Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Nicholas Monsarrat
Charting Oct 21, 1945 → Dec 10, 1961 · 109 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 12.03%
- week of Feb 24, 1952
- Career Power
- 816
- share-weeks
- Weeks at #1
- 0
- weeks as the top author
- Peak Year
- 545
- August 1951 – August 1952
- Peak Five Years
- 582
- October 1948 – October 1953
- Top-five weeks
- 53
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 109
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 12.64%
- week of Sep 30, 1951
- Comebacks
- 1
- December 1956
| Kind | Trough began | Returned | Trough weeks | Longest absence | Prior peak | Return share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| After absence | Nov 16, 1952 | Dec 23, 1956 | 213 | 159 | 12.03% | 4.86% |
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 · 816 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 Cruel Sea | #2 | 61 | 578.9 | ||
| The Tribe That Lost Its Head | #3 | 20 | 156.0 | ||
| The Nylon Pirates | #10 | 15 | 41.9 | ||
| The White Rajah | #9 | 8 | 26.8 | ||
| Leave Cancelled | #13 | 4 | 9.1 | ||
| The Story of Esther Costello | #12 | 1 | 3.2 |