Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
James Ramsey Ullman
Charting Sep 16, 1945 → Nov 2, 1958 · 51 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 10.26%
- week of Jan 20, 1946
- Career Power
- 392
- share-weeks
- Weeks at #1
- 0
- weeks as the top author
- Peak Year
- 245
- March 1945 – March 1946
- Peak Five Years
- 245
- March 1941 – March 1946
- Top-five weeks
- 27
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 51
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 12.64%
- week of Dec 23, 1945
- Comebacks
- 1
- February 1951
| Kind | Trough began | Returned | Trough weeks | Longest absence | Prior peak | Return share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| After absence | May 19, 1946 | Feb 18, 1951 | 248 | 244 | 10.26% | 4.15% |
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
4 books · 392 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 White Tower | #2 | 26 | 244.5 | ||
| River of the Sun | #3 | 14 | 114.0 | ||
| Windom's Way | #9 | 8 | 27.0 | ||
| The Day on Fire | #14 | 3 | 6.3 |