Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
J.D. Salinger
Charting Jul 29, 1951 → Aug 25, 1963 · 126 weeks with chart power
Honours
Author of the Week
NYT Hardcover Fiction
36 crowns
19511963Longest reign 26 weeks (Oct 1961 – Apr 1962) · First crown Oct 1961
- Peak Power
- 14.02%
- week of Apr 22, 1962
- Career Power
- 1,128
- share-weeks
- Crowns
- 36
- weeks crowned Author of the Week
- Peak Year
- 599
- September 1961 – September 1962
- Peak Five Years
- 895
- August 1958 – August 1963
- Top-five weeks
- 76
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 126
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 14.53%
- week of Oct 29, 1961
- Comebacks
- 1
- Oct 1961, after 9 quiet years
Ranked by weekly Power Share, part of the ChartReign Power model — not the list's own positions. How it works →
Titles on the NYT Hardcover Fiction
4 books · 1,128 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Franny and Zooey | #1 | 54 | 603.8 | ||
| Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters | #1 | 28 | 291.3 | ||
| The Catcher in the Rye | #4 | 29 | 190.7 | ||
| Nine Stories | #9 | 15 | 42.1 |
At their peak
1961 in books →J.D. Salinger's best twelve months on the NYT Hardcover Fiction list ran from September 1961 to September 1962. The most powerful authors over those weeks:
- 1J.D. Salinger599
- 2Irving Stone536
- 3Harper Lee343
- 4Katherine Anne Porter317
- 5Taylor Caldwell204
- 6Mary Renault197
- 7Herman Wouk189
- 8Harold Robbins188
- 9Edward Streeter183
- 10Richard Hughes159
Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.