Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Frans G. Bengtsson
Charting Oct 3, 1954 → Nov 14, 1954 · 6 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 1.61%
- week of Nov 14, 1954
- Career Power
- 21
- share-weeks
- Crowns
- 0
- weeks crowned Author of the Week
- Peak Year
- 21
- November 1953 – November 1954
- Peak Five Years
- 21
- November 1949 – November 1954
- Top-five weeks
- 0
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 6
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 4.17%
- week of Oct 10, 1954
- Comebacks
- 0
- none detected
Ranked by weekly Power Share, part of the ChartReign Power model — not the list's own positions. How it works →
Exponentially smoothed share of the week's total power (the primary metric).
Titles on the NYT Hardcover Fiction
1 book · 21 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 Long Ships | #10 | 6 | 20.9 |
At their peak
1953 in books →Frans G. Bengtsson's best twelve months on the NYT Hardcover Fiction list ran from November 1953 to November 1954. The most powerful authors over those weeks:
- 1Morton Thompson569
- 2Samuel Shellabarger312
- 3Daphne Du Maurier278
- 4Ernest K. Gann242
- 5Norah Lofts208
- 6Taylor Caldwell206
- 7James A. Michener202
- 8John Steinbeck195
- 9A. J. Cronin194
- 10Kenneth Dodson180
Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.
Their decade: the 1950s.