Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction

Herman Wouk

Charting May 11, 1947 → Feb 6, 1994 · 375 weeks with chart power

Peak Power: 14.43%; week of Mar 23, 1952
Career Power: 3,623; share-weeks
Weeks at #1: 91; weeks as the top author

Peak Year: 740; August 1951 – August 1952
Peak Five Years: 1,728; April 1951 – April 1956
Top-five weeks: 248; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 375; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 14.53%; week of Aug 12, 1951
Comebacks: 7; April 1951, October 1955, July 1962, May 1965, January 1972, December 1978, May 1985

Comebacks (thresholds from `config/scoring.json`)
Kind	Trough began	Returned	Trough weeks	Longest absence	Prior peak	Return share
After absence	Aug 24, 1947	Apr 29, 1951	192	191	1.51%	1.35%
After decline	Aug 16, 1953	Oct 16, 1955	112	101	14.43%	5.73%
After absence	Jul 8, 1956	Jul 1, 1962	310	305	14.43%	5.37%
After absence	Jan 13, 1963	May 30, 1965	123	115	14.43%	5.24%
After absence	Nov 7, 1965	Jan 9, 1972	322	316	14.43%	5.32%
After absence	Apr 1, 1973	Dec 3, 1978	283	280	14.43%	5.38%
After absence	Nov 25, 1979	May 5, 1985	284	269	14.43%	5.15%

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

9 books · 3,623 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 Caine Mutiny	#1August 1951	123	April 1951 – September 1953	1,342.3	1,342.3
The Winds of War	#1January 1972	65	November 1971 – February 1973	727.8	727.8
War and Remembrance	#1November 1978	61	November 1978 – January 1980	511.1	511.1
Marjorie Morningstar	#1October 1955	37	September 1955 – May 1956	405.1	405.1
Youngblood Hawke	#2June 1962	26	May 1962 – November 1962	250.3	250.3
Don't Stop the Carnival	#4May 1965	26	April 1965 – September 1965	178.6	178.6
Inside, Outside	#3April 1985	24	March 1985 – September 1985	146.7	146.7
The Hope	#5December 1993	9	December 1993 – February 1994	45.2	43.2
Aurora Dawn	#8May 1947	4	May 1947 – June 1947	16.0	16.0