Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Lawrence Durrell
Charting Oct 20, 1957 → Jul 21, 1968 · 34 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 3.25%
- week of Jun 5, 1960
- Career Power
- 130
- share-weeks
- Weeks at #1
- 0
- weeks as the top author
- Peak Year
- 69
- November 1959 – November 1960
- Peak Five Years
- 82
- November 1955 – November 1960
- Top-five weeks
- 0
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 34
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 6.32%
- week of May 8, 1960
- Comebacks
- 1
- May 1968
| Kind | Trough began | Returned | Trough weeks | Longest absence | Prior peak | Return share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| After absence | Dec 25, 1960 | May 26, 1968 | 383 | 380 | 3.25% | 1.35% |
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
5 books · 130 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clea | #7 | 13 | 54.0 | ||
| Tunc | #7 | 10 | 47.8 | ||
| The Black Book | #11 | 6 | 15.4 | ||
| Mountolive | #11 | 4 | 10.9 | ||
| Justine | #15 | 1 | 2.1 |