Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
John Fowles
Charting Aug 18, 1963 → Nov 10, 1985 · 116 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 13.03%
- week of May 3, 1970
- Career Power
- 979
- share-weeks
- Weeks at #1
- 12
- weeks as the top author
- Peak Year
- 578
- November 1969 – November 1970
- Peak Five Years
- 587
- December 1965 – November 1970
- Top-five weeks
- 62
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 116
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 14.53%
- week of Feb 8, 1970
- Comebacks
- 3
- December 1969, February 1975, November 1977
| Kind | Trough began | Returned | Trough weeks | Longest absence | Prior peak | Return share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| After absence | Jan 26, 1964 | Dec 7, 1969 | 304 | 196 | 4.47% | 1.86% |
| After absence | Jan 17, 1971 | Feb 9, 1975 | 212 | 203 | 13.03% | 4.93% |
| After absence | May 11, 1975 | Nov 13, 1977 | 131 | 124 | 13.03% | 4.60% |
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
6 books · 979 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 French Lieutenant's Woman | #1 | 53 | 582.6 | ||
| Daniel Martin | #4 | 27 | 173.6 | ||
| The Ebony Tower | #4 | 16 | 118.8 | ||
| The Collector | #6 | 10 | 63.3 | ||
| A Maggot | #6 | 9 | 36.5 | ||
| The Magus | #10 | 1 | 4.2 |