Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction

Len Deighton

Charting Jan 31, 1965 → Aug 18, 1991 · 139 weeks with chart power

Peak Power: 7.34%; week of Apr 25, 1965
Career Power: 683; share-weeks
Weeks at #1: 0; weeks as the top author

Peak Year: 173; February 1965 – February 1966
Peak Five Years: 272; March 1979 – March 1984
Top-five weeks: 24; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 139; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 11.01%; week of Mar 7, 1965
Comebacks: 4; April 1979, July 1981, February 1983, February 1989

Comebacks (thresholds from `config/scoring.json`)
Kind	Trough began	Returned	Trough weeks	Longest absence	Prior peak	Return share
After absence	Jun 12, 1966	Apr 15, 1979	657	654	7.35%	2.97%
After decline	Sep 2, 1979	Jul 5, 1981	96	89	7.35%	2.65%
After decline	Sep 13, 1981	Feb 27, 1983	76	66	7.35%	2.63%
After decline	May 20, 1984	Feb 19, 1989	248	96	7.35%	2.58%

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

13 books · 683 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
Funeral in Berlin	#3March 1965	20	January 1965 – June 1965	159.9	159.9
Ss-Gb	#3April 1979	16	March 1979 – July 1979	98.7	98.7
Berlin Game	#4January 1984	14	December 1983 – March 1984	80.7	80.7
The Billion Dollar Brain	#7February 1966	13	January 1966 – May 1966	67.8	67.8
XPD	#6June 1981	13	May 1981 – August 1981	52.8	52.8
Goodbye, Mickey Mouse	#9February 1983	13	December 1982 – March 1983	45.2	45.2
Winter	#8January 1988	11	January 1988 – March 1988	38.3	38.2
Spy Hook	#7January 1989	10	December 1988 – February 1989	37.7	37.7
Spy Sinker	#5September 1990	6	September 1990 – October 1990	31.3	30.8
London Match	#9January 1986	10	December 1985 – February 1986	29.7	29.6
Mexico Set	#8March 1985	8	March 1985 – April 1985	28.6	28.6
Spy Line	#12January 1990	4	January 1990 – January 1990	10.5	10.5
Mamista	#15August 1991	1	August 1991	2.1	2.1