Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
James Thurber
Charting Oct 28, 1945 → Sep 8, 1957 · 23 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 2.30%
- week of Sep 1, 1957
- Career Power
- 68
- share-weeks
- Weeks at #1
- 0
- weeks as the top author
- Peak Year
- 39
- September 1956 – September 1957
- Peak Five Years
- 39
- September 1952 – September 1957
- Top-five weeks
- 0
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 23
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 4.79%
- week of Jan 14, 1951
- Comebacks
- 1
- July 1957
| Kind | Trough began | Returned | Trough weeks | Longest absence | Prior peak | Return share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| After absence | May 13, 1951 | Jul 7, 1957 | 320 | 317 | 1.73% | 1.05% |
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 · 68 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 Wonderful O. | #10 | 13 | 38.9 | ||
| The 13 Clocks | #9 | 8 | 23.4 | ||
| The White Deer | #12 | 2 | 5.3 |