Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction

Leon Uris

Charting May 17, 1953 → Jun 20, 1999 · 405 weeks with chart power

Peak Power: 14.30%; week of Apr 3, 1977
Career Power: 3,838; share-weeks
Weeks at #1: 66; weeks as the top author

Peak Year: 725; April 1976 – April 1977
Peak Five Years: 1,052; January 1957 – January 1962
Top-five weeks: 260; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 405; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 14.53%; week of May 17, 1959
Comebacks: 7; December 1958, July 1961, July 1964, November 1967, January 1971, May 1976, May 1984

Comebacks (thresholds from `config/scoring.json`)
Kind	Trough began	Returned	Trough weeks	Longest absence	Prior peak	Return share
After absence	May 30, 1954	Dec 7, 1958	236	228	10.60%	3.74%
After decline	May 15, 1960	Jul 30, 1961	63	57	14.20%	5.55%
After absence	Feb 11, 1962	Jul 26, 1964	126	121	14.20%	5.33%
After absence	Mar 14, 1965	Nov 12, 1967	137	131	14.20%	5.42%
After absence	Nov 17, 1968	Jan 17, 1971	113	107	14.20%	5.15%
After absence	Oct 24, 1971	May 2, 1976	236	231	14.20%	5.62%
After absence	Oct 23, 1977	May 20, 1984	330	325	14.30%	5.66%

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

11 books · 3,838 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
Trinity	#1June 1976	77	March 1976 – September 1977	917.5	917.5
Exodus	#1May 1959	78	October 1958 – April 1960	800.6	800.6
Topaz	#1October 1967	52	October 1967 – September 1968	508.1	508.1
QB VII	#1February 1971	39	December 1970 – August 1971	434.4	434.4
Battle Cry	#2June 1953	51	May 1953 – May 1954	384.6	384.6
Armegeddon	#2July 1964	34	June 1964 – February 1965	283.2	283.2
Mila 18	#2August 1961	33	June 1961 – January 1962	251.0	251.0
The Haj	#2April 1984	24	April 1984 – September 1984	190.4	190.4
Mitla Pass	#6November 1988	11	November 1988 – January 1989	53.0	53.0
Redemption	#12July 1995	4	July 1995 – July 1995	11.3	11.1
A God in Ruins	#14June 1999	2	June 1999 – June 1999	4.3	4.2