Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
John Masters
Charting Feb 18, 1951 → Jun 12, 1960 · 31 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 3.94%
- week of Jun 20, 1954
- Career Power
- 118
- share-weeks
- Weeks at #1
- 0
- weeks as the top author
- Peak Year
- 61
- June 1953 – June 1954
- Peak Five Years
- 106
- August 1952 – August 1957
- Top-five weeks
- 1
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 31
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 8.34%
- week of May 16, 1954
- Comebacks
- 1
- June 1957
| Kind | Trough began | Returned | Trough weeks | Longest absence | Prior peak | Return share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| After absence | Sep 19, 1954 | Jun 16, 1957 | 143 | 106 | 3.95% | 1.46% |
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 · 118 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bhowani Junction | #5 | 11 | 61.5 | ||
| Far, Far the Mountain Peak | #9 | 12 | 36.4 | ||
| Nightrunners of Bengal | #10 | 3 | 9.7 | ||
| Coromandel! | #15 | 3 | 6.3 | ||
| The Venus of Konpara | #15 | 1 | 2.1 | ||
| The Lotus and the Wind | #16 | 1 | 1.8 |