Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Francis Van Wyck Mason
Charting Feb 24, 1952 → Aug 30, 1953 · 30 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 8.34%
- week of Jun 14, 1953
- Career Power
- 197
- share-weeks
- Weeks at #1
- 0
- weeks as the top author
- Peak Year
- 187
- September 1952 – August 1953
- Peak Five Years
- 197
- September 1948 – August 1953
- Top-five weeks
- 12
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 30
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 11.01%
- week of Apr 12, 1953
- Comebacks
- 0
- none detected
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
2 books · 197 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Golden Admiral | #3 | 26 | 186.6 | ||
| Himalayan Assignment | #12 | 4 | 10.4 |