Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
John Gunther
Charting Nov 29, 1964 → May 11, 1969 · 9 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 2.67%
- week of May 11, 1969
- Career Power
- 43
- share-weeks
- Crowns
- 0
- weeks crowned Author of the Week
- Peak Year
- 39
- May 1968 – May 1969
- Peak Five Years
- 43
- May 1964 – May 1969
- Top-five weeks
- 0
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 9
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 6.32%
- week of Apr 20, 1969
- Comebacks
- 0
- none detected
Ranked by weekly Power Share, part of the ChartReign Power model — not the list's own positions. How it works →
Exponentially smoothed share of the week's total power (the primary metric).
Titles on the NYT Hardcover Fiction
1 book · 43 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 Lost City | #7 | 9 | 42.9 |
At their peak
1968 in books →John Gunther's best twelve months on the NYT Hardcover Fiction list ran from May 1968 to May 1969. The most powerful authors over those weeks:
- 1Arthur Hailey638
- 2Helen MacInnes442
- 3John Updike349
- 4Taylor Caldwell326
- 5John le Carré290
- 6Allen Drury265
- 7Charles Portis164
- 8Leon Uris161
- 9Gore Vidal160
- 10Cameron Hawley157
Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.
Their decade: the 1960s.