Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Morton Thompson
Charting Feb 5, 1950 → Oct 9, 1955 · 82 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 13.80%
- week of Jul 25, 1954
- Career Power
- 756
- share-weeks
- Weeks at #1
- 24
- weeks as the top author
- Peak Year
- 630
- January 1954 – January 1955
- Peak Five Years
- 749
- October 1950 – October 1955
- Top-five weeks
- 43
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 82
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 14.53%
- week of Feb 14, 1954
- Comebacks
- 0
- none detected
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
2 books · 756 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not as a Stranger | #1 | 79 | 748.7 | ||
| The Cry and the Covenant | #13 | 3 | 7.2 |