Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
H.L. Humes
Charting May 25, 1958 → Jun 15, 1958 · 3 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 0.56%
- week of Jun 15, 1958
- Career Power
- 6
- share-weeks
- Crowns
- 0
- weeks crowned Author of the Week
- Peak Year
- 6
- June 1957 – June 1958
- Peak Five Years
- 6
- June 1953 – June 1958
- Top-five weeks
- 0
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 3
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 2.09%
- week of May 25, 1958
- 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 · 6 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 Underground City | #15 | 3 | 6.0 |
At their peak
1957 in books →H.L. Humes's best twelve months on the NYT Hardcover Fiction list ran from June 1957 to June 1958. The most powerful authors over those weeks:
- 1James Gould Cozzens481
- 2Grace Metalious322
- 3Robert Traver278
- 4Nevil Shute249
- 5Thomas B. Costain227
- 6Richard Mason179
- 7Anya Seton174
- 8Ayn Rand171
- 9Meyer Levin169
- 10Edwin Gilbert145
Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.
Their decade: the 1950s.