Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Charles Nordhoff
Charting Nov 14, 1932 → Jan 12, 1942 · 14 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 2.04%
- week of Jan 12, 1942
- Career Power
- 57
- share-weeks
- Weeks at #1
- 0
- weeks as the top author
- Peak Year
- 26
- January 1941 – January 1942
- Peak Five Years
- 31
- October 1931 – November 1936
- Top-five weeks
- 2
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 14
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 6.32%
- week of Nov 14, 1932
- Comebacks
- 1
- December 1941
| Kind | Trough began | Returned | Trough weeks | Longest absence | Prior peak | Return share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| After absence | May 21, 1934 | Dec 15, 1941 | 395 | 309 | 1.76% | 1.03% |
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 · 57 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Botany Baywith James Norman Hall | #5 | 7 | 26.0 | ||
| Men Against the Seawith James N. Hall | #3 | 5 | 22.0 | ||
| Mutiny on the Bountywith James N. Hall | #2 | 2 | 9.1 |