Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Dr. Seuss
Charting Mar 18, 1984 → Jul 9, 2000 · 233 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 10.11%
- week of Jul 1, 1990
- Career Power
- 1,400
- share-weeks
- Weeks at #1
- 5
- weeks as the top author
- Peak Year
- 366
- February 1990 – February 1991
- Peak Five Years
- 839
- August 1989 – July 1994
- Top-five weeks
- 66
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 233
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 14.53%
- week of Mar 4, 1990
- Comebacks
- 3
- March 1990, March 1995, June 1997
| Kind | Trough began | Returned | Trough weeks | Longest absence | Prior peak | Return share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| After absence | Feb 3, 1985 | Mar 4, 1990 | 265 | 264 | 7.27% | 2.65% |
| After decline | Aug 8, 1993 | Mar 26, 1995 | 85 | 45 | 10.11% | 3.83% |
| After decline | Aug 20, 1995 | Jun 22, 1997 | 96 | 41 | 10.11% | 4.33% |
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
4 books · 1,400 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oh, the Places You'll Go! | #1 | 178 | 1,081.0 | ||
| The Butter Battle Book | #2 | 39 | 235.1 | ||
| Daisy-Head Mayzie | #5 | 11 | 68.7 | ||
| My Many Colored Days | #10 | 5 | 14.9 |