Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction

Irving Wallace

Charting Jun 5, 1960 → Mar 9, 1986 · 233 weeks with chart power

Peak Power: 10.49%; week of Aug 6, 1972
Career Power: 1,713; share-weeks
Weeks at #1: 2; weeks as the top author

Peak Year: 308; October 1971 – October 1972
Peak Five Years: 792; June 1960 – June 1965
Top-five weeks: 113; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 233; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 14.53%; week of May 14, 1972
Comebacks: 6; July 1962, July 1967, November 1969, April 1972, May 1974, May 1976

Comebacks (thresholds from `config/scoring.json`)
Kind	Trough began	Returned	Trough weeks	Longest absence	Prior peak	Return share
After decline	Feb 19, 1961	Jul 29, 1962	75	70	8.30%	3.08%
After decline	Aug 22, 1965	Jul 16, 1967	97	92	9.81%	3.78%
After decline	Nov 26, 1967	Nov 23, 1969	104	100	9.81%	4.11%
After decline	Apr 12, 1970	Apr 16, 1972	105	102	9.81%	3.61%
After decline	Dec 31, 1972	May 26, 1974	73	68	10.49%	4.14%
After decline	Nov 24, 1974	May 16, 1976	77	72	10.49%	3.74%

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 · 1,713 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 Word	#1May 1972	31	March 1972 – October 1972	308.2	308.2
The Man	#2February 1965	38	October 1964 – June 1965	303.3	303.3
The Prize	#3September 1962	32	June 1962 – February 1963	220.7	220.7
The Chapman Report	#4June 1960	28	June 1960 – December 1960	212.8	212.8
The Fan Club	#2June 1974	24	April 1974 – September 1974	194.8	194.8
The Seven Minutes	#3November 1969	17	October 1969 – February 1970	130.3	130.3
The Plot	#5June 1967	16	June 1967 – September 1967	121.4	121.4
The R Document	#3May 1976	13	April 1976 – July 1976	91.0	91.0
The Three Sirens	#7November 1963	12	October 1963 – February 1964	61.3	61.3
The Second Lady	#8November 1980	9	October 1980 – December 1980	37.4	37.4
The Pigeon Project	#12June 1979	7	April 1979 – June 1979	16.7	16.7
The Seventh Secret	#11March 1986	6	February 1986 – March 1986	15.7	15.7