Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
John Rechy
Charting Jul 7, 1963 → Dec 22, 1963 · 24 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 7.75%
- week of Oct 27, 1963
- Career Power
- 187
- share-weeks
- Crowns
- 0
- weeks crowned Author of the Week
- Peak Year
- 187
- December 1962 – December 1963
- Peak Five Years
- 187
- December 1958 – December 1963
- Top-five weeks
- 15
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 24
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 11.01%
- week of Aug 11, 1963
- 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 · 187 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| City of Night | #3 | 24 | 187.2 |
At their peak
1962 in books →John Rechy's best twelve months on the NYT Hardcover Fiction list ran from December 1962 to December 1963. The most powerful authors over those weeks:
- 1Morris L. West371
- 2John O'Hara314
- 3J.D. Salinger291
- 4Daphne Du Maurier259
- 5Richard McKenna255
- 6Charles W. Bailey II211
- 7Fletcher Knebel211
- 8James Michener205
- 9Mary McCarthy195
- 10John Rechy187
Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.
Their decade: the 1960s.