Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction

MacKinlay Kantor

Charting Apr 16, 1934Mar 4, 1962 · 82 weeks with chart power

Compare with other authors
Peak Power
12.47%
week of Mar 25, 1956
Career Power
741
share-weeks
Weeks at #1
12
weeks as the top author
Peak Year
528
November 1955 – October 1956
Peak Five Years
528
November 1951 – October 1956
Top-five weeks
51
weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity
82
weeks with chart power
Dominance
14.53%
week of Jan 1, 1956
Comebacks
3
September 1935, November 1955, December 1961
Comebacks (thresholds from config/scoring.json)
KindTrough beganReturnedTrough weeksLongest absencePrior peakReturn share
After declineAug 6, 1934Sep 9, 193557563.86%1.73%
After absenceDec 23, 1935Nov 20, 1955103810363.86%1.65%
After absenceDec 9, 1956Dec 17, 196126025212.47%4.55%

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

4 books · 741 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.

TitlePeakWeeksPower
Andersonville#152528.4
Spirit Lake#420130.3
Long Remember#3545.2
The Voice of Bugle Ann#4536.9