Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Joseph Heller
Charting Oct 27, 1974 → Jan 27, 1985 · 70 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 10.72%
- week of Mar 16, 1975
- Career Power
- 604
- share-weeks
- Weeks at #1
- 3
- weeks as the top author
- Peak Year
- 299
- May 1974 – May 1975
- Peak Five Years
- 506
- June 1974 – September 1979
- Top-five weeks
- 41
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 70
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 14.53%
- week of Feb 9, 1975
- Comebacks
- 2
- April 1979, October 1984
| Kind | Trough began | Returned | Trough weeks | Longest absence | Prior peak | Return share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| After absence | Jul 20, 1975 | Apr 22, 1979 | 183 | 179 | 10.72% | 4.44% |
| After absence | Oct 28, 1979 | Oct 28, 1984 | 261 | 258 | 10.72% | 3.85% |
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
3 books · 604 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Something Happened | #1 | 29 | 298.7 | ||
| Good as Gold | #1 | 25 | 207.1 | ||
| God Knows | #2 | 16 | 98.5 |