Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction

Harold Robbins

Charting May 16, 1948 → Aug 4, 1991 · 311 weeks with chart power

Peak Power: 11.79%; week of Oct 9, 1966
Career Power: 2,014; share-weeks
Weeks at #1: 0; weeks as the top author

Peak Year: 398; January 1966 – January 1967
Peak Five Years: 597; September 1961 – October 1966
Top-five weeks: 98; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 311; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 12.64%; week of May 15, 1966
Comebacks: 11; May 1952, September 1955, July 1961, May 1966, January 1970, February 1972, November 1974, July 1976, February 1978, January 1980, July 1981

Comebacks (thresholds from `config/scoring.json`)
Kind	Trough began	Returned	Trough weeks	Longest absence	Prior peak	Return share
After decline	Apr 23, 1950	May 11, 1952	107	102	1.93%	1.19%
After absence	Jul 27, 1952	Sep 25, 1955	164	158	1.93%	1.09%
After absence	Jan 1, 1956	Jul 16, 1961	287	284	1.93%	1.33%
After absence	Mar 31, 1963	May 8, 1966	159	154	8.58%	3.86%
After absence	Mar 5, 1967	Jan 4, 1970	148	143	11.79%	4.26%
After decline	May 31, 1970	Feb 20, 1972	90	80	11.79%	4.45%
After absence	Jun 4, 1972	Nov 24, 1974	129	124	11.79%	4.13%
After decline	Jun 8, 1975	Jul 11, 1976	57	52	11.79%	4.29%
After decline	Jan 9, 1977	Feb 12, 1978	57	42	11.79%	4.14%
After decline	May 7, 1978	Jan 13, 1980	75	67	11.79%	4.24%
After decline	Jun 1, 1980	Jul 19, 1981	59	54	11.79%	4.33%

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

18 books · 2,014 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 Adventurers	#2May 1966	41	April 1966 – January 1967	397.7	397.7
The Carpetbaggers	#3September 1961	41	June 1961 – April 1962	267.3	267.3
The Pirate	#3November 1974	26	October 1974 – April 1975	214.5	214.5
The Lonely Lady	#2August 1976	24	June 1976 – November 1976	205.0	205.0
The Inheritors	#4December 1969	21	November 1969 – April 1970	154.0	154.0
Goodbye, Janette	#3July 1981	21	June 1981 – November 1981	143.5	143.5
Memories of Another Day	#4December 1979	24	November 1979 – April 1980	139.8	139.8
The Betsy	#6February 1972	21	December 1971 – April 1972	124.4	124.4
Dreams Die First	#6December 1977	25	October 1977 – April 1978	114.2	114.0
Where Love Has Gone	#4December 1962	13	November 1962 – February 1963	89.3	89.3
Descent from Xanadu	#6May 1984	8	April 1984 – July 1984	32.1	32.1
The Storyteller	#8February 1986	9	January 1986 – March 1986	30.4	30.4
The Dream Merchants	#10November 1949	11	November 1949 – February 1950	30.4	30.4
79 Park Avenue	#12October 1955	9	August 1955 – October 1955	22.5	22.5
A Stone for Danny Fisher	#12May 1952	7	April 1952 – June 1952	17.1	17.1
The Piranhas	#9July 1991	5	July 1991 – August 1991	16.0	16.0
Spellbinder	#9October 1982	4	October 1982 – November 1982	14.5	14.5
Never Love a Stranger	#16May 1948	1	May 1948	1.8	1.8