Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Louis Auchincloss
Charting Feb 3, 1952 → Sep 11, 1977 · 140 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 11.88%
- week of Feb 7, 1965
- Career Power
- 1,030
- share-weeks
- Weeks at #1
- 1
- weeks as the top author
- Peak Year
- 385
- April 1964 – March 1965
- Peak Five Years
- 803
- August 1962 – August 1967
- Top-five weeks
- 56
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 140
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 14.53%
- week of Oct 4, 1964
- Comebacks
- 3
- August 1962, August 1964, May 1974
| Kind | Trough began | Returned | Trough weeks | Longest absence | Prior peak | Return share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| After decline | Mar 19, 1961 | Aug 12, 1962 | 73 | 71 | 2.71% | 1.13% |
| After decline | Jan 27, 1963 | Aug 9, 1964 | 79 | 41 | 3.56% | 1.62% |
| After absence | Oct 1, 1967 | May 5, 1974 | 344 | 181 | 11.88% | 4.33% |
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 · 1,030 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Rector of Justin | #1 | 35 | 384.6 | ||
| The Embezzler | #2 | 27 | 217.0 | ||
| Tales of Manhattan | #4 | 18 | 129.0 | ||
| The Partners | #5 | 15 | 104.5 | ||
| A World of Profit | #6 | 13 | 66.5 | ||
| Portrait in Brownstone | #7 | 14 | 61.8 | ||
| The House of Five Talents | #7 | 12 | 45.8 | ||
| Powers of Attorney | #10 | 3 | 12.5 | ||
| I Come as a Thief | #10 | 1 | 4.2 | ||
| The Dark Lady | #14 | 1 | 2.4 | ||
| Sybil | #15 | 1 | 2.1 |