Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction

John Dos Passos

Charting Mar 21, 1932 → Jul 9, 1961 · 32 weeks with chart power

Peak Power: 4.97%; week of Jun 4, 1961
Career Power: 192; share-weeks
Weeks at #1: 0; weeks as the top author

Peak Year: 87; July 1960 – July 1961
Peak Five Years: 87; July 1956 – July 1961
Top-five weeks: 8; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 32; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 12.64%; week of Mar 21, 1932
Comebacks: 3; August 1936, March 1949, April 1961

Comebacks (thresholds from `config/scoring.json`)
Kind	Trough began	Returned	Trough weeks	Longest absence	Prior peak	Return share
After absence	Jun 13, 1932	Aug 24, 1936	219	218	1.38%	1.86%
After absence	Jan 11, 1937	Mar 6, 1949	634	629	4.52%	1.63%
After absence	Apr 3, 1949	Apr 2, 1961	623	474	4.52%	1.60%

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

5 books · 192 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
Midcentury	#5May 1961	16	March 1961 – July 1961	86.9	86.9
The Big Money	#4August 1936	8	August 1936 – October 1936	67.8	67.8
The Grand Design	#8February 1949	5	January 1949 – March 1949	20.3	20.3
1919	#2March 1932	1	March 1932	12.7	12.7
Chosen Country	#14January 1952	2	January 1952 – January 1952	4.2	4.2