Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Harnett T. Kane
Charting Nov 26, 1950 → Jan 19, 1958 · 68 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 6.42%
- week of Feb 28, 1954
- Career Power
- 273
- share-weeks
- Crowns
- 0
- weeks crowned Author of the Week
- Peak Year
- 164
- May 1953 – May 1954
- Peak Five Years
- 226
- December 1950 – December 1955
- Top-five weeks
- 8
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 68
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 9.58%
- week of Jan 24, 1954
- Comebacks
- 2
- Nov 1953 · Jan 1956
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
5 books · 273 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 Lady of Arlington | #4 | 28 | 164.4 | ||
| The Smiling Rebel | #9 | 11 | 40.0 | ||
| Pathway to the Stars | #9 | 10 | 31.8 | ||
| The Gallant Mrs. Stonewall | #12 | 7 | 20.0 | ||
| Scandalous Mrs.Blackfordwith Victor Leclerc | #10 | 12 | 16.6 |
At their peak
1953 in books →Harnett T. Kane's best twelve months on the NYT Hardcover Fiction list ran from May 1953 to May 1954. The most powerful authors over those weeks:
- 1Annemarie Selinko465
- 2Ernest K. Gann434
- 3Leon Uris383
- 4A. J. Cronin366
- 5Samuel Shellabarger296
- 6James Hilton222
- 7James A. Michener211
- 8Morton Thompson203
- 9Thomas B. Costain202
- 10Harnett T. Kane164
Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.
Their decade: the 1950s.