Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction

Irving Stone

Charting Oct 8, 1934 → Dec 1, 1985 · 325 weeks with chart power

Peak Power: 13.97%; week of Oct 22, 1961
Career Power: 2,931; share-weeks
Weeks at #1: 51; weeks as the top author

Peak Year: 704; April 1961 – April 1962
Peak Five Years: 1,173; April 1961 – April 1966
Top-five weeks: 198; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 325; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 14.53%; week of Oct 17, 1954
Comebacks: 7; November 1944, November 1951, September 1954, April 1961, December 1965, April 1971, December 1975

Comebacks (thresholds from `config/scoring.json`)
Kind	Trough began	Returned	Trough weeks	Longest absence	Prior peak	Return share
After absence	Mar 18, 1935	Nov 12, 1944	504	502	6.28%	2.67%
After decline	Nov 11, 1945	Nov 11, 1951	313	101	6.40%	2.34%
After absence	Jul 27, 1952	Sep 26, 1954	112	109	8.15%	2.90%
After absence	Jul 24, 1955	Apr 30, 1961	299	295	12.29%	4.57%
After absence	Nov 18, 1962	Dec 12, 1965	156	150	13.97%	5.71%
After absence	Sep 4, 1966	Apr 25, 1971	242	238	13.97%	5.32%
After absence	Dec 19, 1971	Dec 7, 1975	207	201	13.97%	5.02%

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

12 books · 2,931 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 Agony and the Ecstasy	#1April 1961	83	April 1961 – October 1962	892.5	892.5
Love Is Eternal	#1October 1954	39	September 1954 – June 1955	423.9	423.9
Those Who Love	#2December 1965	39	October 1965 – July 1966	363.8	363.8
The Passions of the Mind	#1April 1971	31	March 1971 – October 1971	351.4	351.4
The President's Lady	#3January 1952	33	October 1951 – May 1952	231.7	231.7
The Greek Treasure	#2December 1975	24	October 1975 – April 1976	208.4	208.4
Immortal Wife	#3January 1945	22	October 1944 – October 1945	171.6	171.6
The Origin	#4September 1980	24	August 1980 – February 1981	118.1	118.1
Lust for Life	#2October 1934	11	October 1934 – December 1934	104.9	101.2
Adversary in the House	#7October 1947	7	October 1947 – November 1947	27.9	27.9
The Passionate Journey	#9November 1949	8	October 1949 – December 1949	25.7	25.7
Depths of Glory	#11November 1985	4	October 1985 – December 1985	10.9	10.9