Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction

Graham Greene

Charting Mar 20, 1933 → Oct 10, 1982 · 182 weeks with chart power

Peak Power: 10.86%; week of Mar 10, 1974
Career Power: 1,350; share-weeks
Weeks at #1: 2; weeks as the top author

Peak Year: 296; April 1973 – April 1974
Peak Five Years: 482; April 1969 – April 1974
Top-five weeks: 85; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 182; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 14.53%; week of Nov 25, 1973
Comebacks: 8; August 1948, December 1951, April 1956, March 1961, March 1966, March 1970, October 1973, April 1978

Comebacks (thresholds from `config/scoring.json`)
Kind	Trough began	Returned	Trough weeks	Longest absence	Prior peak	Return share
After absence	Jun 12, 1933	Aug 15, 1948	792	790	1.38%	1.71%
After absence	Jan 30, 1949	Dec 2, 1951	148	145	5.66%	2.69%
After absence	Jul 13, 1952	Apr 22, 1956	196	192	7.31%	2.98%
After absence	Sep 2, 1956	Mar 26, 1961	236	115	7.31%	2.75%
After absence	Oct 22, 1961	Mar 20, 1966	226	222	8.28%	3.33%
After absence	Aug 14, 1966	Mar 1, 1970	185	181	8.28%	3.27%
After absence	Sep 13, 1970	Oct 28, 1973	163	160	8.28%	3.23%
After absence	Jun 23, 1974	Apr 30, 1978	201	196	10.85%	4.08%

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 · 1,350 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 Honorary Consul	#1November 1973	27	October 1973 – April 1974	295.8	295.8
A Burnt-Out Case	#3April 1961	26	February 1961 – September 1961	191.5	191.5
The End of the Affair	#4November 1951	26	November 1951 – May 1952	187.1	187.1
Travels with My Aunt	#2March 1970	22	February 1970 – June 1970	186.1	186.1
The Human Factor	#3April 1978	20	March 1978 – August 1978	140.4	140.4
The Comedians	#5March 1966	18	February 1966 – June 1966	112.1	112.1
The Heart of the Matter	#3August 1948	16	August 1948 – November 1948	102.6	102.6
The Quiet American	#4April 1956	16	March 1956 – July 1956	94.2	94.2
Doctor Fischer of Geneva or the Bomb Party	#11June 1980	4	June 1980 – July 1980	12.7	12.7
Orient Express	#2March 1933	1	March 1933	12.7	12.7
Our Man in Havana	#11November 1958	5	November 1958 – December 1958	12.6	12.6
Monsignor Quixote	#13October 1982	1	October 1982	2.8	2.8