Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Nelson Algren
Charting Oct 2, 1949 → Sep 23, 1956 · 38 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 4.07%
- week of Jan 15, 1950
- Career Power
- 149
- share-weeks
- Weeks at #1
- 0
- weeks as the top author
- Peak Year
- 94
- May 1949 – May 1950
- Peak Five Years
- 94
- May 1945 – May 1950
- Top-five weeks
- 0
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 38
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 6.32%
- week of Oct 23, 1949
- Comebacks
- 1
- July 1956
| Kind | Trough began | Returned | Trough weeks | Longest absence | Prior peak | Return share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| After absence | May 28, 1950 | Jul 1, 1956 | 317 | 314 | 4.07% | 1.62% |
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 · 149 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 Man with the Golden Arm | #7 | 23 | 94.1 | ||
| A Walk on the Wild Side | #8 | 15 | 55.0 |