Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Niven Busch
Charting Jun 28, 1959 → Jul 15, 1962 · 24 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 4.26%
- week of Oct 18, 1959
- Career Power
- 97
- share-weeks
- Weeks at #1
- 0
- weeks as the top author
- Peak Year
- 85
- October 1958 – November 1959
- Peak Five Years
- 97
- July 1957 – July 1962
- Top-five weeks
- 0
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 24
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 6.32%
- week of Aug 2, 1959
- 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 · 97 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| California Street | #7 | 19 | 85.4 | ||
| The San Franciscans | #11 | 5 | 11.7 |