Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Elliott Arnold
Charting Jun 22, 1942 → Jan 21, 1968 · 27 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 5.38%
- week of Nov 26, 1967
- Career Power
- 144
- share-weeks
- Weeks at #1
- 0
- weeks as the top author
- Peak Year
- 118
- January 1967 – January 1968
- Peak Five Years
- 118
- January 1963 – January 1968
- Top-five weeks
- 3
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 27
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 9.58%
- week of Sep 10, 1967
- Comebacks
- 1
- August 1967
| Kind | Trough began | Returned | Trough weeks | Longest absence | Prior peak | Return share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| After absence | Sep 19, 1948 | Aug 13, 1967 | 979 | 977 | 1.46% | 1.37% |
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
3 books · 144 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A Night of Watching | #4 | 20 | 117.9 | ||
| Everybody Slept Here | #9 | 6 | 17.7 | ||
| The Commandos | #5 | 1 | 8.3 |