Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Charles Jackson
Charting Feb 27, 1944 → Oct 29, 1967 · 29 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 5.82%
- week of Apr 9, 1944
- Career Power
- 199
- share-weeks
- Weeks at #1
- 0
- weeks as the top author
- Peak Year
- 82
- May 1943 – April 1944
- Peak Five Years
- 157
- February 1942 – January 1947
- Top-five weeks
- 11
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 29
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 12.64%
- week of Mar 26, 1944
- Comebacks
- 2
- November 1946, October 1967
| Kind | Trough began | Returned | Trough weeks | Longest absence | Prior peak | Return share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| After absence | Jul 16, 1944 | Nov 10, 1946 | 121 | 119 | 5.82% | 2.68% |
| After absence | Mar 16, 1947 | Oct 1, 1967 | 1065 | 1062 | 5.82% | 2.04% |
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 · 199 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 Lost Weekend | #2 | 8 | 81.9 | ||
| The Fall of Valor | #3 | 13 | 74.7 | ||
| A Second-Hand Life | #6 | 8 | 42.1 |