 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 Chosen | #1 | 39 | 367.2 | ||
| My Name Is Asher Lev | #3 | 26 | 207.6 | ||
| In the Beginning | #5 | 20 | 144.0 | ||
| The Promise | #7 | 11 | 59.4 | ||
| The Book of Lights | #13 | 3 | 6.9 |