Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Mario Puzo
Charting Mar 30, 1969 → Sep 10, 2000 · 137 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 14.20%
- week of Feb 1, 1970
- Career Power
- 1,364
- share-weeks
- Weeks at #1
- 29
- weeks as the top author
- Peak Year
- 673
- April 1969 – April 1970
- Peak Five Years
- 779
- July 1965 – July 1970
- Top-five weeks
- 99
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 137
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 14.53%
- week of Sep 21, 1969
- Comebacks
- 4
- December 1978, December 1984, September 1996, September 2000
| Kind | Trough began | Returned | Trough weeks | Longest absence | Prior peak | Return share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| After absence | Aug 30, 1970 | Dec 17, 1978 | 420 | 415 | 14.20% | 5.35% |
| After absence | Apr 22, 1979 | Dec 23, 1984 | 296 | 291 | 14.20% | 5.65% |
| After absence | Jun 2, 1985 | Sep 15, 1996 | 589 | 293 | 14.20% | 5.22% |
| After absence | Nov 24, 1996 | Sep 3, 2000 | 197 | 191 | 14.20% | 5.06% |
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
6 books · 1,364 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 Godfather | #1 | 67 | 779.3 | ||
| The Sicilian | #1 | 23 | 223.5 | ||
| Fools Die | #3 | 19 | 152.6 | ||
| The Last Don | #3 | 11 | 96.3 | ||
| Omerta | #2 | 8 | 69.2 | ||
| The Fourth K | #4 | 9 | 43.2 |