Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Jan de Hartog
Charting Sep 14, 1952 → May 28, 1967 · 29 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 6.22%
- week of May 7, 1967
- Career Power
- 165
- share-weeks
- Weeks at #1
- 0
- weeks as the top author
- Peak Year
- 125
- June 1966 – May 1967
- Peak Five Years
- 125
- May 1962 – May 1967
- Top-five weeks
- 7
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 29
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 9.58%
- week of Mar 5, 1967
- Comebacks
- 1
- February 1967
| Kind | Trough began | Returned | Trough weeks | Longest absence | Prior peak | Return share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| After absence | Jan 25, 1953 | Feb 5, 1967 | 725 | 329 | 2.45% | 1.46% |
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 · 165 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 Captain | #4 | 18 | 125.4 | ||
| The Distant Shore | #8 | 8 | 34.0 | ||
| The Spiral Road | #14 | 2 | 4.2 | ||
| The Inspector | #16 | 1 | 1.8 |