Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction

Mika Waltari

Charting Sep 11, 1949 → Apr 2, 1961 · 124 weeks with chart power

Peak Power: 13.26%; week of Feb 12, 1950
Career Power: 1,012; share-weeks
Weeks at #1: 16; weeks as the top author

Peak Year: 558; September 1949 – September 1950
Peak Five Years: 958; October 1948 – October 1953
Top-five weeks: 65; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 124; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 14.53%; week of Oct 30, 1949
Comebacks: 1; July 1953

Comebacks (thresholds from `config/scoring.json`)
Kind	Trough began	Returned	Trough weeks	Longest absence	Prior peak	Return share
After decline	Apr 15, 1951	Jul 26, 1953	119	69	13.25%	5.03%

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 · 1,012 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 Egyptian	#1October 1949	59	September 1949 – October 1954	575.0	575.7
The Adventurer	#3October 1950	22	October 1950 – March 1951	174.6	174.5
The Dark Angel	#3July 1953	17	June 1953 – October 1953	137.6	137.6
The Wanderer	#7December 1951	15	November 1951 – February 1952	75.6	75.6
The Etruscan	#7February 1957	10	January 1957 – March 1957	45.4	45.4
The Secret of the Kingdom	#15March 1961	2	March 1961 – April 1961	3.9	3.9