Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
John Cheever
Charting Apr 14, 1957 → Jun 17, 1979 · 96 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 10.68%
- week of Jul 17, 1977
- Career Power
- 671
- share-weeks
- Weeks at #1
- 3
- weeks as the top author
- Peak Year
- 253
- October 1976 – September 1977
- Peak Five Years
- 412
- March 1974 – June 1979
- Top-five weeks
- 43
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 96
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 14.53%
- week of May 22, 1977
- Comebacks
- 2
- February 1964, April 1977
| Kind | Trough began | Returned | Trough weeks | Longest absence | Prior peak | Return share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| After absence | Sep 29, 1957 | Feb 2, 1964 | 327 | 326 | 2.62% | 1.06% |
| After absence | Sep 13, 1964 | Apr 17, 1977 | 655 | 242 | 7.59% | 2.85% |
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
6 books · 671 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Falconer | #1 | 25 | 253.0 | ||
| The Wapshot Scandal | #4 | 23 | 172.0 | ||
| The Stories of John Cheever | #3 | 26 | 159.0 | ||
| The Wapshot Chronicle | #8 | 13 | 45.9 | ||
| Bullet Park | #8 | 8 | 35.9 | ||
| The World of Apples | #8 | 1 | 5.5 |