Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Hamilton Basso
Charting Nov 7, 1954 → Sep 13, 1959 · 53 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 12.96%
- week of Apr 3, 1955
- Career Power
- 450
- share-weeks
- Weeks at #1
- 14
- weeks as the top author
- Peak Year
- 395
- August 1954 – August 1955
- Peak Five Years
- 450
- September 1954 – September 1959
- Top-five weeks
- 25
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 53
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 14.53%
- week of Jan 2, 1955
- Comebacks
- 0
- none detected
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
2 books · 450 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 View from Pompey's Head | #1 | 40 | 395.0 | ||
| The Light Infantry Ball | #8 | 13 | 55.0 |