Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Edwin O'Connor
Charting Feb 26, 1956 → Apr 9, 1967 · 107 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 13.44%
- week of Aug 5, 1956
- Career Power
- 934
- share-weeks
- Weeks at #1
- 20
- weeks as the top author
- Peak Year
- 579
- February 1956 – February 1957
- Peak Five Years
- 581
- March 1952 – February 1957
- Top-five weeks
- 55
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 107
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 14.53%
- week of Mar 25, 1956
- Comebacks
- 2
- July 1961, January 1967
| Kind | Trough began | Returned | Trough weeks | Longest absence | Prior peak | Return share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| After absence | Apr 7, 1957 | Jul 30, 1961 | 223 | 218 | 13.44% | 4.75% |
| After absence | Jan 21, 1962 | Jan 15, 1967 | 256 | 122 | 13.44% | 4.82% |
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 · 934 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Last Hurrah | #1 | 53 | 581.1 | ||
| The Edge of Sadness | #3 | 28 | 193.8 | ||
| All in the Family | #5 | 25 | 154.5 | ||
| I Was Dancing | #10 | 1 | 4.2 |