Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Jimmy Breslin
Charting Jan 18, 1970 → Aug 10, 1986 · 44 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 6.04%
- week of May 10, 1970
- Career Power
- 273
- share-weeks
- Weeks at #1
- 0
- weeks as the top author
- Peak Year
- 159
- July 1969 – July 1970
- Peak Five Years
- 271
- February 1969 – January 1974
- Top-five weeks
- 10
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 44
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 9.58%
- week of Oct 14, 1973
- Comebacks
- 1
- October 1973
| Kind | Trough began | Returned | Trough weeks | Longest absence | Prior peak | Return share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| After absence | Sep 27, 1970 | Oct 14, 1973 | 159 | 155 | 6.04% | 2.78% |
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 · 273 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 Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight | #5 | 26 | 159.0 | ||
| World Without End, Amen | #4 | 17 | 112.1 | ||
| Table Money | #14 | 1 | 2.4 |