Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
James Street
Charting Jul 17, 1949 → Apr 12, 1953 · 37 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 3.33%
- week of Sep 23, 1951
- Career Power
- 126
- share-weeks
- Weeks at #1
- 0
- weeks as the top author
- Peak Year
- 65
- October 1950 – October 1951
- Peak Five Years
- 126
- April 1948 – April 1953
- Top-five weeks
- 0
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 37
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 5.50%
- week of Sep 9, 1951
- Comebacks
- 2
- July 1951, February 1953
| Kind | Trough began | Returned | Trough weeks | Longest absence | Prior peak | Return share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| After decline | Dec 4, 1949 | Jul 22, 1951 | 85 | 82 | 1.02% | 1.38% |
| After decline | Jan 13, 1952 | Feb 8, 1953 | 56 | 54 | 3.33% | 1.25% |
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 · 126 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 High Calling | #8 | 17 | 64.8 | ||
| The Velvet Doublet | #8 | 12 | 47.6 | ||
| Tomorrow We Reapwith James Childers | #8 | 8 | 13.3 |