Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Ernest Hemingway
Charting Oct 25, 1937 → Aug 15, 1999 · 124 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 11.51%
- week of Mar 3, 1941
- Career Power
- 1,138
- share-weeks
- Weeks at #1
- 14
- weeks as the top author
- Peak Year
- 290
- April 1940 – March 1941
- Peak Five Years
- 401
- March 1948 – March 1953
- Top-five weeks
- 74
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 124
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 14.53%
- week of Oct 28, 1940
- Comebacks
- 5
- November 1940, October 1950, October 1952, November 1970, July 1986
| Kind | Trough began | Returned | Trough weeks | Longest absence | Prior peak | Return share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| After absence | Mar 28, 1938 | Nov 4, 1940 | 136 | 135 | 4.73% | 3.00% |
| After absence | Jun 23, 1941 | Oct 15, 1950 | 486 | 483 | 11.51% | 4.89% |
| After decline | Apr 15, 1951 | Oct 19, 1952 | 79 | 74 | 11.51% | 4.34% |
| After absence | Apr 12, 1953 | Nov 15, 1970 | 911 | 907 | 11.51% | 4.75% |
| After absence | Jun 6, 1971 | Jul 20, 1986 | 776 | 769 | 11.51% | 4.17% |
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
7 books · 1,138 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| For Whom the Bell Tolls | #1 | 23 | 290.5 | ||
| Islands in the Stream | #2 | 24 | 260.1 | ||
| Across the River and Into the Trees | #1 | 21 | 226.2 | ||
| The Old Man and the Sea | #3 | 26 | 174.6 | ||
| The Garden of Eden | #5 | 17 | 98.8 | ||
| To Have and Have Not | #3 | 9 | 74.8 | ||
| True at First Light | #11 | 4 | 12.7 |