Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction

Larry McMurtry

Charting Jun 30, 1985 → Jun 8, 2014 · 108 weeks with chart power

Peak Power: 5.21%; week of Oct 6, 1985
Career Power: 542; share-weeks
Weeks at #1: 0; weeks as the top author

Peak Year: 116; May 1985 – May 1986
Peak Five Years: 322; December 1984 – December 1989
Top-five weeks: 16; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 108; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 11.09%; week of May 3, 1987
Comebacks: 5; May 1987, November 1988, August 1993, October 1995, December 1997

Comebacks (thresholds from `config/scoring.json`)
Kind	Trough began	Returned	Trough weeks	Longest absence	Prior peak	Return share
After decline	Jan 26, 1986	May 3, 1987	66	36	5.20%	2.64%
After decline	Sep 13, 1987	Nov 6, 1988	60	58	5.20%	2.16%
After absence	Jan 13, 1991	Aug 22, 1993	136	134	5.20%	2.34%
After decline	Jan 9, 1994	Oct 8, 1995	91	88	5.20%	1.97%
After decline	Dec 17, 1995	Dec 14, 1997	104	100	5.20%	1.94%

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

12 books · 542 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
Lonesome Dove	#4July 1985	24	June 1985 – July 1986	121.3	121.3
Anything for Billy	#3November 1988	18	October 1988 – February 1989	98.2	98.2
Streets of Laredo	#3August 1993	12	August 1993 – October 1993	77.1	76.9
Texasville	#3May 1987	11	April 1987 – June 1987	76.2	75.7
Comanche Moon	#7December 1997	11	November 1997 – February 1998	45.3	44.9
Dead Man's Walk	#7September 1995	7	September 1995 – October 1995	35.9	35.9
Buffalo Girls	#6November 1990	7	October 1990 – December 1990	32.1	31.9
Some Can Whistle	#6November 1989	6	October 1989 – December 1989	26.2	26.2
Sin Killer	#12June 2002	5	May 2002 – June 2002	13.6	13.6
Telegraph Days	#13July 2006	3	June 2006 – July 2006	7.0	7.0
The Last Kind Words Saloon	#13June 2014	3	May 2014 – June 2014	6.9	6.9
The Wandering Hill	#15June 2003	1	June 2003	2.1	2.1