Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
James Hilton
Charting Jul 23, 1934 → Mar 14, 1954 · 155 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 16.49%
- week of Jan 7, 1935
- Career Power
- 1,599
- share-weeks
- Weeks at #1
- 27
- weeks as the top author
- Peak Year
- 545
- May 1934 – April 1935
- Peak Five Years
- 635
- May 1932 – May 1937
- Top-five weeks
- 113
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 155
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 22.85%
- week of Dec 3, 1934
- Comebacks
- 4
- May 1937, March 1941, September 1945, November 1953
| Kind | Trough began | Returned | Trough weeks | Longest absence | Prior peak | Return share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| After decline | Jul 8, 1935 | May 10, 1937 | 96 | 89 | 16.49% | 6.04% |
| After absence | Jun 14, 1937 | Mar 3, 1941 | 194 | 190 | 16.49% | 5.99% |
| After absence | Oct 20, 1941 | Sep 30, 1945 | 206 | 201 | 16.49% | 6.71% |
| After absence | Feb 24, 1946 | Nov 8, 1953 | 402 | 161 | 16.49% | 6.48% |
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
8 books · 1,599 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good-Bye, Mr. Chips | #2 | 41 | 378.9 | ||
| Random Harvest | #1 | 29 | 357.2 | ||
| Time and Time Again | #2 | 27 | 222.2 | ||
| So Well Remembered | #1 | 23 | 204.4 | ||
| Lost Horizon | #1 | 23 | 166.4 | ||
| Nothing So Strange | #4 | 13 | 91.1 | ||
| We Are Not Alone | #2 | 9 | 89.6 | ||
| Morning Journey | #4 | 13 | 89.2 |