Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
MacKinlay Kantor
Charting Apr 16, 1934 → Mar 4, 1962 · 82 weeks with chart power
- 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
| Kind | Trough began | Returned | Trough weeks | Longest absence | Prior peak | Return share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| After decline | Aug 6, 1934 | Sep 9, 1935 | 57 | 56 | 3.86% | 1.73% |
| After absence | Dec 23, 1935 | Nov 20, 1955 | 1038 | 1036 | 3.86% | 1.65% |
| After absence | Dec 9, 1956 | Dec 17, 1961 | 260 | 252 | 12.47% | 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.
| Title | Peak | Weeks | On chart | Power contributedPower | Book Power |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andersonville | #1 | 52 | 528.4 | ||
| Spirit Lake | #4 | 20 | 130.3 | ||
| Long Remember | #3 | 5 | 45.2 | ||
| The Voice of Bugle Ann | #4 | 5 | 36.9 |