Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
James Jones
Charting Mar 11, 1951 → Jun 11, 1978 · 116 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 13.23%
- week of Aug 5, 1951
- Career Power
- 879
- share-weeks
- Weeks at #1
- 20
- weeks as the top author
- Peak Year
- 559
- March 1951 – March 1952
- Peak Five Years
- 599
- November 1948 – November 1953
- Top-five weeks
- 46
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 116
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 14.53%
- week of Mar 25, 1951
- Comebacks
- 2
- March 1958, December 1962
| Kind | Trough began | Returned | Trough weeks | Longest absence | Prior peak | Return share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| After absence | May 18, 1952 | Mar 16, 1958 | 303 | 217 | 13.23% | 4.68% |
| After absence | May 4, 1958 | Dec 23, 1962 | 239 | 228 | 13.23% | 4.87% |
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
5 books · 879 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| From Here to Eternity | #1 | 66 | 599.4 | ||
| The Thin Red Line | #6 | 18 | 99.1 | ||
| Some Came Running | #4 | 13 | 79.2 | ||
| Whistle | #5 | 11 | 63.0 | ||
| Go to the Widow-Maker | #8 | 8 | 38.5 |