Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
John Selby
Charting Jun 22, 1958 → Jul 6, 1958 · 2 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 0.50%
- week of Jul 6, 1958
- Career Power
- 5
- share-weeks
- Crowns
- 0
- weeks crowned Author of the Week
- Peak Year
- 5
- July 1957 – July 1958
- Peak Five Years
- 5
- July 1953 – July 1958
- Top-five weeks
- 0
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 2
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 2.75%
- week of Jun 22, 1958
- 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 · 5 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 Days Dividing | #13 | 2 | 5.2 |
At their peak
1957 in books →John Selby's best twelve months on the NYT Hardcover Fiction list ran from July 1957 to July 1958. The most powerful authors over those weeks:
- 1James Gould Cozzens481
- 2Robert Traver322
- 3Grace Metalious280
- 4Nevil Shute249
- 5Thomas B. Costain227
- 6Anya Seton207
- 7Richard Mason179
- 8Ayn Rand171
- 9Edna Ferber151
- 10Helen MacInnes141
Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.
Their decade: the 1950s.