Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction

Evelyn Waugh

Charting Jan 20, 1946 → Feb 25, 1962 · 72 weeks with chart power

Peak Power: 7.77%; week of Oct 17, 1948
Career Power: 406; share-weeks
Weeks at #1: 0; weeks as the top author

Peak Year: 158; July 1945 – July 1946
Peak Five Years: 332; January 1946 – January 1951
Top-five weeks: 21; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 72; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 12.64%; week of Aug 1, 1948
Comebacks: 1; August 1948

Comebacks (thresholds from `config/scoring.json`)
Kind	Trough began	Returned	Trough weeks	Longest absence	Prior peak	Return share
After decline	Sep 8, 1946	Aug 1, 1948	99	97	6.36%	2.94%

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 · 406 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
Brideshead Revisited	#3January 1946	24	January 1946 – July 1946	157.7	157.7
The Loved One	#2August 1948	17	July 1948 – November 1948	152.1	152.1
Men at Arms	#7November 1952	12	November 1952 – January 1953	43.2	43.2
Officers and Gentlemen	#9August 1955	8	July 1955 – September 1955	26.6	26.6
Helena	#10November 1950	8	November 1950 – January 1951	20.1	20.1
The End of the Battle	#15February 1962	2	February 1962 – February 1962	3.9	3.9
Scott-King's Modern Europe	#15March 1949	1	March 1949	2.1	2.1