Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Frank G. Slaughter
Charting Dec 7, 1947 → Oct 18, 1959 · 90 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 3.72%
- week of Jul 18, 1954
- Career Power
- 290
- share-weeks
- Weeks at #1
- 0
- weeks as the top author
- Peak Year
- 134
- May 1954 – May 1955
- Peak Five Years
- 259
- June 1950 – June 1955
- Top-five weeks
- 1
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 90
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 8.34%
- week of Jun 13, 1954
- Comebacks
- 1
- February 1953
| Kind | Trough began | Returned | Trough weeks | Longest absence | Prior peak | Return share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| After decline | Jan 13, 1952 | Feb 22, 1953 | 58 | 29 | 2.18% | 1.16% |
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
12 books · 290 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 Song of Ruth | #5 | 22 | 86.3 | ||
| The Healer | #6 | 16 | 60.0 | ||
| The Galileans | #10 | 12 | 40.7 | ||
| The Stubborn Heart | #9 | 12 | 36.1 | ||
| The Road to Bithynia | #10 | 8 | 22.9 | ||
| Sangaree | #14 | 5 | 10.8 | ||
| East Side General | #13 | 5 | 10.3 | ||
| Lorena | #11 | 4 | 9.1 | ||
| The Thorn of Arimathea | #13 | 2 | 4.6 | ||
| The Golden Isle | #14 | 2 | 4.5 | ||
| Fort Everglades | #13 | 1 | 2.8 | ||
| The Scarlet Cord | #16 | 1 | 1.8 |