Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Hans Kirst
Charting Apr 5, 1964 → May 24, 1964 · 7 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 2.26%
- week of May 10, 1964
- Career Power
- 31
- share-weeks
- Crowns
- 0
- weeks crowned Author of the Week
- Peak Year
- 31
- May 1963 – May 1964
- Peak Five Years
- 31
- May 1959 – May 1964
- Top-five weeks
- 0
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 7
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 4.79%
- week of Apr 12, 1964
- 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 · 31 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 Night of the Generals | #9 | 7 | 31.1 |
At their peak
1963 in books →Hans Kirst's best twelve months on the NYT Hardcover Fiction list ran from May 1963 to May 1964. The most powerful authors over those weeks:
- 1Morris L. West495
- 2Mary McCarthy482
- 3John O'Hara370
- 4James Michener284
- 5Helen MacInnes279
- 6John le Carré250
- 7John Rechy187
- 8Daphne Du Maurier185
- 9Pearl S. Buck163
- 10John Cheever146
Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.
Their decade: the 1960s.