Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction

Norman Mailer

Charting May 23, 1948 → Feb 25, 2007 · 127 weeks with chart power

Peak Power: 13.33%; week of Nov 21, 1948
Career Power: 917; share-weeks
Weeks at #1: 19; weeks as the top author

Peak Year: 575; June 1948 – May 1949
Peak Five Years: 612; July 1946 – July 1951
Top-five weeks: 47; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 127; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 14.53%; week of Jun 20, 1948
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

9 books · 917 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 Naked and the Dead	#1June 1948	62	May 1948 – July 1949	603.6	603.6
Ancient Evenings	#6May 1983	17	April 1983 – August 1983	82.2	82.2
The Deer Park	#6November 1955	15	October 1955 – February 1956	74.2	74.2
Tough Guys Don't Dance	#4September 1984	11	August 1984 – November 1984	66.1	66.1
An American Dream	#8April 1965	6	April 1965 – May 1965	27.6	27.6
The Gospel According to the Son	#7May 1997	6	May 1997 – June 1997	24.6	24.6
The Castle in the Forest	#5February 2007	3	February 2007 – February 2007	19.3	19.2
Harlot's Ghost	#12November 1991	4	October 1991 – November 1991	10.7	10.7
Barbary Shore	#11June 1951	3	June 1951 – July 1951	8.9	8.9