Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
James Baldwin
Charting Jul 8, 1962 → Aug 25, 1974 · 33 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 5.06%
- week of Oct 7, 1962
- Career Power
- 174
- share-weeks
- Weeks at #1
- 0
- weeks as the top author
- Peak Year
- 122
- December 1961 – December 1962
- Peak Five Years
- 122
- December 1957 – December 1962
- Top-five weeks
- 0
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 33
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 7.26%
- week of Sep 2, 1962
- Comebacks
- 1
- August 1974
| Kind | Trough began | Returned | Trough weeks | Longest absence | Prior peak | Return share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| After absence | Mar 3, 1963 | Aug 11, 1974 | 594 | 289 | 5.06% | 2.16% |
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
3 books · 174 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Another Country | #6 | 23 | 121.7 | ||
| If Beale Street Could Talk | #7 | 7 | 35.3 | ||
| Tell Me How Long the Train's Been Gone | #7 | 3 | 17.3 |