Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
K.B. Gilden
Charting Feb 14, 1965 → May 23, 1965 · 15 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 7.79%
- week of May 2, 1965
- Career Power
- 140
- share-weeks
- Crowns
- 0
- weeks crowned Author of the Week
- Peak Year
- 140
- May 1964 – May 1965
- Peak Five Years
- 140
- May 1960 – May 1965
- Top-five weeks
- 9
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 15
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 12.64%
- week of Mar 7, 1965
- 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 · 140 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hurry Sundown | #2 | 15 | 139.5 |
At their peak
1964 in books →K.B. Gilden's best twelve months on the NYT Hardcover Fiction list ran from May 1964 to May 1965. The most powerful authors over those weeks:
- 1Saul Bellow460
- 2John le Carré416
- 3Louis Auchincloss385
- 4Irving Wallace283
- 5Leon Uris283
- 6Mary Stewart258
- 7Gore Vidal242
- 8Mason Hoffenberg158
- 9Terry Southern158
- 10Len Deighton147
Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.
Their decade: the 1960s.