Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction

Paul I. Wellman

Charting Feb 23, 1947 → Jan 6, 1963 · 83 weeks with chart power

Peak Power: 5.79%; week of Nov 4, 1951
Career Power: 391; share-weeks
Weeks at #1: 0; weeks as the top author

Peak Year: 152; April 1951 – March 1952
Peak Five Years: 341; February 1947 – February 1952
Top-five weeks: 16; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 83; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 9.58%; week of Mar 9, 1947
Comebacks: 2; May 1949, September 1951

Comebacks (thresholds from `config/scoring.json`)
Kind	Trough began	Returned	Trough weeks	Longest absence	Prior peak	Return share
After decline	Aug 24, 1947	May 1, 1949	88	85	5.46%	2.57%
After decline	Oct 16, 1949	Sep 2, 1951	98	95	5.46%	2.33%

Ranked by weekly Power Share, part of the ChartReign Power model — not the list's own positions. How it works →

Exponentially smoothed share of the week's total power (the primary metric).

Titles on the NYT Hardcover Fiction

4 books · 391 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 Iron Mistress	#5September 1951	29	August 1951 – March 1952	152.3	152.3
The Walls of Jericho	#4March 1947	16	February 1947 – June 1947	103.7	103.7
The Chain	#5April 1949	20	April 1949 – September 1949	89.9	89.9
Magnificent Destiny	#11November 1962	18	August 1962 – January 1963	44.7	44.7