Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Pat Frank
Charting Oct 13, 1946 → Jun 8, 1952 · 46 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 4.40%
- week of Feb 9, 1947
- Career Power
- 180
- share-weeks
- Weeks at #1
- 0
- weeks as the top author
- Peak Year
- 142
- July 1946 – July 1947
- Peak Five Years
- 147
- November 1943 – November 1948
- Top-five weeks
- 0
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 46
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 7.26%
- week of Nov 17, 1946
- Comebacks
- 1
- May 1952
| Kind | Trough began | Returned | Trough weeks | Longest absence | Prior peak | Return share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| After absence | Aug 24, 1947 | May 4, 1952 | 245 | 177 | 4.40% | 1.94% |
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
3 books · 180 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr. Adam | #6 | 36 | 144.8 | ||
| Hold Back the Night | #7 | 9 | 32.8 | ||
| An Affair of State | #14 | 1 | 2.4 |