Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Marquis William Childs
Charting Nov 12, 1961 → Dec 24, 1961 · 5 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 0.83%
- week of Dec 24, 1961
- Career Power
- 11
- share-weeks
- Crowns
- 0
- weeks crowned Author of the Week
- Peak Year
- 11
- January 1961 – December 1961
- Peak Five Years
- 11
- December 1956 – December 1961
- Top-five weeks
- 0
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 5
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 2.75%
- week of Dec 24, 1961
- Comebacks
- 0
- none detected
Ranked by weekly Power Share, part of the ChartReign Power model — not the list's own positions. How it works →
Exponentially smoothed share of the week's total power (the primary metric).
Titles on the NYT Hardcover Fiction
1 book · 11 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 Peacemakers | #13 | 5 | 10.8 |
At their peak
1961 in books →Marquis William Childs's best twelve months on the NYT Hardcover Fiction list ran from January 1961 to December 1961. The most powerful authors over those weeks:
- 1Harper Lee571
- 2Irving Stone526
- 3Andre Schwarz-Bart348
- 4James A. Michener336
- 5Allen Drury244
- 6Leon Uris240
- 7Harold Robbins211
- 8Graham Greene191
- 9Edwin O'Connor186
- 10J.D. Salinger177
Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.
Their decade: the 1960s.