Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction

Howard Fast

Charting May 17, 1943Mar 22, 1987 · 132 weeks with chart power

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Peak Power
9.52%
week of Jan 6, 1980
Career Power
779
share-weeks
Weeks at #1
6
weeks as the top author
Peak Year
233
December 1978 – December 1979
Peak Five Years
588
September 1977 – December 1982
Top-five weeks
37
weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity
132
weeks with chart power
Dominance
14.53%
week of Oct 28, 1979
Comebacks
3
September 1946, November 1977, November 1981
Comebacks (thresholds from config/scoring.json)
KindTrough beganReturnedTrough weeksLongest absencePrior peakReturn share
After absenceNov 8, 1943Sep 1, 19461471445.91%2.63%
After absenceNov 17, 1946Nov 13, 1977161016065.91%2.33%
After declineMay 25, 1980Nov 15, 198177709.52%3.33%

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

10 books · 779 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.

TitlePeakWeeksPower
The Establishment#126215.3
Second Generation#320146.2
The Immigrants#522103.2
Citizen Tom Paine#21092.9
The Legacy#41790.9
The American#4845.3
Max#81236.7
The Immigrant's Daughter#11824.2
The Outsider#11515.1
The Dinner Party#1349.6