Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Guiseppe di Lampedusa
Charting May 15, 1960 → Jan 29, 1961 · 38 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 10.52%
- week of Nov 20, 1960
- Career Power
- 345
- share-weeks
- Crowns
- 0
- weeks crowned Author of the Week
- Peak Year
- 345
- February 1960 – January 1961
- Peak Five Years
- 345
- January 1956 – January 1961
- Top-five weeks
- 27
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 38
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 12.64%
- week of Jul 10, 1960
- 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 · 345 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 Leopard | #2 | 38 | 344.9 |
At their peak
1960 in books →Guiseppe di Lampedusa's best twelve months on the NYT Hardcover Fiction list ran from February 1960 to January 1961. The most powerful authors over those weeks:
- 1James A. Michener731
- 2Allen Drury680
- 3Guiseppe di Lampedusa345
- 4Marcia Davenport230
- 5Harper Lee222
- 6Irving Wallace213
- 7Mary Ellen Chase200
- 8John O'Hara181
- 9Taylor Caldwell176
- 10Cameron Hawley142
Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.
Their decade: the 1960s.