Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
John Hersey
Charting Mar 5, 1944 → May 21, 1967 · 124 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 11.44%
- week of Jul 23, 1950
- Career Power
- 1,032
- share-weeks
- Weeks at #1
- 5
- weeks as the top author
- Peak Year
- 352
- November 1949 – October 1950
- Peak Five Years
- 361
- January 1956 – January 1961
- Top-five weeks
- 77
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 124
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 14.53%
- week of Mar 26, 1950
- Comebacks
- 3
- April 1950, August 1956, November 1959
| Kind | Trough began | Returned | Trough weeks | Longest absence | Prior peak | Return share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| After absence | Dec 17, 1944 | Apr 2, 1950 | 276 | 273 | 9.49% | 4.20% |
| After absence | Dec 24, 1950 | Aug 12, 1956 | 293 | 286 | 11.44% | 4.59% |
| After absence | Jan 6, 1957 | Nov 29, 1959 | 149 | 144 | 11.44% | 4.21% |
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 · 1,032 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 Wall | #1 | 34 | 351.5 | ||
| A Bell for Adano | #2 | 28 | 289.3 | ||
| The War Lover | #2 | 22 | 166.8 | ||
| A Single Pebble | #4 | 23 | 152.9 | ||
| The Child Buyer | #8 | 11 | 41.0 | ||
| Under the Eye of the Storm | #7 | 6 | 30.4 |