Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Patrick Dennis
Charting Feb 20, 1955 → Feb 24, 1963 · 192 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 12.17%
- week of Dec 4, 1955
- Career Power
- 1,396
- share-weeks
- Weeks at #1
- 5
- weeks as the top author
- Peak Year
- 540
- June 1955 – June 1956
- Peak Five Years
- 1,178
- March 1954 – March 1959
- Top-five weeks
- 91
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 192
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 14.53%
- week of Aug 28, 1955
- Comebacks
- 2
- October 1958, January 1962
| Kind | Trough began | Returned | Trough weeks | Longest absence | Prior peak | Return share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| After decline | May 26, 1957 | Oct 5, 1958 | 71 | 43 | 12.17% | 5.05% |
| After absence | May 17, 1959 | Jan 7, 1962 | 138 | 129 | 12.17% | 4.77% |
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
5 books · 1,396 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Auntie Mame | #1 | 112 | 890.6 | ||
| Around the World with Auntie Mame | #2 | 29 | 256.1 | ||
| Little Me | #4 | 25 | 149.3 | ||
| Genius | #4 | 13 | 68.3 | ||
| The Pink Hotelwith Dorothy Erskine | #6 | 13 | 31.4 |