Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction

George Orwell

Charting Sep 29, 1946Jan 29, 1956 · 27 weeks with chart power

Compare with other authors
Peak Power
6.47%
week of Sep 11, 1949
Career Power
163
share-weeks
Weeks at #1
0
weeks as the top author
Peak Year
139
November 1948 – November 1949
Peak Five Years
161
December 1944 – November 1949
Top-five weeks
7
weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity
27
weeks with chart power
Dominance
11.01%
week of Jul 24, 1949
Comebacks
1
July 1949
Comebacks (thresholds from config/scoring.json)
KindTrough beganReturnedTrough weeksLongest absencePrior peakReturn share
After absenceJan 26, 1947Jul 17, 19491291271.72%1.57%

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Exponentially smoothed share of the week's total power (the primary metric).

Titles on the NYT Hardcover Fiction

3 books · 163 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
Nineteen Eighty-Four#320139.0
Animal Farm#7622.4
Keep the Aspidistra Flying#1512.1