Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
David Westheimer
Charting Feb 23, 1964 → Jul 26, 1964 · 22 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 5.42%
- week of Jun 14, 1964
- Career Power
- 131
- share-weeks
- Crowns
- 0
- weeks crowned Author of the Week
- Peak Year
- 131
- July 1963 – July 1964
- Peak Five Years
- 131
- July 1959 – July 1964
- Top-five weeks
- 5
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 22
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 7.26%
- week of Mar 22, 1964
- 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 · 131 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Von Ryan's Express | #6 | 22 | 130.7 |
At their peak
1963 in books →David Westheimer's best twelve months on the NYT Hardcover Fiction list ran from July 1963 to July 1964. The most powerful authors over those weeks:
- 1Mary McCarthy545
- 2Morris L. West408
- 3John le Carré381
- 4John O'Hara298
- 5James Michener284
- 6Helen MacInnes283
- 7John Cheever172
- 8John Rechy166
- 9Pearl S. Buck163
- 10Ian Fleming142
Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.
Their decade: the 1960s.