Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction

Nevil Shute

Charting Jun 6, 1938 → Sep 4, 1960 · 166 weeks with chart power

Peak Power: 9.19%; week of Nov 10, 1957
Career Power: 867; share-weeks
Weeks at #1: 0; weeks as the top author

Peak Year: 249; March 1957 – February 1958
Peak Five Years: 391; September 1955 – September 1960
Top-five weeks: 40; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 166; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 12.64%; week of Sep 1, 1957
Comebacks: 7; January 1942, January 1946, May 1947, July 1950, June 1955, September 1957, May 1960

Comebacks (thresholds from `config/scoring.json`)
Kind	Trough began	Returned	Trough weeks	Longest absence	Prior peak	Return share
After absence	Sep 19, 1938	Jan 26, 1942	175	174	1.54%	1.50%
After absence	Jul 20, 1942	Jan 13, 1946	182	116	4.37%	1.54%
After decline	Feb 3, 1946	May 4, 1947	65	63	4.37%	1.98%
After decline	Sep 28, 1947	Jul 16, 1950	146	87	4.37%	1.68%
After decline	Jun 24, 1951	Jun 5, 1955	205	84	6.36%	2.42%
After decline	Sep 4, 1955	Sep 1, 1957	104	53	6.36%	2.66%
After decline	Apr 27, 1958	May 22, 1960	106	62	9.19%	3.24%

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

15 books · 867 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
On the Beach	#2September 1957	29	August 1957 – February 1958	248.5	248.5
The Legacy	#4August 1950	18	July 1950 – October 1950	119.2	119.1
Trustee from the Toolroom	#5June 1960	21	April 1960 – September 1960	102.7	102.7
Pied Piper	#3April 1942	9	January 1942 – April 1942	74.5	74.5
The Chequer Board	#6April 1947	15	April 1947 – July 1947	68.1	68.1
The Breaking Wave	#8May 1955	13	May 1955 – July 1955	55.8	55.8
In the Wet	#10July 1953	14	May 1953 – September 1953	38.4	38.4
Round the Bend	#9April 1951	10	March 1951 – May 1951	35.7	35.7
The Far Country	#10October 1952	10	September 1952 – November 1952	33.6	33.6
The Rainbow and the Rose	#10November 1958	9	November 1958 – January 1959	25.7	25.7
Most Secret	#9December 1945	8	November 1945 – January 1946	20.3	20.3
Kindling	#5June 1938	2	June 1938 – June 1938	15.6	15.6
Beyond the Black Stump	#10October 1956	5	September 1956 – October 1956	14.1	14.1
Pastoral	#5October 1944	1	October 1944	8.3	8.3
No Highway	#10October 1948	2	October 1948 – October 1948	6.0	6.0