Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction

E. L. Doctorow

Charting Aug 3, 1975 → Oct 4, 2009 · 111 weeks with chart power

Peak Power: 12.08%; week of Feb 1, 1976
Career Power: 850; share-weeks
Weeks at #1: 13; weeks as the top author

Peak Year: 456; May 1975 – April 1976
Peak Five Years: 475; August 1975 – October 1980
Top-five weeks: 55; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 111; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 14.53%; week of Aug 24, 1975
Comebacks: 2; November 1980, April 1989

Comebacks (thresholds from `config/scoring.json`)
Kind	Trough began	Returned	Trough weeks	Longest absence	Prior peak	Return share
After absence	Jul 4, 1976	Nov 23, 1980	216	209	12.08%	4.33%
After absence	Apr 26, 1981	Apr 9, 1989	415	238	12.08%	4.29%

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

8 books · 850 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
Ragtime	#1August 1975	39	August 1975 – April 1976	455.7	455.7
Loon Lake	#4October 1980	25	October 1980 – March 1981	165.8	165.8
Billy Bathgate	#4March 1989	12	March 1989 – May 1989	82.5	82.5
World's Fair	#7December 1985	13	November 1985 – February 1986	49.6	49.5
The March	#4October 2005	7	October 2005 – January 2006	40.4	40.1
The Waterworks	#5July 1994	8	July 1994 – August 1994	32.5	32.5
City of God	#11March 2000	4	March 2000 – March 2000	11.8	10.9
Homer & Langley	#7September 2009	3	September 2009 – October 2009	11.5	11.5