Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Douglas Adams
Charting Oct 31, 1982 → Jan 17, 1993 · 72 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 6.41%
- week of Mar 3, 1985
- Career Power
- 408
- share-weeks
- Weeks at #1
- 0
- weeks as the top author
- Peak Year
- 111
- April 1984 – March 1985
- Peak Five Years
- 284
- October 1982 – September 1987
- Top-five weeks
- 16
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 72
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 11.30%
- week of Nov 15, 1992
- Comebacks
- 4
- December 1984, July 1987, April 1989, November 1992
| Kind | Trough began | Returned | Trough weeks | Longest absence | Prior peak | Return share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| After decline | Jun 12, 1983 | Dec 30, 1984 | 81 | 79 | 4.29% | 1.93% |
| After absence | Jun 9, 1985 | Jul 26, 1987 | 111 | 107 | 6.41% | 2.42% |
| After decline | Dec 6, 1987 | Apr 9, 1989 | 70 | 66 | 6.41% | 2.66% |
| After absence | Jun 25, 1989 | Nov 15, 1992 | 177 | 175 | 6.41% | 2.55% |
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
6 books · 408 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish | #3 | 14 | 109.4 | ||
| Life, the Universe and Everything | #7 | 21 | 87.5 | ||
| Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency | #5 | 14 | 84.7 | ||
| Mostly Harmless | #3 | 12 | 75.6 | ||
| The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul | #6 | 10 | 48.9 | ||
| So Long, an Thanks for All the Fish | #15 | 1 | 2.1 |