Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction

Frank Yerby

Charting Feb 24, 1946Feb 7, 1960 · 226 weeks with chart power

Compare with other authors
Peak Power
8.68%
week of Aug 3, 1947
Career Power
1,330
share-weeks
Weeks at #1
0
weeks as the top author
Peak Year
261
September 1950 – September 1951
Peak Five Years
905
January 1946 – January 1951
Top-five weeks
67
weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity
226
weeks with chart power
Dominance
12.64%
week of May 25, 1947
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

14 books · 1,330 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.

TitlePeakWeeksPower
The Vixens#229226.6
The Foxes of Harrow#545193.3
The Golden Hawk#224179.7
Pride's Castle#322160.3
A Woman Called Fancy#422148.6
Floodtide#320145.4
The Saracen Blade#422137.9
Benton's Row#91449.6
Fairoaks#91138.4
The Devil's Laughter#91034.3
Captain Rebel#1137.8
The Serpent and the Staff#1324.8
The Treasure of Pleasant Valley#1611.8
Jarret's Jade#1611.8